Staff Engineer - Architecture Team

Illumio
Sunnyvale, California - HQPosted 27 March 2026

Job Description

Staff Engineer - Architecture Team ONWARDS TOGETHER! 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 TEAM'S VISION: Our Engineering team is driven by a culture that thrives on visionary leadership, autonomy, and ownership, creating a dynamic synergy that drives us forward in the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity. When you join our team, you become part of the leader in Zero Trust Segmentation. You'll work with a cutting-edge technology stack that spans operating systems, distributed applications, and immersive UI/visualization tools. We're shaping the future of cybersecurity. And together, we will continue to build world-class products—led by people with different perspectives, backgrounds, and a commitment to innovation in a time when the world faces its greatest cybersecurity threats in history. YOUR IMPACT: - Deliver cloud architecture that solves the business problem and balance architecture and business margins - Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product manager, developers, DevOps engineers to understand business requirements and architect scalable cloud solutions - Design, deploy, and manage cloud-based architecture using industry best practices, focusing on efficiency, scalability, availability, performance, and security - Evaluate and select appropriate cloud technologies, platforms, and tools, including Kubernetes, to meet the company's needs and drive innovation - Optimize cloud-based systems for high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery - Implement and manage monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure the health and performance of the cloud infrastructure - Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, security vulnerabilities, and other operational issues in the cloud environment - Stay up-to-date with the latest trends, technologies, and best practices in cloud computing, distributed systems, and cyber security YOUR TOOLKIT: - Proven experience as a Cloud Architect or a similar role, designing and implementing cloud-based solutions in a production environment - AWS / Azure / GCP cloud experience: - Extensively used one of these platforms at the API/programming level - Experience with networking and security controls is a plus - Language and programming requirements: - Experience in one or more programming languages: Java, Python - REST API client experience - CloudFormation, Terraform are nice to have - Working knowledge of spring or similar eco systems o Knowledge of Kubernetes and docker containers is good to have - Gang of four design patters - Strong expertise in cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) - In-depth knowledge of Kubernetes and containerization technologies - Built highly scalable distributed system from ground up - Experience with building highly scalable and resilient cloud services - Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills - Strong communication and collaboration abilities - Ability to work in an agile environment and drive initiatives with clarity and purpose #LI-TD1 #LI-ONSITE Our Commitment: Illumio believes that an environment of unique backgrounds, experiences, viewpoints, and individual contributions drives our success and makes us stronger together. We are dedicated to creating and maintaining a diverse culture and emphasizing inclusion and belonging. This position involves access to software/technology that is subject to U ... (truncated, view full listing at source)
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