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Senior Security Engineer - IAM
TENEX.AI · Overland Park, KS, United States
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$130k–225k
Setting
Hybrid
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TENEX.AI · Overland Park, KS, United States
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Lead Cloud Security Engineer
TENEX.AI · Overland Park, KS, United States
Pay
$115k–210k
Setting
Hybrid
Lead Cloud Security Engineer
Location
Kansas City, MO SOC; Sarasota, FL HQ; Scottsdale, AZ
Employment Type
Full time
Location Type
Hybrid
Department
Security Operations
Overview
Application
Company Overview:
TENEX is an AI-native, automation-first, built-for-scale Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider. We are a force multiplier for defenders, helping organizations enhance their cybersecurity posture through advanced threat detection, rapid response, and continuous protection. Our team is composed of industry experts with deep experience in cybersecurity, automation and AI-driven solutions. Backed by leading investors, we are rapidly growing and seeking top talent to join our mission of revolutionizing the AI-Native MDR landscape.
We’re a fast growing startup backed by industry experts and top tier investors led by Crosspoint Capital Partners and also backed by Shield Capital, DTCP (formerly Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners), Deepwork Capital, and the Florida Opportunity Fund. Seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). As an early employee, you’ll play a meaningful role in defining and building our culture. Get in on the ground floor. We’re a small but well-funded team that just raised a substantial round – joining now comes with limited risk and unlimited upside.
Culture is one of the most important things at TENEX.AI—explore our culture deck at culture.tenex.ai to witness how we embody it, prioritizing the irreplaceable collaboration and community of in-person work.
About the Opportunity:
TENEX delivers MDR across AWS, GCP, and Azure, and cloud is where many customers face the fastest-moving risk. As Lead Cloud Security Engineer, you are the cloud subject-matter expert working alongside our Security Operations Center. You will build and automate the cloud security health checks that let us assess customer environments and turn those findings into clear remediation guidance. Additionally, you will ensure our analysts have what they need to effectively investigate and respond to cloud incidents. The role has two aims: improve our existing cloud detection and response capabilities, and help customers manage attack surface and blast radius by improving their cloud security posture.
What You’ll Do:
Build and automate cloud security health checks. Develop repeatable checks across AWS, GCP, and Azure that surface misconfigurations, identity and access issues, and exposure consistently across customer environments.
Turn findings into guidance. Translate health-check and assessment results into prioritized, practical remediation recommendations and best-practice guidance customers can act on.
Strengthen cloud investigation and response. Work with the SOC to keep detection coverage, runbooks, and response procedures for cloud incidents accurate and current.
Support analysts on cloud incidents. Serve as the escalation point and subject-matter expert for cloud-specific detections and investigations across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
Define cloud detection use-cases. Identify the cloud threats, techniques, and misconfigurations that warrant detection, and translate them into clear requirements for Detection Engineering to build against real customer telemetry.
Advise customers directly. Act as a senior technical contact for customer cloud security questions, assessments, and posture improvement, including work with CNAPP/CSPM tooling such as Wiz.
What You Bring:
7+ years in cloud security with deep hands-on experience across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
Hands-on experience with CNAPP/CSPM tooling (Wiz or comparable) for posture assessment, and a strong grasp of cloud misconfigurations and identity and access risks.
Working knowledge of cloud attack techniques and how they appear in logs and telemetry, with experience supporting or running cloud incident investigations.
Ability to automate checks and workflows through scripting and APIs, and to communicate findings clearly to both analysts and customers.
Bonus Points:
Detection engineering or threat-hunting background, particularly in cloud environments.
Experience in an MDR/MSSP or high-growth startup environment.
Infrastructure-as-code and security automation experience (Terraform, CI/CD).
Education & Certifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
Relevant certifications such as CISSP, a cloud security specialty (AWS Certified Security, GCP Professional Cloud Security Engineer, or Azure Security Engineer), GIAC GCSA/GDAT, or OSCP are a plus.
Why Join Us?
Own cloud security across our MDR operations, working directly with the SOC to improve how we detect and respond to cloud threats and how customers strengthen their own cloud posture.
Collaborate with a talented and innovative team focused on continuously improving security operations.
