Staff Windows Engineer

Illumio • Sunnyvale, CA

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About The Position

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 – stopping the spread of attacks before they become disasters. 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 Engineering team is shaping the future of cybersecurity. We thrive on visionary leadership, autonomy, and ownership, fostering a culture of innovation that propels us forward in the ever-evolving cybersecurity landscape. As a leader in Zero Trust Segmentation, we are redefining security for a world facing unprecedented cyber threats. You’ll work with a highly scalable SaaS service built using cloud-native technologies while simultaneously shipping the solution on-premises. Our guiding philosophy in Engineering is to get things right through practicing disciplined engineering, focusing, not cutting corners, and of course having fun while we are at it. We believe in enabling ownership at all levels of the organization and empowering teams. If you thrive in this culture, come join us!

Requirements

• Bachelor’s in computer science or equivalent degree. Master’s degree a plus.
• 8+ years building distributed & scalable software systems.
• Expertise in programming in C or C++ (11/14/17/20).
• Sound networking programming skills at the ip/socket or lower level.
• Experience with Windows kernel level debugging.
• Experience developing multi-process and multi-threaded applications.
• Must have written production quality Windows Kernel Drivers.
• Familiarity with, and passion for Windows Filtering Platform (WFP), and related technologies.
• Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, networking concepts, and debugging skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with other firewalling technologies such as iptables, nftables, or packet filter.
• Familiarity with BPF/eBPF.

Responsibilities

• Build a new, unprecedented way to orchestrate Zero Trust segmentation down to the application utilizing the Windows Filtering Platform.
• Use the latest technologies and C++ standard.
• Own and design critical features and subsystems, work out all the details, and defend the design before peers.
• Deliver a rock-solid implementation that is elegant, simple, scalable, stable, secure, and supportable.
• Work with the field organization and key customers to shape this novel product.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees