Tenex
Forward Deployed Data Engineer
Kansas City, MO SOC
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 51 days ago
PythonAWSGCPRESTCybersecuritySIEMMicrosoft SentinelKQLSOARSOC OperationsDetection EngineeringCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingCISSP
About the role
- From detection rules and log parsers to SOAR playbooks, dashboards, and custom API integrations, your work is what makes the platform intelligent.
- You are also a technical trainer - helping customers understand the content they're running and the platform they're operating.
- TENEX is an AI-native, automation-first, built-for-scale Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider.
Responsibilities
- Author, tune, and maintain detection rules, correlation logic, and threat content across Google SecOps and Microsoft Sentinel
- Build and validate log parsers for new data sources integrated into customer environments
- Develop and maintain SOAR playbooks, automation workflows, and dashboards for common alert types and operational use cases
- Build cloud run functions, scripts, and API integrations where native connectors or content do not exist
- Collaborate with Deployment Engineers to ensure content is ready for new customer go-lives
- Document all content with clear metadata, use cases, and tuning notes
- Support AI-assisted content generation workflows with human review as the quality gate
- As a Forward Deployed Data Engineer - SIEM/SOAR, you build the content that powers TENEX's MDR delivery.
Requirements
- 3+ years in detection engineering, content engineering, or security operations
- Strong proficiency in SIEM detection rule development - YARA-L for Google SecOps, KQL for Sentinel, or similar
- Proficiency with log parser development for diverse data source types
- Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK framework and its application to detection content
- Experience with Python, cloud run functions, and REST API integrations
- Experience building and maintaining SOAR playbooks and automation workflows
- Experience building security dashboards for operational use cases
- Understanding of threat intelligence and how TTPs translate into actionable detection logic
Skills
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills with a bias toward action
- Excellent customer-facing communication and collaboration abilities
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-performance startup environment
- Passion for cybersecurity, automation, and continuous improvement
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
- Opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI-driven cybersecurity technologies and next-generation security platforms
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- A culture of growth and development, with opportunities to expand your expertise in AI, cybersecurity, and engineering
Compensation
- Competitive salary and benefits package
Benefits
- Monitor detection coverage gaps and proactively develop content to address them
Company info
- We are a force multiplier for defenders, helping organizations enhance their cybersecurity posture through advanced threat detection, rapid response, and continuous protection.
- Backed by leading investors, we are rapidly growing and seeking top talent to join our mission of revolutionizing the AI-Native MDR landscape.
- As an early employee, you'll play a meaningful role in defining and building our culture.
- Serve as an advanced enablement resource for customers - training them on detection content, dashboards, and platform capabilities at a deeper technical level
This listing is sourced directly from Tenex's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.