Senior Security Researcher - Cloud Threats

We are seeking a Senior Security Researcher - Cloud Threats to join our highly technical product research team working at the core of our cloud security platform.

This is a rare opportunity to join an elite cloud security research team and do work that directly shapes our product. In this role, you will own the research direction for our Cloud Detection and Response (CDR) capabilities, designing detection strategies across agentless and agent-based telemetry, expanding coverage across cloud attack surfaces, and developing prioritization mechanisms that help customers focus on what matters.

You will perform novel security research to uncover attacker behavior, develop detection methodologies, and apply detection-as-code principles to build production-grade detections. Beyond product work, you'll contribute to Tenable's external thought leadership, writing and speaking about cloud threats, adversary tradecraft, and detection methodologies.

We're looking for an exceptional, adversary-focused security researcher who can bridge threat intelligence, cloud security knowledge, and detection engineering. You're curious, comfortable with ambiguity, and driven to understand how attackers operate in cloud environments.

Your Role:

Own the research direction for Cloud Detection and Response (CDR), driving the vision for how we detect and respond to cloud threats.
Design detection strategies across agentless and agent-based telemetry sources, focusing on quality and detecting what matters.
Perform novel security research to uncover attacker tradecraft, techniques, and behaviors in cloud environments, informing both product direction and external research.
Apply detection-as-code principles to build production-grade detections that ship directly in the Tenable Cloud Security platform.
Stay current with emerging cloud threats and translate threat intelligence into actionable detection logic and product capabilities.
Write and speak about cloud threats, adversary tradecraft, and detection methodologies to strengthen Tenable's voice in cloud security.