Sr. Member of Technical Staff - Container Security

Illumio • Sunnyvale, CA

1d • $172,000 - $198,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Illumio is hiring a Sr. Member of Technical Staff for its Engineering team, onsite in Sunnyvale, California, five days a week in the office. The role focuses on building a new way to orchestrate Zero Trust Segmentation at the application and pod level in container environments, helping identify and block attack pathways. The engineer will work with modern container platforms and a technology stack spanning operating systems, distributed applications, and UI and visualization tools.

The position involves owning and designing critical features and subsystems, presenting and defending designs to peers, and delivering elegant, scalable, stable, secure, supportable implementations for products that protect enterprise critical infrastructure. The engineer will mentor junior engineers, new graduates, and interns, and collaborate with field teams and key customers to shape the product.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or an equivalent degree.
• At least 5 years of experience building distributed and scalable software systems.
• Proficiency in at least one higher-level programming language such as Go, Python, or Java.
• Familiarity with and passion for Kubernetes and related technologies.
• Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, networking concepts, and debugging skills.
• General TCP/IP networking knowledge.
• Experience in a Unix/Linux programming environment.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree.
• Experience with networking and security controls.

Responsibilities

• Build a new approach to orchestrating Zero Trust Segmentation at the application and pod level, identifying and blocking attack pathways in container environments.
• Understand and enhance container platforms such as Kubernetes, Istio, OpenShift, AKS, EKS, and GKE.
• Own and design critical features and subsystems, work through implementation details, and defend designs before peers.
• Deliver elegant, simple, scalable, stable, secure, and supportable implementations.
• Mentor junior engineers, new graduates, and interns.
• Work with the field organization and key customers to shape the product.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior