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Tenable
About Tenable
The company behind the Nessus vulnerability scanner, Tenable now sells the Tenable One exposure management platform covering IT, cloud, identity and operational technology. A small hiring list carries a fair share of security work: AI information security engineers, an enterprise security engineer and an information security analyst for its internal teams, and a senior security researcher and a senior software engineer focused on cloud security. Columbia, Maryland is home to most, with two in Tel Aviv and one remote in Denmark.
Typical pay, live
, CyberJobs.cc shows 7 security openings at Tenable, and their stated salaries usually fall between $113k and $155k a year (midpoint $120k).
Tenable security openings
Read 11 Nov 2026, 15:57 UTCAI Information Security Engineer (opens the job details)
Security Engineering · US - Headquarters - Maryland - Columbia· 1w agoDetails
$102,500–$136,500/yrSenior Security Researcher - Cloud Security (opens the job details)
Threat Intel & Research · Israel - Office - Tel Aviv· 2w agoDetails
Information Security Analyst (opens the job details)
SecOps & IR · US - Headquarters - Maryland - Columbia· 2w agoDetails
$80,500–$107,166.67/yrInformation Security Engineer (opens the job details)
Security Engineering · US - Headquarters - Maryland - Columbia· 3w agoDetails
$102,500–$136,500/yrSenior AI Information Security Engineer (opens the job details)
Security Engineering · US - Headquarters - Maryland - Columbia· 1mo agoDetails
$122,500–$163,166.67/yrSenior Software Engineer - Cloud Security (opens the job details)
Cloud Security · Israel - Office - Tel Aviv· 7mo agoDetails
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Working at Tenable
Tenable was founded in 2002, is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland and trades on Nasdaq as TENB. Its security postings state $113k–$155k/yr typically (median $120k/yr).
Hiring now, with salaries read from its own postings7 open roles at Tenable, confirmed on its careers system 11 Nov 2026.
Mostly headquarters jobs in Columbia, Maryland; staff receive Tenable (Nasdaq: TENB) stock.
Most of its security roles are at the Columbia, Maryland headquarters, with two in Tel Aviv and one remote in Denmark.
Salaries at Tenable
From its open postings · 11 Nov 2026Midpoint $120k/yr, across 4 postings with a salary range. Stated salaries range from $80.5k/yr to $163k/yr.
Computed from 4 different pay ranges employers posted, by this employer, each counted as a year's pay (an hourly rate times 2,080 hours). 3 of the 7 open roles in this set give no salary.
| Kind of work | Open roles | Typical pay | Highest rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Security Engineering | 4 | $120k–$158k/yr | $163k/yr |
| Cloud Security | 1 | No rate stated | None stated |
| SecOps & IR | 1 | $80.5k–$107k/hr1 rate | $107k/yr |
| Threat Intel & Research | 1 | No rate stated | None stated |
Tenable's best-paid open roles
Sort all 7 by salarySenior AI Information Security Engineer (opens the job details)
Security Engineering · US - Headquarters - Maryland - Columbia· 1mo agoDetails
$122,500–$163,166.67/yrAI Information Security Engineer (opens the job details)
Security Engineering · US - Headquarters - Maryland - Columbia· 1w agoDetails
$102,500–$136,500/yrInformation Security Engineer (opens the job details)
Security Engineering · US - Headquarters - Maryland - Columbia· 3w agoDetails
$102,500–$136,500/yrInformation Security Analyst (opens the job details)
SecOps & IR · US - Headquarters - Maryland - Columbia· 2w agoDetails
$80,500–$107,166.67/yr
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Tenable: common questions
What salary does Tenable offer security staff?
Tenable's security postings usually state $113k–$155k/yr, centred on $120k/yr, going by the 4 open roles with a salary range. The lowest stated salary is $80.5k/yr and the highest $163k/yr.
What sort of company is Tenable?
Tenable was founded in 2002, is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland and trades on Nasdaq as TENB.
What is it like to work in security at Tenable?
Its security postings state $113k–$155k/yr typically (median $120k/yr). As a security vendor, it hires both defenders for its own estate and specialists who build and sell the product.
What kind of employment are Tenable's security roles?
Mostly headquarters jobs in Columbia, Maryland; staff receive Tenable (Nasdaq: TENB) stock.
Where are Tenable's security jobs based?
Most of its security roles are at the Columbia, Maryland headquarters, with two in Tel Aviv and one remote in Denmark.
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