Illumio
Sr. Member of Technical Staff - Platform
HQ - Sunnyvale (Office) · 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.
- OUR TEAM'S VISION: Our Engineering team is shaping the future of cybersecurity.
Responsibilities
- Your C++ code will be used in a lightweight agent that delivers micro-segmentation security by building on proven, pre-existing mechanisms inside both Unix (Linux, Solaris, AIX), Windows and MacOS operating systems, in order to minimize its footprint.
- Your desire to help build system services, combined with your knowledge of operating systems, will be leveraged to build innovative solutions.
- You will have an immediate impact on features within Virtual Enforcement Node, from concept, design, and development, and you will learn from a talented team of engineers.
- 5+ years building distributed & 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.
Requirements
- Proficiency in C++.
- Experience with other firewalling technologies such as iptables, nftables, or packet filter.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's in computer science or equivalent degree.
- Master's degree a plus
Skills
- ONWARDS TOGETHER!
Company info
- The VEN Policy Platform team is seeking a talented engineer with a strong background and interest in Networking, Operating Systems and System Software Development, who will work on our industry-leading Adaptive Segmentation Solution.
- We are looking for an engineer to build C++ system services for the Illumio Virtual Enforcement Node - a software agent that runs inside application workloads to enforce security policies within the Illumio Adaptive Security Platform.
- Your code will help to secure our customers' most critical systems and applications.
- Bachelor's in computer science or equivalent degree. Master's degree a plus
- Strong experience in software applications.
- Familiarity with networking at the application level.
- Creative thinking.
- Have authorization to work in the United States.
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