# Sr. Member of Technical Staff - Platform

**Company:** [Illumio](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/illumio)
**Location:** Sunnyvale, CA, San Francisco, CA, Los Angeles, CA
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $153k – $192k/yr
**Skills:** Kubernetes, Ruby, Java, Go, Postgres, Redis, GitOps, Argo CD, Flux, Jenkins, AWS, Azure, Prometheus, Grafana, Terraform
**Posted:** 2025-11-03

> Designs, builds, and maintains cloud-native platform services using Kubernetes for multi-tenant deployments. Develops microservices in Ruby/Java/Go, manages CI/CD pipelines with GitOps, and ensures production reliability across AWS/Azure. Requires 3-5 years experience and strong Kubernetes expertise.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain core cloud-native platform services utilizing the Kubernetes control plane to enable rapid product development and high-scale deployment in a multi-tenant, distributed architecture.
- Develop robust microservices using **Ruby**, **Java**, or **Go**, using **Kubernetes** and data services like **PostgreSQL** and **Redis** across **Azure** and **AWS** clusters.
- Own the full development lifecycle including deployment, focusing on defining **Kubernetes** deployment strategies, ensuring comprehensive observability (**Prometheus**/**Grafana**), and implementing best practices for production reliability and critical issue resolution.
- Enhance and manage multi-cluster **CI/CD** pipelines using **Jenkins** and automation, strictly adhering to **GitOps** principles (e.g., **ArgoCD** or **Flux**) for declarative configuration management across hybrid and multi-cloud **Kubernetes** environments.
- Foster team excellence through mentorship and rigorous code reviews, driving adoption of **Kubernetes** security policies, resource optimization, and overall cloud-native best practices.

## Requirements
- **Bachelor’s degree** in Computer Science or equivalent, with **3–5 years** of experience building distributed, scalable software and systems.
- Strong coding skills in **Ruby**, **Java**, or **Go**, with experience building API-based web services and a desire to deepen expertise in **Ruby**.
- Hands-on experience with **PostgreSQL**, **Redis**, or similar database and caching technologies.
- Deep expertise in **Kubernetes** architecture and operations, with familiarity implementing **GitOps** workflows (e.g., **ArgoCD**, **Flux**).
- Solid understanding of **CI/CD** systems (especially **Jenkins**), and experience working with **Azure** and **AWS** at the API/programming level.
- Demonstrated analytical and debugging skills, with a passion for continuous learning and staying current with technological trends.
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities, thriving in team-oriented environments.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with networking and network security controls.
- Exposure to platform resiliency practices and incident response.
- Familiarity with observability tools (e.g., **Prometheus**, **Grafana**).
- Experience with infrastructure as code (e.g., **Terraform**, **Pulumi**).

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