Tanium Engineer

Roles & Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, administer and maintain Tanium Core and the associated modules in scope.
• Lead and execute enterprise patching operations using Tanium Patch, including patch strategy, scheduling, ring/wave deployment, remediation, compliance reporting, and exception handling.
• Design and implement patching workflows for databases using Tanium, ensuring minimal disruption and adherence to maintenance windows and change control.
• Build and manage sensors, packages, saved questions, dashboards and automated actions to support operational and compliance needs.
• Configure and maintain integrations via Tanium Connect (e.g., SIEM, CMDB, ITSM, and data lake platforms).
• Develop reporting and trending dashboards using Reporting and Trends to provide visibility into endpoint health, patch compliance, and configuration posture.
• Support asset inventory, discovery, software deployment, and compliance operations across the module suite.
• Troubleshoot Tanium client, server and module performance issues and tune the environment for scale and reliability.
• Partner with security, infrastructure, database and operations teams to align Tanium capabilities with business and compliance requirements.
• Document architecture, standard operating procedures and runbooks, and provide knowledge transfer and mentoring to internal teams.

Skills/Requirement

• Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience with Tanium.
• Strong working knowledge of Tanium Core and the modules in scope: Asset, Automate, Connect, Discover, Engage, Interact, Reporting, Trends, Deploy, Patch, Performance and Comply.
• Deep, demonstrable expertise in Tanium Patch, including large-scale patch deployment and remediation.
• Proven experience patching databases using Tanium.
• Solid understanding of endpoint management, patch management lifecycles and compliance frameworks.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across Windows and Linux endpoints.
• Ability to write and interpret Tanium sensors, packages, and queries.