Staff Engineer, Cloud Security & Zero Trust

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

Job summary

Illumio is seeking an accomplished software architect in Sunnyvale/San Jose area to build distributed Go services for a multi-tenant platform. You will design and defend architectures, mentor engineers, and own end-to-end delivery from requirements through deployment.

The role emphasizes Go and SQL along with Kubernetes-based infrastructure, cloud familiarity, and strong systems thinking to deliver real-time insights and security capabilities across hybrid multi-cloud environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in computer science or equivalent degree; Master’s preferred.
• 8+ years building distributed and scalable software and systems.
• Experience with AWS/Azure/GCP cloud platforms at API/programming level.

Responsibilities

• Develop containerized services for a distributed multi-tenant system processing real-time data and network telemetry.
• Design and defend architecture; deliver rock-solid implementations.
• Mentor junior engineers and interns to grow as engineers.
• Write code primarily in Go and work with data pipelines using SQL or similar interfaces.
• Own features and subsystems from requirements to deployment and usage.
• Own operations and write maintainable, observable software; participate in testing.
• Maintain code quality with early testing and integration tests.
• Collaborate with Product Management to refine requirements beyond customer expectations.
• Develop deep understanding of customer problems through stakeholder interactions.

Skills

Go

SQL

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

REST API

Unix/Linux

Distributed systems

Containerization

Networking

Education

Bachelor's in CS

Master’s degree a plus

Tools

Kubernetes

CloudFormation

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Illumio is seeking an accomplished software architect in Sunnyvale/San Jose area to build distributed Go services for a multi-tenant platform. You will design and defend architectures, mentor engineers, and own end-to-end delivery from requirements through deployment.

The role emphasizes Go and SQL along with Kubernetes-based infrastructure, cloud familiarity, and strong systems thinking to deliver real-time insights and security capabilities across hybrid multi-cloud environments.