Member of Technical Staff (Cloud Security)

Illumio; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dependent savings accounts

Equity opportunities

Retirement savings

Job summary

Illumio is seeking a software engineer in Sunnyvale, CA to develop containerized Go microservices for a distributed multi-tenant system. You will own features from design through deployment and mentor junior engineers as part of a collaborative team that values security and innovation.

You will work with Kubernetes, Go, and SQL, with exposure to cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and networking concepts. A bachelor’s degree in CS is required, Master’s preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in CS or equivalent; Master’s degree is a plus.
• 2+ years building distributed and scalable software and systems.
• Experience in Go and SQL; cloud experience with AWS/Azure/GCP is a plus.
• Unix/Linux programming environment experience; willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Develop containerized (micro) services in Go for a distributed multi-tenant system.
• Design and defend architecture before peers and deliver robust implementations.
• Own features across the full software development lifecycle from requirements to deployment.
• Operate the system and write clearer, more maintainable software; learn from operations.
• Mentor junior engineers, new grads, and interns to help them grow.

Skills

Go programming

SQL

Distributed systems

Kubernetes

REST API

Networking (TCP/IP)

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor’s in Computer Science or equivalent

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

CloudFormation

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

• Our Engineering team has established a culture based on thought leadership, independence, and responsibility
• This powerful dynamic drives us forward as we work to make the digital world a safer place
• Those who join us represent the leader in Zero Trust Segmentation and work on a technology stack that ranges from operating systems to distributed applications to UI and visualization
• Together, we will continue to build world-class products—driven by people with different perspectives, backgrounds, and a commitment to innovation in a time when the world faces its greatest cybersecurity threats in history
• You will be developing containerized (micro) services for a distributed multi-tenant system that process data and real time events and network telemetry from multiple public clouds to provide real time insights, visibility, and security recommendations to customers so they can identify and minimize risk in the cloud
• You will design your service, work out all of the details, defend the design/architecture before your peers, and deliver a rock-solid implementation
• You will also mentor junior engineers, new-grads, and interns to help them grow as engineers and become productive members of the team
• You will primarily write code in Go and work with data pipeline using SQL or other types of interfaces. We leverage Kubernetes for service infrastructure platform. We welcome people with backgrounds in other languages and technology stacks along with a desire to learn
• Own critical features and subsystems and own the entire software development lifecycle, from clarifying requirements to ensuring their successful deployment and usage by customers
• Own operational aspects of the system, being on the front lines and experiencing first‑hand the challenges of operating such a system, will make you understand how to write better more supportable software, like no other experience
• Own code quality, as we do early developer testing and functional/integration testing to ensure we build robust and resilient products
• Partner with Product Management to review, refine requirement that exceed our customers’ expectations
• Develop deep understanding of the fundamental problems our customers need solved through interaction with stakeholders and peers

Benefits

• Health and Dependent Savings Accounts
• Life and Disability Programs
• Paid Parental Leave
• Voluntary Benefit Programs
• Company Sponsored Wellness Program
• Wellness Reimbursement Program
• Retirement Savings
• Equity Opportunities
• Paid time off and Paid Holidays
• Employee Incentive Program
• Medical, Dental, Vision Coverage

• Unix/Linux programming environment experience
• Passion for software development, willing to constantly learn, keeping up with technological trends, and working in a team setting
• Bachelor’s in computer science or equivalent degree. Master’s degree a plus
• Extensively used one of these platforms at the API/programming level
• General TCP/IP networking knowledge
• Our platform is K8s based so experience delivering a containerized serviced is desired
• Language requirements
• 2+ years building distributed & scalable software and systems
• Experience in Go and SQLAWS / Azure / GCP cloud experience:CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible are nice to have
• Experience with networking and security controls is a plus
• REST API client experience