Staff Cloud Architect Zero-Trust Distributed Systems

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

Job summary

Illumio is seeking an experienced Cloud Architect to design and deploy scalable cloud-based solutions across multi-cloud environments. You will work with product, development, and DevOps teams to ensure architecture choices meet performance, security, and reliability goals.

You will lead efforts to implement Kubernetes-based services, optimize cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), and drive best practices in configuration, monitoring, and disaster recovery.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Cloud Architect or a similar role, designing and implementing cloud-based solutions in a production environment.
• AWS / Azure / GCP cloud experience.
• Extensively used one of these platforms at the API/programming level.
• Experience with networking and security controls is a plus.
• Experience in one or more programming languages: Java, Python.
• REST API client experience.
• CloudFormation, Terraform are nice to have.
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes and containerization technologies.
• Gang of four design patters.
• Strong expertise in cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• In-depth knowledge of Kubernetes and containerization technologies.
• Built highly scalable distributed system from ground up.
• Experience with building highly scalable and resilient cloud services.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities.
• Ability to work in an agile environment and drive initiatives with clarity and purpose.

Responsibilities

• Deliver cloud architecture that solves the business problem and balance architecture and business margins.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product manager, developers, DevOps engineers to understand business requirements and architect scalable cloud solutions.
• Design, deploy, and manage cloud-based architecture using industry best practices, focusing on efficiency, scalability, availability, performance, and security.
• Evaluate and select appropriate cloud technologies, platforms, and tools, including Kubernetes, to meet the company's needs and drive innovation.
• Optimize cloud-based systems for high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery.
• Implement and manage monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure the health and performance of the cloud infrastructure.
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, security vulnerabilities, and other operational issues in the cloud environment.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends, technologies, and best practices in cloud computing, distributed systems, and cyber security.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Kubernetes

AWS/Azure/GCP

Docker containers

Java

Python

REST API

Terraform

CloudFormation

CI/CD

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

Illumio is seeking an experienced Cloud Architect to design and deploy scalable cloud-based solutions across multi-cloud environments. You will work with product, development, and DevOps teams to ensure architecture choices meet performance, security, and reliability goals.

You will lead efforts to implement Kubernetes-based services, optimize cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), and drive best practices in configuration, monitoring, and disaster recovery.