Tenex
Forward Deployed Security Engineer
Kansas City, MO SOC
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 49 days ago
AWSGCPCybersecuritySIEMMicrosoft DefenderSOC OperationsDetection EngineeringComplianceCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingCISSP
About the role
- Every SE&A engineer operates a dual mandate: technical practitioner and trusted security advisor.
- You keep customer environments healthy, help them improve their posture, and enable them to understand and act on their security risks.
- TENEX is an AI-native, automation-first, built-for-scale Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider.
Responsibilities
- Deploy, configure, and manage specialized security tooling across one or more assigned domains - Cloud (Wiz, SCCE, Defender for Cloud), AI Security (WitnessAI, ModelArmor, Purview), Network (ExtraHop, CEP), Endpoint (ENT.AI http://ENT.AI, Defender for Endpoint, Thinkst Canary), and Identity (Defender for Identity)
- Develop customer-facing security roadmaps and posture improvement recommendations tailored to the customer's environment and risk profile
- Collaborate with the Rapid Deployment team on log source onboarding and cross-tool integrations into the SIEM
- Document all configurations, advisory outputs, and customer environment details
- As a FDE Security Solution Engineer at TENEX, you deploy, manage, and advise on specialized security tooling across one or more assigned domains.
Requirements
- 3+ years in information security engineering or a related technical field
Skills
- Experience delivering technical advisory services, security assessments, or consulting engagements
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks including SOC 2, NIST, ISO 27001, and CMMC
- Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK and how it applies to relevant security domains
- Experience developing customer-facing security roadmaps and remediation recommendations
- Strong technical documentation 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
Compensation
- Competitive salary and benefits package
Benefits
- Maintain ongoing health of customer security tooling across assigned domains - remediating misconfigurations, detecting drift, and continuously optimizing tool performance
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.
- Deliver advisory services as part of the dual-function mandate - including tabletop exercises, maturity assessments, and compliance readiness support (SOC 2, NIST, ISO, CMMC)
- Enable customers through training on deployed tools and security best practices within their environment
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