Sr. Tenable Security Engineer (Cybersecurity)

Location: Onsite – Washington, DC; telework is available at client discretion. Occasional CONUS travel of approximately one week per year.

Salary: $150K–$185K annually

Company

hirify.global delivers technology solutions and mission support to federal civilian, health, and national security agencies across cybersecurity, cloud, AI/ML, and IT modernization programs.

What you will do

• Lead the development, integration, deployment, administration, and maintenance of the enterprise Tenable vulnerability management solution across IT, cloud, and OT environments.
• Perform weekly vulnerability scans, deliver risk-assessed reports within three business days, and provide stakeholder and SOC reporting.
• Engineer active and passive visibility across enterprise endpoints and implement configuration baseline compliance scanning using STIG, CIS, and other approved benchmarks.
• Integrate Tenable with ServiceNow GRC/IRM, the enterprise data lake or data warehouse, Elastic Security Stack SIEM, and hardware and software asset management systems.
• Execute the Tenable capability improvement and maturity plan, including assessment, gap analysis, and periodic updates.
• Maintain patches, upgrades, procedures, and 99.9% platform uptime; provide after-hours support and respond to outages within 30 minutes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, Management, or a related discipline from an accredited institution, plus 10 or more years of experience in the discipline.
• 8 or more years of experience with Tenable engineering and implementation.
• Experience administering information systems, managing and leading technical projects, and working in a cybersecurity program.
• Tenable Vulnerability Management, Tenable Security Center, or Tenable OT Security certification.
• CISSP or equivalent certification.
• Must be a US Citizen and have or be able to obtain a Federal Government Public Trust clearance.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting federal government contracts, including contract deliverables, performance standards, and client change management and approval processes.
• Experience with federal Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation programs, OT and ICS environments, and DISA STIG or CIS benchmark compliance scanning.
• Scripting and API automation experience with Python or PowerShell.
• Linux, including RHEL, and Windows system administration experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with a family-focused culture and a dynamic, productive work environment.
• Medical insurance, including HSA-eligible plans, plus employer-paid dental and vision options.
• Employer-sponsored short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.
• 5% 401(k) company matching, paid holidays, PTO accrual, and paid parental leave.
• Flexible scheduling, teleworking options subject to client discretion, professional development, career growth opportunities, and company events.