Senior Staff Engineer - Cloud-Native Security & Kubernetes

Illumio; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cybersecurity firm based in Sunnyvale, California is seeking a skilled software engineer to design and maintain its cloud-native platform services. The ideal candidate will have extensive coding experience in Ruby, Java, or Go and deep expertise in Kubernetes architecture. This role involves owning the full development lifecycle and fostering team excellence through mentorship. If you are passionate about innovation and thrive in a collaborative environment, we encourage you to apply.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience building distributed, scalable software and systems.
• Experience building API-based web services and deep expertise in Ruby.
• Hands-on experience with database and caching technologies.
• Familiarity implementing GitOps workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain core cloud-native platform services.
• Develop robust microservices using Ruby, Java, or Go.
• Own the full development lifecycle including deployment strategies.
• Enhance and manage multi-cluster CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Coding in Ruby, Java, or Go

Kubernetes architecture and operations

CI/CD systems (especially Jenkins)

Analytical and debugging skills

Excellent communication and collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

PostgreSQL

Redis

Prometheus

Grafana

Jenkins

ArgoCD

Terraform

Job description

A leading cybersecurity firm based in Sunnyvale, California is seeking a skilled software engineer to design and maintain its cloud-native platform services. The ideal candidate will have extensive coding experience in Ruby, Java, or Go and deep expertise in Kubernetes architecture. This role involves owning the full development lifecycle and fostering team excellence through mentorship. If you are passionate about innovation and thrive in a collaborative environment, we encourage you to apply.