Competitive salary and benefits package.
A culture of growth and development, with opportunities to expand your knowledge in AI, cybersecurity, and emerging technologies.
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SOC Engineer
TENEX.AI · Overland Park, KS, United States
Pay
$95k–165k
Setting
Hybrid
SOC Engineer
Location
Kansas City, MO SOC; Sarasota, FL HQ; Scottsdale, AZ
Employment Type
Full time
Location Type
Hybrid
Department
Security Operations
Overview
Application
Company Overview:
TENEX is an AI-native, automation-first, built-for-scale Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider. We are a force multiplier for defenders, helping organizations enhance their cybersecurity posture through advanced threat detection, rapid response, and continuous protection. Our team is composed of industry experts with deep experience in cybersecurity, automation, and AI-driven solutions. Backed by leading investors, we are rapidly growing and seeking top talent to join our mission of revolutionizing the MDR landscape.
We’re a fast growing startup backed by industry experts and top tier investor Andreessen Horowitz. As an early employee, you’ll play a meaningful role in defining and building our culture. Get in on the ground floor. We’re a small but well-funded team that just raised a substantial round – joining now comes with limited risk and unlimited upside.
Culture is one of the most important things at TENEX.AI—explore our culture deck at culture.tenex.ai to witness how we embody it, prioritizing the irreplaceable collaboration and community of in-person work.
As a SOC Engineer, you'll operate across incident response, platform quality, and operational improvement — evaluating telemetry coverage, shaping response automation, handling high-severity escalations, and ensuring the tooling and workflows analysts depend on are fit for purpose. The role carries direct engagement across internal engineering teams and customers, and no shortage of hard problems to solve. We default to automation and AI wherever they produce better outcomes — and we want engineers who think the same way.
What You'll Do
Handle complex incident response and escalation. Take ownership of high-severity and technically complex incidents — leading investigation, driving containment decisions, and communicating findings clearly when it counts.
Assess and improve telemetry and logging coverage. Automate evaluation of customer environments for logging gaps and deficiencies across endpoint, network, identity, and cloud. Specify what's needed for effective detection and investigation, and work with customers and internal teams to close the gaps.
Ensure SIEM and detection quality. Apply deep platform knowledge to evaluate detection fidelity, data normalization, parser quality, and alert logic — identifying where coverage or quality falls short and partnering with detection engineering to address it.
Contribute to response automation quality. Work closely with the SOAR team to review enrichment logic, containment playbooks, and automation design — bringing an incident responder's perspective to what works under pressure and what doesn't.
Support technical needs across the organization. Serve as a knowledgeable resource for forward-deployed engineers, onboarding teams, and customers on questions spanning telemetry, investigation, platform behavior, and response — representing the SOC's technical depth across functions.
Improve SOC tooling and operational workflows. Identify friction in how analysts triage, investigate, and respond. Partner on tooling improvements, process changes, and reference content that raise consistency and quality across the team.
What You Bring
5+ years in security operations, incident response, or detection engineering with demonstrated depth across multiple domains.
Strong fluency in logging and telemetry — able to evaluate an environment's coverage posture, identify deficiencies, and articulate what's needed for effective detection and investigation.
Hands-on experience with SIEM platforms (Google Chronicle, Microsoft Sentinel, and/or Splunk a plus) — enough to understand data modeling, rule architecture, and parser quality, and recognize when a deployment falls short of what our MDR SOC requires.
Solid understanding of response automation — enrichment pipelines, SOAR playbook structure, containment logic — and the judgment to evaluate whether automation is working as intended.
Working knowledge of cloud security architecture in at least one major cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including native log sources and their value for investigation.
Scripting proficiency in Python or PowerShell for automation support, and integration work.
Familiarity applying AI or LLM-based tooling to security workflows — investigation assistance, alert triage, log analysis, or automation — is a strong plus.
Clear, confident communicator across technical and non-technical audiences — customers, engineers, and analysts alike.
Bonus Points
Multi-cloud breadth across AWS, Azure, and GCP security tooling and telemetry.
Experience with IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation) and DevSecOps practices.
