# Staff Engineer, Cloud Security

**Company:** [Illumio](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/illumio)
**Location:** Sunnyvale, CA
**Role:** Security Engineering
**Salary:** $194k – $233k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Go, Kubernetes, SQL, AWS, Azure, GCP, REST APIs, TCP/IP, Unix/Linux, Terraform
**Posted:** 2026-05-13

> 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.

## Job Description

## 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**.

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