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Staff Engineer, Cloud Security

Join Illumio as a Staff Engineer to develop containerized services for cloud security in a dynamic cybersecurity environment.

Location
Sunnyvale, California - HQ
Compensation
Not disclosed
Level
staff
Type
full time · On-site

Posted by employer 5 months ago

First seen on Joblaze 1 month ago

Last verified on the company career page 11 hours ago

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Role intensity

40% coding

AI in the day-to-day

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Requirements

Experience
8+ years
Education
Bachelor's degree

Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, visa sponsorship.

Joblaze summary

In this role, the Staff Engineer for Cloud Security at Illumio will focus on developing containerized microservices that process real-time data and network telemetry from various public clouds, enhancing security insights for clients. Proficiency in Go and SQL is essential, along with experience in distributed systems and cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with a strong software development background who are eager to mentor junior team members and engage in the full software development lifecycle. Illumio's engineering team emphasizes innovation and collaboration, making it a dynamic environment for tackling pressing cybersecurity challeng

Joblaze insights

  • Listed about a month ago — first seen on Joblaze September 3, 2026. Last confirmed on Illumio's careers page October 27, 2026.
  • AWS appears in 37% of 135 comparable staff security roles in United States; TCP/IP appears in 0.7% of 135 comparable staff security roles in United States.

Quick facts

Is the Staff Engineer, Cloud Security role remote?
No — this is an on-site role in Sunnyvale, California - HQ.
How much experience is required?
At least 8 years of relevant experience for this Staff Engineer, Cloud Security role.
Where is the role based?
Illumio is hiring for this position in Sunnyvale, California - HQ.
What's the tech stack?
Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Ansible, Azure, CloudFormation, GCP, Go.
What seniority level is this role?
Illumio targets staff-level candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?
Full-time for this Staff Engineer, Cloud Security role at Illumio.

From the original posting

Location: 5 on-site days a week in Sunnyvale, CA Headquarters.

Our Team's Vision:

Our Engineering team is driven by a culture that thrives on visionary leadership, autonomy, and ownership, creating a dynamic synergy that drives us forward in the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity.

When you join our team, you become part of the leader in Zero Trust Segmentation. You'll work with a cutting-edge technology stack that spans operating systems, distributed applications, and immersive UI/visualization tools.

We're shaping the future of cybersecurity. And together, we will continue to build world-class products—led by people with different perspectives, backgrounds, and a commitment to innovation in a time when the world faces its greatest cybersecurity threats in history.

 

Your Impact:

  • You will be developing containerized (micro) services for a distributed multi-tenant system that process data and real time events and network telemetry from multiple public clouds to provide real time insights, visibility, and security recommendations to customers so they can identify and minimize risk in the cloud.

  • You will design your service, work out all of the details, defend the design/architecture before your peers, and deliver a rock-solid implementation.

  • You will also mentor junior engineers, new-grads, and interns to help them grow as engineers and become productive members of the team.

  • You will primarily write code in Go and work with data pipeline using SQL or other types of interfaces. We leverage Kubernetes for service infrastructure platform. We welcome people with backgrounds in other languages and technology stacks along with a desire to learn.

  • Own critical features and subsystems and own the entire software development lifecycle, from clarifying requirements to ensuring their successful deployment and usage by customers.

  • Own operational aspects of the system, being on the front lines and experiencing first-hand the challenges of operating such a system, will make you understand how to write better more supportable software, like no other experience.

  • Own code quality, as we do early developer testing and functional/integration testing to ensure we build robust and resilient products.

  • Partner with Product Management to review, refine requirement that exceed our customers’ expectations.

  • Develop deep understanding of the fundamental problems our customers need solved through interaction with stakeholders and peers.

Your Toolkit:

  • Bachelor’s in computer science or equivalent degree. Master’s degree a plus

  • 8+ years building distributed & scalable software and systems

  • Passion for software development, willing to constantly learn, keeping up with technological trends, and working in a team setting

  • 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

  • Our platform is K8s based so experience delivering a containerized serviced is desired

  • Language requirements

    • Experience in Go and SQL

    • REST API client experience

    • CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible are nice to have

    • General TCP/IP networking knowledge

    • Unix/Linux programming environment experience

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