Joblaze summary

In the role of Senior Security Engineer on the Customer Transparency team at Tanium, the individual will focus on enhancing the security posture of Tanium's offerings by managing vulnerability disclosures and developing security tools. Key skills include experience in product security, vulnerability management, and familiarity with AI applications in security contexts. This position is suited for professionals with over five years of relevant experience who can effectively communicate with both technical teams and external stakeholders. The team emphasizes collaboration and aims to build trust with customers by making security comprehensible and actionable.

Joblaze insights

Listed about a month ago — first seen on Joblaze September 17, 2026. Last confirmed on Tanium's careers page November 6, 2026.
Salary band is above the typical range for Security roles (median ~$170,000).
Starts above 77% of 13 comparable senior security roles in United States that list AI we track (median $180,000 across 12 companies). See AI salary trends
AI appears in 5.6% of 339 comparable senior security roles in United States; Vulnerability Management appears in 2.7% of 339 comparable senior security roles in United States.

Quick facts

Is the Senior Security Engineer, Customer Transparency role remote?: Yes — Tanium lists this as a fully remote position.
What's the salary range?: Tanium lists $191,000–$293,000 for this role.
How much experience is required?: 5–7 years of relevant experience for this Senior Security Engineer, Customer Transparency role.
What's the tech stack?: Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AI, Cryptography, Software Engineering, Vulnerability Management, security.
What seniority level is this role?: Tanium targets senior candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Senior Security Engineer, Customer Transparency role at Tanium.

From the original posting

The Basics

Tanium is looking for a Senior Security Engineer to join the Customer Transparency team within the R&D Security organization, which protects the software and cloud services our customers depend on.

Tanium's customers secure some of the most consequential networks in the world and they extend us a great deal of trust. The Customer Transparency team is responsible for making Tanium's security posture something our customers can understand and act on, rather than something they have to blindly trust.

As a Senior Security Engineer on the Customer Transparency team, you will represent Tanium’s R&D Security organization to our external stakeholders. You will be responsible for our vulnerability disclosure program, developing a deep understanding of customers’ security needs, and taking action to drive these to resolution.

What you’ll do

Build and maintain security tooling, leveraging AI where possible to streamline security processes
Identify what customers can't see about their own Tanium deployment and partner with Engineering and Product stakeholders to close those gaps
Oversee the SBOM and vulnerability management program and provide appropriate visibility to internal and external stakeholders
Collaborate with Customers, Partners, and Tanium's Customer organization to learn what customers actually need, treat recurring questions as engineering problems, and build the systems that solve them
Act as a security technical resource for customer-facing teams: answer inbound security inquiries and escalations, maintain a library of reusable answers, interface directly with customers when needed
Administer Tanium's bug bounty program: triage inbound reports against SLA, assess the exploitability and severity of reported issues, adjudicate duplicates and out-of-scope submissions, recommend awards, and foster productive relationships with researchers
Author and publish Tanium Security Advisories and CVE records, including CWE classification and CVSS scoring
Coordinate disclosure timing and embargoes across researchers, customers, partners, and external coordinating bodies

We’re looking for someone with

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or other relevant degree or equivalent experience

Experience

5+ years industry experience, 7+ preferred
Experience with product and application security, vulnerability research, or software engineering with a substantial security focus
Experience interacting with customers and external security researchers
Experience applying AI tooling to security work, with an informed view of where it helps and where it manufactures noise
Experience building tools or data interfaces used by external stakeholders, including support and customers
Experience with modern software engineering development and automation tools like git and CI/CD pipelines
Experience determining the severity and exploitability of a vulnerability and their impact to the business

Nice to have:

Familiarity with SCA/SBOM tooling and third-party dependency vulnerability management
Experience with coordinated vulnerability disclosure and the mechanics of CVE assignment, CVSS, and CWE; CNA operations experience
Experience running, or substantially supporting, a bug bounty program or VDP
Published vulnerability research, credited CVEs, bug bounty findings, open-source security tooling, or conference talks
Working knowledge of Tanium’s products and services
Strong understanding of applied cryptography, including encryption, hashing, and secure key management

Core Competencies

Demonstrates initiative and motivation
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Team player
Person of high ethics and integrity
Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing environment

About Tanium

Tanium is the Autonomous IT company. As Al accelerates both innovation and risk, Tanium Atlas, the company's autonomous operating system, puts the full depth of the Tanium Autonomous IT Platform behind every IT and security operator - human and agentic. Tanium provides the real-time intelligence, agentic decision-making, and autonomous execution operators needed to detect, decide, and remediate at machine speed across their endpoint estate.

What you’ll get

The annual base salary range for this full-time position is $191,000 to $293,000. This range is an estimate for what Tanium will pay a new hire. The actual annual base salary offered may be adjusted based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, location, education, skills, training, and experience.

Tanium is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected Veteran status, or other legally protected categories. If you require a reasonable accommodation in searching for a job opening, completing an application, interviewing, or completing any pre-employment testing or requirements, please contact accommodations@tanium.com. For more information refer to the “Know Your Rights” poster which is available here - https://www.eeoc.gov/poster.

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Senior Security Engineer, Customer Transparency

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