Full Job DescriptionDescription
Your Role:
Tenable is looking for a Software Engineer in Test (SET) to join our Tenable.io product team. Tenable.io gives companies a comprehensive picture of their network, while keeping their data under their control. Built on leading Nessus technology, Tenable.io discovers unknown assets and vulnerabilities, and monitors unexpected network changes before they turn into breaches.
In this role, you will be responsible for our testing strategy, and will help our engineering teams design and implement the overall automation and infrastructure necessary to ensure that our systems meet our customer’s expectations towards reliability, scalability and performance. You’ll bring in expertise on system testing and Integration testing, and look forward to cross-functional collaboration with our product and engineering teams.
Your Opportunity:
Get in on the ground floor: in this role, you’ll have a broad scope with an opportunity to take on new responsibilities and grow as an engineer. As a Quality Engineering member of the organization it will be on you to help drive the overall testing strategy and set high quality standards across our scrum teams.
Innovate: As an organization, we run an “Innovation Sprint” at the start of every quarter where engineers can work on their own feature ideas, or try out new technologies.. You can demo your work in front of the rest of the company and pair up with people from other teams.
Learn new things: We provide a training budget for you to attend conferences or workshops.
Raise the bar: We are always looking for ways to improve ourselves, our tech stack, and our product’s features. Bring your ideas and experiences to the table and help make a lasting impact.
Collaborate: Work closely with Product Managers, other engineers, designers, and stakeholders to continuously iterate on our products and drive consensus. You will have the opportunity to support and mentor your peers inside and outside your team.
What you’ll need:
5+ years software testing experience with specialization on system testing, Integration testing, Feature level deep dive testing and functional automation.
Excellent analytical skills, with experience summarizing test plan and test strategy.
Solid experience with test harness and test automation and testing applications at the API layer, specifically RESTful APIs and UI automation.
Experience developing in languages and tools such as Python, Selenium and a willingness to learn new languages as needed.
Experience in test management tools such as X-ray.
Experience in CICD tools such as Jenkins.
Accountability for the behavior of your software in production
Experience coaching and leading mid-level and junior staff in the design, implementation, and execution of highly technical development projects.
Experience in working in an Agile team, and an enthusiasm for working collaboratively within and across product teams.
The ability to work independently and as a part of a team, and to lead/drive projects as necessary.
The desire to continuously learn and be exposed to new technologies.
BS in Computer Science or directly related field, or equivalent work experience.
If you’ve reached this point in the job description and feel you’re still not sure if you should apply…Just do it! We know there are no perfect applicants. You may not have 100% of all those bullets listed above – and that’s okay. If you’re feeling like you’re not going to fit in with our teams – that’s not ok. We’re One Tenable which means however you identify and whatever background you bring with you, we encourage you to submit an application if it’s a role you can be passionate about doing every day.
We’re committed to promoting Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) at Tenable – through all equal employment opportunity laws and regulations at the international, federal, state and local levels.