Backend Engineering lead

Description

Job Description

About Us

Tenable® is an Exposure Management company. 40,000 organizations around the globe rely on Tenable to understand and reduce cyber risk. Our global employees support 60 percent of the Fortune 500, 40 percent of the Global 2000, and large government agencies.

At Tenable's Operational Technology (OT) product development team, we play a pivotal role in addressing one of today’s most critical security challenges.

We specialize in crafting a unique security monitoring and management solution for industrial control systems, and we're currently seeking a talented Engineering Manager to join our expanding research and development BE teams in Tel Aviv.

What makes Tenable such a great place to work?

Ask a member of our team and they’ll answer, “Our people!” We work together to build and innovate best-in-class cybersecurity solutions for our customers; all while creating a culture of belonging, respect, and excellence where we can be our best selves. When you’re part of our #OneTenable team, you can expect to partner with some of the most talented and passionate people in the industry, and have the support and resources you need to do work that truly matters. We deliver results that exceed expectations and we win together!

Your Role

Our engineering teams are responsible for everything that runs on our OT appliance. From low level network data collection, through reverse engineering proprietary communication protocols, up to complex algorithms and high level software architecture. As the manager of a team you will be in charge of the technology produced by the team as well as for the people in it. The engineering manager has a crucial role in our organization as it has the ability to navigate our design and technical decisions as they happen on a daily basis. If you’re excited about gaining exposure to all aspects of product research and development, this role is for you.

Your Opportunity

• Build and Empower Teams: Develop, empower, and maintain a high-performing team of on-site engineers, ensuring a great working environment and fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation.
• Strategic Alignment: Collaborate with VP, Product Management, Architecture, and Engineering leadership to define the strategy for the OT team and align the team with the business goals.
• Project Execution: Ensure reliable execution and delivery of projects by setting your teams up for successful delivery. This includes providing clear direction, removing obstacles, and ensuring the team is focused on business goals and held accountable for their deliverables.
• Technical Contribution: Assist with design decisions and demonstrate the ability to understand and improve product performance and stability through code and design reviews.
  
  

What You’ll Need

• Engineering Leadership: 3+ years of previous experience as a Team lead with measurable success of a backend team. Proficiency in Go is preferred but not mandatory; a strong desire to learn it quickly is essential.
• Agile Experience: Experience in leading projects and coaching engineers through a project’s lifecycle in an Agile environment, utilizing Scrum and/or Kanban.
• Microservices Expertise: Experience working with distributed and scalable microservices.
• Leadership Skills: Superb leadership skills and the ability to harness the team to produce the highest quality deliverables with the greatest velocity, working in a high-paced environment.
• Talent Management: Ability to attract and hire great engineers, empower and mentor them toward success.
• Highly technical domain: 3+ years of experience either as a manager or as an engineer in the cyber security domain or another highly technical domain.
• Technical Proficiency:experience with multi-threaded and network programming, strong understanding of network application architecture and data structures, and an academic-level understanding of algorithms and data structures.
• Network skills: In-depth knowledge of TCP/IP protocols and other network stacks is a plus.
• Communication Skills: Proficiency in business-level English for effective collaboration and communication.
  
  

If you’ve reached this point, and you’re still not sure if you should apply…..Just do it! We’re human and we don’t fit a perfect mould. Having diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives, that’s a good thing! If you’re coming from outside of the cyber industry - great! If you’re looking to try something new - awesome! All we ask is you bring passion to all that you do, crave creativity and innovation, and embrace the hard work of gaining new skills and accepting big challenges.

We’re committed to promoting Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) at Tenable - through all equal employment opportunity laws and regulations at the international, federal, state and local levels.