Familiarity authoring detection runbooks, investigation guides, or SOC operating procedures.
Splunk Enterprise Security depth — ES notable events, risk-based alerting, correlation search architecture.
Container and Kubernetes security monitoring exposure.
Experience building or evaluating AI-assisted security tooling, agentic workflows, or LLM-augmented investigation and response.
Education & Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field, OR equivalent work experience.
Relevant certifications — CISSP, GCIH, GCFE, GCDA, GREM, AWS/GCP security, or SIEM platform certifications — are a plus.
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IT Administrator
TENEX.AI · Overland Park, KS, United States
Pay
$80k–140k
Setting
Hybrid
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Security Engineer
TENEX.AI · Overland Park, KS, United States
Pay
$120k–220k
Setting
Hybrid
Security Engineer
Location
Kansas City, MO SOC; Sarasota, FL HQ
Employment Type
Full time
Location Type
Hybrid
Department
G&A
Overview
Application
Company Overview:
TENEX is an AI-native, automation-first, built-for-scale Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider. We are a force multiplier for defenders, helping organizations enhance their cybersecurity posture through advanced threat detection, rapid response, and continuous protection. Our team is composed of industry experts with deep experience in cybersecurity, automation and AI-driven solutions. Backed by leading investors, we are rapidly growing and seeking top talent to join our mission of revolutionizing the AI-Native MDR landscape.
We’re a fast growing startup backed by industry experts and top tier investors led by Crosspoint Capital Partners and also backed by Shield Capital, DTCP (formerly Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners), Deepwork Capital, and the Florida Opportunity Fund. Seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). As an early employee, you’ll play a meaningful role in defining and building our culture. Get in on the ground floor. We’re a small but well-funded team that just raised a substantial round – joining now comes with limited risk and unlimited upside.
Culture is one of the most important things at TENEX.AI—explore our culture deck at culture.tenex.ai to witness how we embody it, prioritizing the irreplaceable collaboration and community of in-person work.
This role will require 4 days onsite in Overland Park, KS.
The Opportunity: We're looking for a highly motivated and skilled Security Engineer to join our dynamic team. This pivotal role is perfect for an IT administrator with a strong foundational understanding of security, eager to evolve into a full-fledged security specialist. You'll play a crucial role in safeguarding our entire IT infrastructure and digital assets, including those of our valued customers. You will be designing, implementing, and optimizing cutting-edge security controls and building out robust security capabilities from the ground up. You'll be instrumental in ensuring seamless IT operations while proactively strengthening TENEX's and our customers’ security posture against an ever-evolving threat landscape through robust engineering practices and intelligent automation.
What You'll Do:
Security Engineering & Operations:
Design, implement, and maintain a diverse suite of security tools and technologies, including next-generation firewalls, Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) solutions.
Conduct comprehensive security gap assessments to identify vulnerabilities and weaknesses, proposing and implementing effective remediation strategies.
Actively assist with customer success initiatives by providing security expertise, integrating our solutions into customer environments, and addressing their specific security requirements.
Collaborate closely with our Security Operations Center (SOC) to enhance threat detection, incident response capabilities, and forensic analysis.
Contribute significantly to the development and enforcement of robust security policies, standards, and procedures across the organization.
Lead system hardening efforts for operating systems, applications, and network devices to minimize attack surfaces and enhance resilience.
DevOps Security Integration & Automation:
Champion the integration of security throughout the DevOps lifecycle, helping to build and mature our "security-as-code" capabilities.
Leverage APIs extensively to integrate various security tools with IT systems, enabling advanced automation and improved security orchestration. This includes automating alert enrichment, threat intelligence ingestion, vulnerability scanning, and automated containment actions in response to security incidents.
Develop and implement automated security workflows to streamline security operations, improve efficiency, and reduce manual intervention.
Requirements:
Experience: A minimum of 2+ years of progressive experience in IT, with at least 2 years specifically focused on cybersecurity operations or engineering.
Technical Skills:
Hands-on experience with ZTNA, Mobile Device Management (MDM), EDR solutions (e.g., SentinelOne), and network security concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, routing, switching, VPNs).
