Illumio
Sr. Member of Technical Staff - Container Security
Sunnyvale, California - HQ · Staff+ · Contract
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About the role
- Illumio is the leader in ransomware and breach containment, redefining how organizations contain cyberattacks and enable operational resilience.
- Recognized as a Leader in the Forrester Wave™ for Microsegmentation, Illumio enables Zero Trust, strengthening cyber resilience for the infrastructure, systems, and organizations that keep the world running.
- You'll work with a cutting-edge technology stack that spans operating systems, distributed applications, and immersive UI/visualization tools.
Responsibilities
- 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 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.
- 5+ years building distributed & scalable software systems.
- Experience building large, distributed, and scalable software systems.
- All official job offers from our company are extended directly by our recruitment team and will be sent through an official E-Signature document for your review and signature.
Nice to have
- You will understand and enhance modern container platforms such as Kubernetes, Istio, OpenShift, AKS, EKS, GKE etc.
- Our product protects the critical infrastructure of large enterprises.
- You will also mentor junior engineers, new-grads, and interns to help them grow as engineers and become productive members of the team.
- Bachelor's in computer science or equivalent degree.
- Master's degree a plus
- Proficient in at least one higher-level language such as Go, Python, Java, etc.
- Familiarity with, and passion for Kubernetes and related technologies.
- Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, networking concepts, and debugging skills.
Company info
- When you join our team, you become part of the leader in Zero Trust Segmentation.
- Upon acceptance of any offer, we will request such information as part of the onboarding process prior to or on your first day of employment, and only after completing a background check through an authorized third-party vendor.
- Your security is important to us, and we are committed to a safe and transparent hiring experience.
- You will have the opportunity to work with the field organization and key customers to shape this novel product.
- Illumio believes that an environment of unique backgrounds, experiences, viewpoints, and individual contributions creates a culture of belonging, drives our future, and makes us stronger together in support of our customers and their success.
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