Sunnyvale, California - HQ Hybrid Employment

Illumio is hiring a Staff Engineer, Cloud Security

About the Role

You will design and implement containerized microservices within a distributed, multi-tenant environment, processing live telemetry from multiple cloud providers to deliver real-time visibility and risk mitigation guidance. You will lead technical design discussions, ensure high-quality code through testing and peer review, mentor junior team members, and take full ownership of features from concept to deployment. Collaboration with product management and stakeholders will ensure solutions meet customer needs.

Responsibilities

  • Build containerized microservices for a distributed, multi-tenant architecture
  • Ingest and process real-time data, events, and network telemetry from various public cloud platforms
  • Deliver immediate insights, visibility, and security guidance to help customers reduce cloud risk
  • Design system components and present architectural decisions for peer review and validation
  • Deliver highly reliable and performant implementations
  • Guide and support early-career engineers, new graduates, and interns in their technical development
  • Take ownership of critical product features and underlying subsystems
  • Manage the full software development lifecycle, from requirement clarification to deployment and monitoring
  • Oversee operational responsibilities and system reliability
  • Ensure code quality through developer-led testing, functional validation, and integration checks
  • Collaborate with Product Management to assess and improve requirements
  • Gain deep insight into customer challenges through direct engagement with internal and external stakeholders

Work Arrangement

Hybrid — San Francisco, Los Angeles

Team

Engineering team driven by visionary leadership, autonomy, and ownership

Our Team's Vision

The Engineering team operates with a culture rooted in visionary leadership, autonomy, and ownership, fostering innovation in cybersecurity. You’ll contribute to a leading Zero Trust Segmentation platform using advanced technologies across operating systems, distributed systems, and interactive UI tools. This is a chance to build transformative products with a diverse team at a time of unprecedented cyber threats.

Our Commitment

We value diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and contributions as essential to our success. A culture of inclusion and belonging is central to who we are and how we grow stronger together.

Our Commitment

We believe diversity of thought, experience, and background strengthens our culture and supports customer success. Job offers come directly from our recruitment team via official e-signature. We never request sensitive personal information during hiring. Such details are collected only after a background check, prior to or on your start date. Report any suspicious outreach immediately.

Other

  • This role involves access to technology subject to U.S. export controls.
  • Employment is contingent on the candidate’s ability to comply with U.S. export control regulations.
  • In San Francisco and Los Angeles, qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with local Fair Chance laws.
About company
Illumio
Illumio is the leader in ransomware and breach containment, redefining how organizations contain cyberattacks and enable operational resilience. Powered by the Illumio AI Security Graph, our breach containment platform identifies and contains threats across hybrid multi-cloud environments. Recognized as a Leader in the Forrester Wave™ for Microsegmentation, Illumio enables Zero Trust, strengthening cyber resilience.
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Job Details
Department Engineering
Category other
Posted 5 months ago