Staff Cloud Threat Detection Engineer

Trellix; Annapolis (MD); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement Plans

Medical Coverage

Dental Coverage

Vision Coverage

Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Community Involvement Support

Job summary

Trellix is seeking a Staff Software Development Engineer to lead the design and development of our Cloud Threat Detection Platform. You will architect high-throughput pipelines, scalable microservices, and secure AWS infrastructure, collaborating with threat researchers and engineers.

This hybrid role allows 3–4 days per week in the Frisco, TX office, with remote collaboration across global teams. Expect to contribute to full-stack web interfaces, AI-assisted tooling, and secure, scalable

Qualifications

• 11+ years of professional software development experience building and operating high-throughput microservices, cloud platforms, and full-stack web architectures.
• Deep AWS cloud expertise for large-scale enterprise systems.
• Linux proficiency and shell scripting required.
• Strong Python development in FastAPI and Django.
• Experience with REST and asynchronous Web APIs handling millions of requests.
• C/C++ interfacing with low-level engines; Go preferred.
• CI/CD and IaC with GitHub Actions, Terraform, AWS CDK, CloudFormation.
• Web UI & full-stack with Django/React, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap.
• Core infra: VPCs, NAT, EC2, S3, EFS, Lambda, API Gateway, ECS, EKS, WAF.
• Compliance knowledge across FedRAMP, US, EU, APJ, Canada.
• AI tooling integration into development workflows.
• Security, OAuth2, JWT, SAML concepts and SDL.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and engineering of the Cloud Threat Detection Platform from concept to production.
• Develop high-throughput submission pipelines and resilient microservices.
• Build modern web UIs and dashboards using React, Django, HTML/CSS/JS.
• Architect and manage end-to-end AWS infrastructure with security best practices.
• Incorporate AI tooling to accelerate coding, reviews, and delivery workflows.
• Enforce secure API boundaries and identity mechanisms; ensure regulatory compliance.

Skills

AWS Cloud

Linux

Python

FastAPI

Django

REST APIs

Async APIs

C/C++

Go

CI/CD

IaC

React

Web UI

Security

FedRAMP

AI tooling

OAuth2

JWT

SAML

OpenSearch

DynamoDB

ECS

EKS

WAF

API Gateway

Terraform

CDK

CloudFormation

Redis

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenSearch

Athena

RDS

S3

ECS

EKS

GitHub Actions

Terraform

CDK

CloudFormation

Redis

Job description

Trellix is seeking a Staff Software Development Engineer to lead the design and development of our Cloud Threat Detection Platform. You will architect high-throughput pipelines, scalable microservices, and secure AWS infrastructure, collaborating with threat researchers and engineers.

This hybrid role allows 3–4 days per week in the Frisco, TX office, with remote collaboration across global teams. Expect to contribute to full-stack web interfaces, AI-assisted tooling, and secure, scalable