IT Operations Engineer
Tanium
United StatesPosted about 1 month agoDiscoveredMatch locked
RemoteFull TimeDeveloper
The Basics
TheOperationsEngineerisresponsibleforprovisioning,installation/configuration,operation,andmaintenanceof systems hardware and software and related infrastructure with a particular focus on support for R&D people, processes and technology. This role participates in technical research and development to enable continuing innovation across Tanium ’s R&D and Engineering infrastructure while ensure hardware, operating systems, software systems, and related procedures are operational, secure, and well maintained.
MinimumJobQualifications
- Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Experience
- 2-3 years relevant work experience
- Experience with Meraki network hardware and web interface
- Direct experience working with AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud
- Experience managing common services, such as DNS, DHCP, and Active Directory
- Familiar with monitoring and analytics tools, such as Nagios, Splunk, CheckMK, and/or DataDog
- Basic understanding of common network technologies and protocols
- Problem solving skills required to analyze complex situations and use various commercial / open-source tools to quickly resolve technical challenges
- Authorized to work in the U.S.
PreferredJobQualifications
- 3-5 years relevant work experience
- West Coast-based candidates strongly preferred
- Highly-competitive candidates will have knowledge of and hands-on experience with the following technologies:
- Tanium
- Ansible
- Python, Windows & Linux shell scripting
- Github Enterprise, Artifactory, Jenkins, Cloudflare
- Experience writing scripts in common scripting languages (e.g. Python and Bash and PowerShell)
EssentialJobFunctions
- Travel on short notice for network troubleshooting as needed
- Manage the day to day operations of Tanium ’s infrastructure
- Participate in the planning of both short and long-term goals and direction for IT
- Develop tools for automation of tasks and integration of other central IT services
- Follows the change management process
- Document system configuration, installations, and maintenance processes
- Collaborate with DevOps and Engineering teams to resolve operational challenges and streamline workflows
CoreCompetencies
- 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
Security & Privacy Roles & Responsibilities
All roles at Tanium have access to Tanium Confidential Information, therefore, Tanium assigns a universal Position Risk Designation to all roles to hold everyone to the highest possible standard. All roles at Tanium are subject to the following requirements:
- Protection of Tanium information and other assets
- Compliance with Tanium policies and terms of applicable agreements with Tanium
Additional privacy and security-specific duties, skills and qualifications relevant to the role, if any:
About Tanium
Tanium delivers the industry's only true real-time cloud-based endpoint management and security offering. Its converged endpoint management (XEM) platform is real-time, seamless, and autonomous, allowing security-conscious organizations to break down silos between IT and Security operations that results in reduced complexity, cost, and risk. Securing more than 32M endpoints around the world, Tanium 's customers include Fortune 100 organizations, top US retailers, top US commercial banks, and branches of the U.S. Military. It also partners with the world's biggest technology companies, system integrators, and managed service providers to help customers realize the full potential of their IT investments. Tanium has been named to the Forbes Cloud 100 list for nine consecutive years and ranks on the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For. For more information on The Power of Certainty™, visit and follow us on LinkedIn and X.
WorkRequirements
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Travel Requirements
[5% of time or less expected to travel]
- As needed short notice travel to support the network health
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MentalAbilities
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Analytical abilities
ability to analyze problem situations in depth; ability to show a probing mind.
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Number facility
the individual must be able to perform basic mathematical calculations at a minimum.
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Precision to detail
it is necessary that the individual be precise, detail-oriented, and exact.
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Flexibility
the ability to juggle several projects simultaneously, to cope successfully with diversity and complexity, to integrate seemingly unrelated data, and to reduce complex notions into relatively simple terms.
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Written and oral communication skills
ability to write memos, letters, and reports in clear, concise fashion with appropriate vocabulary, grammar, and word usage; ability to communicate effectively with superiors, peers, subordinates, and others on a one-on-one basis, using appropriate vocabulary, grammar, and word usage; includes clarity, organization of thought, and expressiveness are all part of this dimension.
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Management skills
ability to achieve results through subordinates; ability to successfully recruit, conduct selection interviews, place people, give clear direction, train, develop people for promotion, build cohesive and effective teams, monitor performance thoroughly, give constructive and ongoing performance feedback, conduct annual performance appraisals
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Physical&MentalAbilitiesandDemands
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Use of Fingers/Hands
Typing, or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling.
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Talking
Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detail or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
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Hearing
Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make fine discriminations in sound, such as when making fine adjustments on machine parts.
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Repetitive motions
: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
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Vision
The incumbent is required to distinguish between true colors, perceive depth, and partial field of vision is required at a minimum for the position.
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WorkEnvironment
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The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions
: Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.
About Tanium
Tanium is the Autonomous IT company. Driven by AI and real-time endpoint intelligence, Tanium Autonomous IT empowers IT and security teams to make their organizations unstoppable.
Many of the world’s leading organizations trust Tanium ’s single, unified platform for endpoint management and security to innovate faster, stay resilient and move business forward with confidence, at scale. To learn how Tanium delivers Autonomous IT for unstoppable business – visit and follow us on LinkedIn and X.
On a mission. Together.
At Tanium , we are stewards of a culture that emphasizes the importance of collaboration, respect, and diversity. In our pursuit of revolutionizing the way some of the largest enterprises and governments in the world solve their most difficult IT challenges, we are strengthened by our unique perspectives and by our collective actions.
As a global organization with stakeholders around the world, it’s imperative that the diversity of our customers and communities is reflected internally in our team members. We strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels they have opportunities to succeed and grow because we know that only together can we do great things.
Our commitment to excellence and innovation has earned us a place on the Forbes Cloud 100 list for ten consecutive years, and we continue to be recognized worldwide as a great place to work.
Each of our team members has 5 days set aside as volunteer time off (VTO) to contribute to the communities they live in and give back to the causes they care about most.
What you’ll get
The annual base salary range for this full-time position is $100,000 to $155,000. 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.
In addition to an annual base salary, team members will receive equity awards and a generous benefits package consisting of medical, dental and vision plan, family planning benefits, health savings account, flexible spending account, transportation savings account, 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match, life, accident and disability coverage, business travel accident insurance, employee assistance programs, disability insurance, and other well-being benefits.
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 . For more information refer to the “Know Your Rights” poster which is available here - .
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Skills
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