Director of Forward Deployed Engineering
COMPANY OVERVIEW
TENEX is an AI-native, automation-first, built-for-scale Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider. We combine cutting-edge AI with human expertise to deliver security operations that are better, faster, and more cost-effective than traditional approaches.
We're a fast-growing startup backed by industry experts and top-tier investors led by Crosspoint Capital. Our team is mission-driven, customer-obsessed, and building something that matters — a new standard for how security operations should work.
Culture is one of the most important things at TENEX.AI http://TENEX.AI — explore our culture deck at culture.tenex.ai http://culture.tenex.ai to witness how we embody our values every day.
This role is perfect for those already in the Scottsdale, 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
TENEX.AI http://TENEX.AI is the AI-native, human-led MDR provider. This Director owns the foundational delivery of our MDR service: how we build, deploy, manage, and integrate the platforms our service runs on: Google SecOps, Microsoft Sentinel, and the Tenex Platform. The mandate is time-to-protection and repeatable, high-quality multi-SIEM delivery at scale, standing platforms up cleanly, wiring in the customer's data and tooling, operationalizing detection content and context, and keeping it all running well across the portfolio.
This is an engineering leadership role, not an advisory or product-building one. The team implements and manages the platforms and works closely with the teams that deliver advisory engagements and develop agentic use cases; deploying and integrating what they produce and relaying field context back to them.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Own time-to-protection across our supported platforms — the speed and repeatability of standing up Google SecOps, Microsoft Se...