# Software Engineer, Cloud Security
**Company:** [Illumio](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/illumio)
**Location:** Sunnyvale, CA
**Salary:** $141K-$162K
**Experience:** 2+ years
**Skills:** Go, SQL, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, REST APIs, TCP/IP, Linux, Unix
**Posted:** 2026-03-23
> Develops containerized microservices in Go for cloud security platform processing real-time telemetry from AWS/Azure/GCP, providing insights and recommendations. Requires 2+ years distributed systems experience, Kubernetes, and cloud APIs; onsite in Sunnyvale.
## Job Description
## Responsibilities
- Develop containerized (micro)services for a distributed multi-tenant system that processes data, real-time events, and network telemetry from multiple public clouds to provide real-time insights, visibility, and security recommendations.
- Design services, defend architecture before peers, and deliver rock-solid implementations.
- Mentor junior engineers, new-grads, and interns.
- Own critical features and subsystems through the entire software development lifecycle, from requirements to deployment.
- Own operational aspects of the system.
- Ensure code quality with early developer testing and functional/integration testing.
- Partner with Product Management to refine requirements.
- Develop deep understanding of customer problems through stakeholder interaction.

## Requirements
- **Bachelor’s in computer science or equivalent degree** (Master’s a plus)
- **2+ years building distributed & scalable software and systems**
- Passion for software development, constant learning, and team collaboration
- **Extensively used AWS, Azure, or GCP at the API/programming level**
- Experience in **Go** and **SQL**
- **REST API client experience**
- **Kubernetes** experience delivering containerized services
- **Unix/Linux programming environment experience**
- General **TCP/IP networking** knowledge
- Experience with networking and security controls (plus)

## Nice-to-Haves
- **CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible**
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