Demonstrated experience in configuring, managing, and troubleshooting security tools such as firewalls, SIEM platforms (e.g., Google SecOps, Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel), and vulnerability scanners.
Solid understanding of cloud security principles and best practices across major cloud providers (GCP, AWS, Azure).
Familiarity with DevOps concepts including CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and secure coding practices.
Strong scripting skills (e.g., Python, PowerShell) for automation, API integration, data analysis, and custom tool development are highly desirable and critical for this role.
Soft Skills:
Exceptional problem-solving abilities with a methodical approach to complex technical challenges.
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, capable of clearly articulating technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Strong collaboration skills and a proven ability to work effectively within cross-functional teams.
Proactive and self-driven with a keen eye for detail and a steadfast commitment to security best practices and continuous improvement.
Bonus Points If You Have:
Experience with Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) platforms.
Expert proficiency in Google Workspace administration, Google Cloud Platform, and identity management solutions (e.g., Google Cloud Identity).
Familiarity with compliance frameworks (e.g., ISO 27001, NIST, SOC 2).
A passion for staying up-to-date with the latest cybersecurity trends and emerging threats.
Why Join TENEX?
Impactful Work: Be at the forefront of securing our organization and our customers, making a tangible difference every day.
Growth & Development: This role offers a unique opportunity to grow your IT administration skills into advanced security engineering, with a clear path for career progression.
Innovative Environment: Work with cutting-edge technologies and contribute to building out advanced security capabilities.
Collaborative Culture: Join a supportive and highly skilled team where your contributions are valued, and continuous learning is encouraged.
Competitive Compensation: We offer a comprehensive salary and benefits package designed to attract and retain top talent.
Ready to help us build a more secure future? Apply now! We're excited to see how your skills and passion can contribute to our mission.
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Forward Deployed Security Engineer
TENEX.AI · Overland Park, KS, United States
Pay
$120k–220k
Setting
Hybrid
Forward Deployed Security Engineer
Location
Kansas City, MO SOC; Sarasota, FL HQ; Scottsdale, AZ
Employment Type
Full time
Location Type
Hybrid
Department
FDE
Overview
Application
Company Overview:
TENEX is an AI-native, automation-first, built-for-scale Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider. We are a force multiplier for defenders, helping organizations enhance their cybersecurity posture through advanced threat detection, rapid response, and continuous protection. Our team is composed of industry experts with deep experience in cybersecurity, automation and AI-driven solutions. Backed by leading investors, we are rapidly growing and seeking top talent to join our mission of revolutionizing the AI-Native MDR landscape.
We’re a fast growing startup backed by industry experts and top tier investors led by Crosspoint Capital Partners and also backed by Shield Capital, DTCP (formerly Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners), Deepwork Capital, and the Florida Opportunity Fund. Seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). As an early employee, you’ll play a meaningful role in defining and building our culture. Get in on the ground floor. We’re a small but well-funded team that just raised a substantial round – joining now comes with limited risk and unlimited upside.
Culture is one of the most important things at TENEX.AI—explore our culture deck at culture.tenex.ai to witness how we embody it, prioritizing the irreplaceable collaboration and community of in-person work.
About the Role
As a FDE Security Solution Engineer at TENEX, you deploy, manage, and advise on specialized security tooling across one or more assigned domains. 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.
Job 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, Defender for Endpoint, Thinkst Canary), and Identity (Defender for Identity)
Maintain ongoing health of customer security tooling across assigned domains — remediating misconfigurations, detecting drift, and continuously optimizing tool performance
Deliver advisory services as part of the dual-function mandate — including tabletop exercises, maturity assessments, and compliance readiness support (SOC 2, NIST, ISO, CMMC)
Develop customer-facing security roadmaps and posture improvement recommendations tailored to the customer's environment and risk profile
Enable customers through training on deployed tools and security best practices within their environment
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
Escalate complex technical or advisory challenges to Security Solution Architects or the Manager
Required Skills & Qualifications
Technical & Industry Expertise
3+ years in information security engineering or a related technical field
Hands-on experience deploying and managing security tools in one or more domains: cloud, AI, network, endpoint, or identity security
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
Soft 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
Education & Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GIAC certifications, Google Cloud Professional, Microsoft SC-200/AZ-500, or AWS Certified Solutions Architect are a plus
Why Join Us?
Opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI-driven cybersecurity technologies and next-generation security platforms
Collaborate with a talented and innovative team focused on continuously improving security operations
Competitive salary and benefits package
A culture of growth and development, with opportunities to expand your expertise in AI, cybersecurity, and engineering
Be part of building something new — TENEX's Forward Deployed Engineering organization is a greenfield opportunity to define how enterprise security is delivered at scale
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Forward Deployed Data Architect
TENEX.AI · Overland Park, KS, United States
Pay
$115k–200k
Setting
Hybrid
Forward Deployed Data Architect
Location
Kansas City, MO SOC; Sarasota, FL HQ; Scottsdale, AZ
Employment Type
Full time
Location Type
Hybrid
Department
FDE
Overview
Application
Company Overview:
TENEX is an AI-native, automation-first, built-for-scale Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider. We are a force multiplier for defenders, helping organizations enhance their cybersecurity posture through advanced threat detection, rapid response, and continuous protection. Our team is composed of industry experts with deep experience in cybersecurity, automation and AI-driven solutions. Backed by leading investors, we are rapidly growing and seeking top talent to join our mission of revolutionizing the AI-Native MDR landscape.
We’re a fast growing startup backed by industry experts and top tier investors led by Crosspoint Capital Partners and also backed by Shield Capital, DTCP (formerly Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners), Deepwork Capital, and the Florida Opportunity Fund. Seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). As an early employee, you’ll play a meaningful role in defining and building our culture. Get in on the ground floor. We’re a small but well-funded team that just raised a substantial round – joining now comes with limited risk and unlimited upside.
Culture is one of the most important things at TENEX.AI—explore our culture deck at culture.tenex.ai to witness how we embody it, prioritizing the irreplaceable collaboration and community of in-person work.
About the Role
As a FDE Security Solution Architect — SIEM/SOAR, you set the technical direction for TENEX's content engineering practice. You own the architecture of how detection content, parsers, playbooks, and integrations are built and scaled across platforms. You are the escalation point, the quality standard, and the force multiplier for the Security Solution Engineers — SIEM/SOAR team.
Job Responsibilities
All responsibilities of a Security Solution Engineer — SIEM/SOAR, at greater scale and complexity
Define the content architecture strategy across platforms — detection frameworks, parser standards, playbook taxonomy, and dashboard design
Lead platform-specific content roadmaps (Google SecOps, Sentinel, AWS) aligned to customer coverage targets
Serve as the senior technical escalation point for all Security Solution Engineer — SIEM/SOAR technical challenges — including parsers, detection logic, SOAR automation, API integrations, and custom scripting
Partner with the FDE and SE&A teams to translate customer-specific findings into reusable, scalable content
Evaluate new data sources, integrations, and vendor partnerships for content expansion
Drive adoption of AI-assisted content generation tooling and establish quality review standards
Mentor Security Solution Engineers — SIEM/SOAR and contribute to hiring and technical growth of the team
Required Skills & Qualifications
Technical & Industry Expertise
5+ years in detection engineering and/or content architecture with SIEM platform expertise
Demonstrated expertise defining content strategy and architecture across multiple SIEM platforms (Google SecOps, Sentinel, and/or others)
Deep proficiency in detection logic, parser development, SOAR automation, and REST API integrations
Experience leading platform content roadmaps and driving adoption of AI-assisted content tooling
Strong scripting and development skills (Python, cloud functions, APIs)
Track record of mentoring engineers and elevating team technical standards
Experience translating cross-customer needs into scalable, reusable content
Soft 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
Education & Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GIAC certifications, Google Cloud Professional, Microsoft SC-200/AZ-500, or AWS Certified Solutions Architect are a plus
Why Join Us?
Opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI-driven cybersecurity technologies and next-generation security platforms
Collaborate with a talented and innovative team focused on continuously improving security operations
Competitive salary and benefits package
A culture of growth and development, with opportunities to expand your expertise in AI, cybersecurity, and engineering
Be part of building something new — TENEX's Forward Deployed Engineering organization is a greenfield opportunity to define how enterprise security is delivered at scale
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Forward Deployed Security Architect
TENEX.AI · Overland Park, KS, United States
Pay
$125k–235k
Setting
Hybrid
Forward Deployed Security Architect
Location
Kansas City, MO SOC; Sarasota, FL HQ; Scottsdale, AZ
Employment Type
Full time
Location Type
Hybrid
Department
FDE
Overview
Application
Company Overview:
TENEX is an AI-native, automation-first, built-for-scale Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider. We are a force multiplier for defenders, helping organizations enhance their cybersecurity posture through advanced threat detection, rapid response, and continuous protection. Our team is composed of industry experts with deep experience in cybersecurity, automation and AI-driven solutions. Backed by leading investors, we are rapidly growing and seeking top talent to join our mission of revolutionizing the AI-Native MDR landscape.
We’re a fast growing startup backed by industry experts and top tier investors led by Crosspoint Capital Partners and also backed by Shield Capital, DTCP (formerly Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners), Deepwork Capital, and the Florida Opportunity Fund. Seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). As an early employee, you’ll play a meaningful role in defining and building our culture. Get in on the ground floor. We’re a small but well-funded team that just raised a substantial round – joining now comes with limited risk and unlimited upside.
Culture is one of the most important things at TENEX.AI—explore our culture deck at culture.tenex.ai to witness how we embody it, prioritizing the irreplaceable collaboration and community of in-person work.
This role is perfect for those already in the Phoenix AZ, Sarasota, FL or Kansas City, MO metro area, or eager to join us. Immerse yourself in a high-performance environment built on integrity, innovation, and a relentless drive to protect our customers.
About the Role
As a FDE Security Solution Architect at TENEX, you design security architectures, lead high-stakes advisory engagements, and serve as the senior technical escalation point for the SE&A team across one or more assigned security domains. You are a force multiplier — elevating the team's technical quality while maintaining deep hands-on expertise.
Job Responsibilities
All responsibilities of a Security Solution Engineer — Cloud, AI, Network, Endpoint & Identity, with ownership of more complex customer environments and higher-stakes advisory engagements
Design and validate security architectures across one or more assigned domains — making tool selection, integration, and configuration recommendations across Cloud (Wiz, SCCE, Defender for Cloud), AI Security (WitnessAI, ModelArmor, Purview), Network (ExtraHop, CEP), Endpoint (ENT.AI, Defender for Endpoint, Thinkst Canary), and Identity (Defender for Identity)
Lead higher-stakes advisory engagements — board briefings, security roadmap presentations, BC/DR reviews, and vendor risk assessments
Serve as the senior technical escalation point for engineering and advisory challenges within the team
Partner with Field CISOs on executive-level customer relationships and strategic security planning
Identify reusable patterns from customer engagements and contribute to team-wide methodology and playbooks
Support pre-sales technical conversations and solution scoping when needed
Mentor Security Solution Engineers and contribute to the technical growth of the SE&A team
Required Skills & Qualifications
Technical & Industry Expertise
5+ years in information security with significant advisory or architecture experience
Demonstrated expertise designing security architectures across one or more domains (cloud, AI, network, endpoint, identity)
Experience leading executive-level advisory engagements including board briefings and security roadmap development
Strong familiarity with compliance frameworks (SOC 2, NIST, ISO 27001, CMMC)
Track record of partnering with sales teams on solution design and pre-sales technical conversations
Proven mentorship and team leadership experience
Soft 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
Education & Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GIAC certifications, Google Cloud Professional, Microsoft SC-200/AZ-500, or AWS Certified Solutions Architect are a plus
Why Join Us?
Opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI-driven cybersecurity technologies and next-generation security platforms
Collaborate with a talented and innovative team focused on continuously improving security operations
Competitive salary and benefits package
A culture of growth and development, with opportunities to expand your expertise in AI, cybersecurity, and engineering
Be part of building something new — TENEX's Forward Deployed Engineering organization is a greenfield opportunity to define how enterprise security is delivered at scale
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Forward Deployed Engineer
TENEX.AI · Overland Park, KS, United States
Pay
$95k–165k
Setting
Hybrid
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