Senior Software Engineer

Trellix Public Sector

San Jose (CA)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 250,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Retirement Plans

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Community involvement support

Job summary

Trellix Public Sector is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to own cloud services that connect Trellix security appliances to the Trellix cloud. You will oversee design, development, and production support, including compliance work for FedRAMP and the ongoing migration from AWS to GCP.

Must have 5–8+ years building and running production software with strong Go, Python, Java, or C/C++, plus AWS and/or GCP experience. Familiarity with Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD is preferred.

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS or Engineering or equivalent
5+ years building and running production software
Strong skills in Go, Python, Java, or C/C++ plus shell scripting
Hands-on AWS and/or GCP experience with Linux internals
Docker and container-based deployments; CI/CD tooling

Responsibilities

Own design, development, and day-to-day operation of production cloud services
Build, deploy, and scale distributed, multi-tenant services on AWS and GCP
Lead the migration of workloads from AWS to GCP
Serve as technical point of contact for FedRAMP compliance
Write and maintain runbooks, design docs, and runbooks for reliability

Skills

Python

Java

C/C++

Shell scripting

AWS

GCP

Linux internals

Docker

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

AWS (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, CloudWatch)

GCP (Compute, GKE, IAM, Cloud SQL, Cloud Monitoring)

Kubernetes

Terraform/CloudFormation

Jenkins/GitHub Actions/GitLab CI

Job description

Job Title:

Senior Software Engineer

About Trellix

Trellix is a global cybersecurity leader helping organizations build cyber resilience for the AI era. Combining AI-native security, operational threat intelligence, and automated detection and response, Trellix provides defense-grade protection at machine speed across on-premises, air-gapped, operational technology, hybrid, and cloud environments. Trellix helps customers anticipate threats, scale effective security operations, maintain business continuity, and adapt their security posture for the modern threat landscape. Working with a broad partner ecosystem and global intelligence collaborators, Trellix helps strengthen the collective defense against cybercriminals and state-sponsored attacks. At Trellix, we empower professionals at all career stages to expand their technical expertise, lead strategic initiatives, and make a tangible global impact. Whether you are an industry pioneer or an emerging specialist, Trellix provides the tools and opportunities to enhance and expand your skill set. Join our mission to scale AI-driven cyber defense alongside an AI-accelerated threat landscape, and help build a safer, more resilient future . More at https://trellix.com .

Role Overview:

Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Platform Services (5-8+ yrs)

Own the cloud services that connect Trellix security appliances to the Trellix cloud: device registration, licensing, and content and update delivery. You'll own development and production operations, lead technical compliance work for our FedRAMP-authorized environment, and drive the migration of these services from AWS to GCP.

Must have: strong skills in Go, Python, Java, or C/C++; hands-on AWS and/or GCP; Linux internals; Docker; CI/CD.

Nice to have: FedRAMP/NIST 800-53 experience, AWS migration, Kubernetes, Terraform.

The Role

We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer to own the cloud services that connect Trellix security appliances to the Trellix cloud: device registration, licensing, and content and update delivery. You'll be the technical owner for these services. That covers design and development, production support, compliance work for our FedRAMP-authorized environment, and our ongoing migration from AWS to GCP.

Key Responsibilities

Service ownership: Own the design, development, and day-to-day operation of production cloud services used by Trellix appliances worldwide.
Cloud engineering: Build, deploy, and scale distributed, multi-tenant services on AWS and GCP.
Cloud migration: Lead the technical side of moving workloads to the cloud: map dependencies, plan cutovers, validate, and roll back if needed.
Compliance: Act as technical point of contact for FedRAMP. Supply control evidence, fix findings, and keep changes within compliance boundaries.
CI/CD and automation: Build and maintain automated pipelines for build, test, deployment, and infrastructure.
Containers and Linux: Deploy, run, and debug containerized workloads on hardened Linux.
Reliability and observability: Improve availability, fault tolerance, performance, and monitoring. Handle escalations and lead root-cause analysis.
Collaboration: Work with SRE, Support, Order Operations, product management, and partner engineering teams to resolve issues and deliver features.
Knowledge continuity: Write and maintain runbooks, design docs, and operational procedures so no single person holds critical knowledge.

Qualifications

Required

5-8+ years building and running production software
Strong skills in at least one of Go, Python, Java, or C/C++, plus shell scripting
Hands-on experience with AWS (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, CloudWatch) and/or GCP (Compute, GKE, IAM, Cloud SQL, Cloud Monitoring)
Strong Linux fundamentals: internals, performance tuning, and network troubleshooting
Docker and container-based deployments
CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI
Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent experience

Preferred

Experience in FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, or similar regulated environments (ConMon, POA&M, evidence collection)
Hands-on cloud-to-cloud migration experience (AWS preferred)
Kubernetes (EKS/GKE/RKE2)
Infrastructure as Code with Terraform or CloudFormation
Experience with licensing, entitlement, device registration, or content-delivery services
Background in the security or networking domain

Company Benefits and Perks:

We believe that the best solutions are developed by teams who embrace each other's unique experiences, skills, and abilities. We work hard to create a dynamic workforce where we encourage everyone to bring their authentic selves to work every day. We offer a variety of social programs, flexible work hours and family-friendly benefits to all of our employees.