About the job
Onwards Together!
Illumio stands at the forefront of ransomware and breach containment, revolutionizing the way organizations combat cyberattacks and enhance operational resilience. Our cutting-edge breach containment platform, powered by the Illumio AI Security Graph, effectively identifies and mitigates threats across hybrid multi-cloud environments, halting the expansion of attacks before they escalate into crises.
As a recognized leader in the Forrester Wave™ for Microsegmentation, Illumio empowers organizations to implement Zero Trust principles, thereby fortifying cyber resilience for the infrastructures, systems, and enterprises that underpin our global economy.
Our Team's Vision:
Our Engineering team fosters a culture characterized by visionary leadership, autonomy, and a strong sense of ownership, creating a dynamic synergy that propels us forward in the rapidly changing world of cybersecurity.
By joining our team, you will become part of a leader in Zero Trust Segmentation, working with an advanced technology stack that encompasses operating systems, distributed applications, and state-of-the-art UI/visualization tools.
Together, we are shaping the future of cybersecurity by developing world-class products—driven by a diverse team committed to innovation during a time of unprecedented cyber threats.
Your Impact:
You will pioneer a groundbreaking approach to orchestrate Zero Trust Segmentation at the application/pod level, effectively identifying and blocking potential attack vectors within the container ecosystem.
You will enhance your understanding of modern container platforms such as Kubernetes, Istio, OpenShift, AKS, EKS, and GKE.
You will take ownership of designing and implementing critical features and subsystems, meticulously working through details and defending your designs in peer reviews.
You will deliver robust implementations that are elegant, simple, scalable, stable, secure, and maintainable, safeguarding the critical infrastructures of large enterprises.
You will mentor junior engineers, new graduates, and interns, nurturing their growth as engineers and facilitating their contributions to the team.
You will collaborate with field organizations and key customers to refine this innovative product.
Your Toolkit:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field; Master’s degree is a plus.
8+ years of experience in building distributed and scalable software systems.
Proficiency in programming languages and frameworks relevant to container security.

