Join Illumio as a Staff Engineer to innovate in Zero Trust Segmentation and enhance container security in a dynamic team environment.
Posted by employer 3 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 month ago
Last verified on the company career page 16 hours ago
Role intensity
50% coding
Requirements
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Staff Engineer will focus on developing innovative solutions for orchestrating Zero Trust Segmentation at the application and pod level within container ecosystems. Key skills include proficiency in languages like Go or Python, along with a strong background in distributed systems and familiarity with Kubernetes and related technologies. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with over eight years of experience who are eager to mentor junior team members and contribute to critical cybersecurity infrastructure. Illumio's engineering team emphasizes autonomy and collaboration, fostering a culture of innovation in a rapidly evolving field.
Joblaze insights
Quick facts
- Is the Staff Engineer - Container 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 - Container 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: AKS, EKS, GKE, Go, Istio, Java.
- 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 - Container 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 build a new, unprecedented way to orchestrate Zero Trust Segmentation down to the application / pod level, identifying easily blocking pathways of attacks in the container ecosystem
You will understand and enhance modern container platforms such as Kubernetes, Istio, OpenShift, AKS, EKS, GKE etc.
You will have the opportunity to own and design critical features and subsystems, work out all the details, and defend the design before your peers.
You will deliver a rock-solid implementation that is elegant, simple, scalable, stable, secure, and supportable. Our product protects the critical infrastructure of large enterprises. It must work.
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 have the opportunity to work with the field organization and key customers to shape this novel product.
Your Toolkit:
Bachelor’s in computer science or equivalent degree. Master’s degree a plus
8+ years building distributed & scalable software systems.
Proficient in at least one higher-level language such as Go, Python , Java, etc.
Experience building large, distributed, and scalable software systems.
Familiarity with, and passion for Kubernetes and related technologies.
Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, networking concepts, and debugging skills.
Experience with networking and security controls is a plus
General TCP/IP networking knowledge
Unix/Linux programming environment experience
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Our Commitment
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