Desired Skills and Experience

  • Hands-on technical day-to-day leadership of the team in terms of prioritizing, reviewing and championing vulnerability detection initiatives and other research projects
  • Mentors talented research engineers on the team and helps recruit enthusiastic, innovative researchers to grow the team
  • Collaborates closely with other research teams, program management and various parts of the Tenable Product organization on different projects
  • Handles day-to-day management tasks such as performance reviews, employee time off, HR Coordination, etc.
  • Is an active member of the Ireland tech community by coordinating, hosting or participating in tech events and meetups to grow the Tenable Research brand throughout the EMEA region
  • 2+ years of experience leading security research teams of five or more members
  • 5+ years of experience in security research as an individual contributor
  • Prior experience working with international and remote teams
  • Strong communication and organizational skills
  • Ability to collaborate and drive efforts from teams across multiple organizations
  • Keep abreast with the advancements and developments in the security industry and perform original research to keep our customers secure
  • Adaptable and able to shift priorities among initiatives, as needed
  • Prior experience leading and performing open-ended security research when given high-level requirements and details of the desired outcome
  • B.S. degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience
  • Strong understanding of all of the security response challenges associated with Patch Tuesday
  • Reverse Engineering experience and in-depth understanding of common security vulnerabilities, CVSS scoring, vulnerability classification, detection and exploitation techniques

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