
Technical Support Engineer (Remote/West Coast)
tenableinc • US - Remote - Washington, US - Remote - Oregon , US - Remote - California
Posted: June 22, 2026
Job Description
Your Role:
Join our Technical Support Team at Tenable where you’ll play a pivotal role in bridging the gap between our products and customers. Solve real-world technical challenges by offering exceptional support for cutting-edge vulnerability assessment and compliance auditing software. Your expertise will shine in complex, multi-layered customer environments.
Our suite of products, detailed at https://www.tenable.com/products, offers a diverse range of opportunities. From assisting customers with their first Nessus scanner to guiding them through intricate log correlation and real-time vulnerability analysis, you'll contribute to mitigating cyber risks and closing the Cyber Exposure gap. Join us in delivering top-notch support that makes a difference!
Your Opportunity:
- Work closely and build relationships with the rest of the Tenable team, including Sales, Customer Advocacy, Research & Development, and Operations
- Troubleshoot, analyze and address customer technical inquiries and ensure timely problem resolution.
- Use remote troubleshooting techniques to troubleshoot and correct issues
- Analyzing vulnerability scan results, system audits, and log events
- Help customers understand vulnerability scan results, system audits, and/or log events and provide clear, concise, and actionable information to quickly resolve issues
- Recreate customer software issues in a lab environment for engineering assessment
- Ensure customer feedback is properly captured and channeled into Product Management and Research & Development
- Maintain in-depth knowledge of Tenable products and information security best-practices
- Create and publish solution knowledge for re-use by customers and Tenable employees
- Continually review personal performance metrics to ensure goals are consistently met
- May perform other duties and responsibilities that management may deem necessary from time to time
- Opportunities for career advancement within Technical Support as well as other organizations within Tenable
What You'll Need:
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent experience
- 2+ years professional experience with networking (TCP/IP), Linux/Unix, macOS, Windows administration, patch deployment, and system configuration.
- Experience providing technical support to enterprise clients, troubleshooting complex issues in production or customer environments; network security experience a plus.
- Demonstrated interest in AI and Large Language Models (LLMs), with hands-on experience professionally or personally. Willingness to adopt and help evolve AI-driven tools designed to accelerate case resolution and elevate the customer experience.
- Knowledge of computer, network, and application security; familiarity with Nessus or similar tools is a bonus
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to learn quickly
- Excellent written and verbal communication; customer-focused mindset
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment to help meet business and client needs
- Flexibility to work occasional weekends or holidays
- Must be based on or reside on the West Coast
And Ideally:
- Using Nessus and/or other vulnerability management or cybersecurity tools, either professionally or in an academic setting
- Experience with ticketing systems (JIRA, Salesforce, Zendesk etc.)
- Log analysis using a SEIM product (Splunk, ElasticSearch, etc)
- Database technologies and SQL knowledge (Oracle, MySQL, MSSQL, etc.)
- Virtualization technology (VMWare, Hyper-V, Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Docker, etc.)
- Fundamental understanding of programming languages
- Experience in Industry Security Standards (DISA, HIPAA, CIS, ISO 27001, etc)
- Experience with or understanding of Certificates and CA’s
- Basic understanding of reviewing PCAPs with tools such as Wireshark
- Bilingual candidates are desirable but not required (Spanish, Portuguese)
#LI-Remote #LI-MM1
Additional Content
Your Role:
Join our Technical Support Team at Tenable where you’ll play a pivotal role in bridging the gap between our products and customers. Solve real-world technical challenges by offering exceptional support for cutting-edge vulnerability assessment and compliance auditing software. Your expertise will shine in complex, multi-layered customer environments.
Our suite of products, detailed at https://www.tenable.com/products, offers a diverse range of opportunities. From assisting customers with their first Nessus scanner to guiding them through intricate log correlation and real-time vulnerability analysis, you'll contribute to mitigating cyber risks and closing the Cyber Exposure gap. Join us in delivering top-notch support that makes a difference!
Your Opportunity:
- Work closely and build relationships with the rest of the Tenable team, including Sales, Customer Advocacy, Research & Development, and Operations
- Troubleshoot, analyze and address customer technical inquiries and ensure timely problem resolution.
- Use remote troubleshooting techniques to troubleshoot and correct issues
- Analyzing vulnerability scan results, system audits, and log events
- Help customers understand vulnerability scan results, system audits, and/or log events and provide clear, concise, and actionable information to quickly resolve issues
- Recreate customer software issues in a lab environment for engineering assessment
- Ensure customer feedback is properly captured and channeled into Product Management and Research & Development
- Maintain in-depth knowledge of Tenable products and information security best-practices
- Create and publish solution knowledge for re-use by customers and Tenable employees
- Continually review personal performance metrics to ensure goals are consistently met
- May perform other duties and responsibilities that management may deem necessary from time to time
- Opportunities for career advancement within Technical Support as well as other organizations within Tenable
What You'll Need:
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent experience
- 2+ years professional experience with networking (TCP/IP), Linux/Unix, macOS, Windows administration, patch deployment, and system configuration.
- Experience providing technical support to enterprise clients, troubleshooting complex issues in production or customer environments; network security experience a plus.
- Demonstrated interest in AI and Large Language Models (LLMs), with hands-on experience professionally or personally. Willingness to adopt and help evolve AI-driven tools designed to accelerate case resolution and elevate the customer experience.
- Knowledge of computer, network, and application security; familiarity with Nessus or similar tools is a bonus
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to learn quickly
- Excellent written and verbal communication; customer-focused mindset
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment to help meet business and client needs
- Flexibility to work occasional weekends or holidays
- Must be based on or reside on the West Coast
And Ideally:
- Using Nessus and/or other vulnerability management or cybersecurity tools, either professionally or in an academic setting
- Experience with ticketing systems (JIRA, Salesforce, Zendesk etc.)
- Log analysis using a SEIM product (Splunk, ElasticSearch, etc)
- Database technologies and SQL knowledge (Oracle, MySQL, MSSQL, etc.)
- Virtualization technology (VMWare, Hyper-V, Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Docker, etc.)
- Fundamental understanding of programming languages
- Experience in Industry Security Standards (DISA, HIPAA, CIS, ISO 27001, etc)
- Experience with or understanding of Certificates and CA’s
- Basic understanding of reviewing PCAPs with tools such as Wireshark
- Bilingual candidates are desirable but not required (Spanish, Portuguese)
#LI-Remote #LI-MM1