Security Engineer

Tanium

Security Engineer collaborating with IT and Engineering teams to strengthen security operations at Tanium. Responsible for managing SOAR and SIEM platforms and driving endpoint security initiatives.

Posted 5/14/2026full-timeAddison • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $113,000 - $173,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudLinuxMacOSSplunk

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Collaborate with Security, IT, and Engineering teams to defend and strengthen our security operations posture
Own and operate our SOAR and SIEM platforms
Drive endpoint security initiatives
Build the automation and processes needed to detect, respond to, and remediate threats across the environment
Contribute to and maintain our in-house SOAR platform — develop automation playbooks, extend capabilities, and accelerate incident response
Contribute to the aggressive adoption of AI tools within the Security team
Manage and optimize our SIEM environment
Support endpoint security tooling — deploy, configure, and troubleshoot EDR solutions
Review IT infrastructure changes for security implications
Partner with IT and infrastructure teams to onboard new log sources and improve telemetry
Contribute to incident response processes

Requirements

What you’ll need

3–5 years of experience in a security engineering, security operations, or detection engineering role
Experience securing AI/ML workloads or applying AI-assisted tooling to security operations (e.g., LLM-driven triage, automated analysis, AI-augmented detection)
Hands-on experience administering a SIEM platform (e.g., Sentinel, Splunk, Elastic, Chronicle)
Hands-on experience with a SOAR platform (e.g., Cortex XSOAR, Splunk SOAR, Tines, Swimlane)
Solid understanding of endpoint security concepts — EDR, host-based detection, OS-level telemetry
Understanding of network protocols, operating systems (Windows, Linux, macOS), and common enterprise infrastructure
Experience operating in and managing cloud environments (AWS, Azure)

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental and vision plan
family planning benefits
health savings account
flexible spending account
transportation savings account
401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
life, accident and disability coverage
business travel accident insurance
employee assistance programs
disability insurance
other well-being benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

security engineeringsecurity operationsdetection engineeringendpoint securitySIEM administrationSOAR platform experienceAI/ML workload securityEDR solutionsnetwork protocolscloud environments

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationincident responseprocess optimizationautomation development