Staff Engineer, Cloud Security
Develops containerized microservices in Go for Illumio's cloud security platform, processing real-time cloud telemetry on Kubernetes to deliver security insights and recommendations. Requires 8+ years experience with public clouds (AWS/Azure/GCP) and mentors junior engineers.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Develop containerized (micro)services for a distributed multi-tenant system processing data, real-time events, and network telemetry from public clouds to provide insights, visibility, and security recommendations.
- Design services, defend architecture before peers, and deliver robust implementations.
- Mentor junior engineers, new-grads, and interns.
- Own critical features and subsystems through the full software development lifecycle, from requirements to deployment.
- Own operational aspects of the system and code quality with early testing.
- Partner with Product Management to refine requirements.
- Develop deep understanding of customer problems.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s in computer science or equivalent (Master’s a plus).
- 8+ years building distributed & scalable software and systems.
- Passion for software development, constant learning, and teamwork.
- Extensive experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP at API/programming level.
- Experience with Go and SQL.
- Kubernetes experience delivering containerized services.
- REST API client experience.
- General TCP/IP networking knowledge.
- Unix/Linux programming environment experience.
Nice-to-Haves
- Networking and security controls.
- CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible.
Skills
Go, Kubernetes, SQL, AWS, Azure, GCP, REST APIs, TCP/IP, Unix/Linux, Terraform
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