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Sunnyvale, California, United States
Onsite
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 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.
This is a unique role that requires different skills: Security, development, and knowledge of the end-to-end certification process. This role goes beyond DevOps role and includes the opportunity to contribute significantly to hands-on platform product development. To be successful in this role, you will:
Own the requirements for certifications and work with external agencies on requirement clarifications then translate it to Epics and stories that the team can execute on. Provide technical leadership and guidance to internal/external teams to support certifications.
Lead certification programs and Interface to DevOps, Product Managers, Security team, certification agencies, and auditors.
Document and introduce processes to drive the implementation of the controls needed to GA.
Lead multiple initiatives, develop proofs of concept (PoCs) when needed, and build a Plan/Proposal considering all cross functional dependencies towards a successful execution plan.
Participate in development tasks and have a hands-on role building features.
Mentor engineers, collaborate with peers and leaders in our organization to drive programs.
Provide guidance and mentor the team on technical challenges and help the team with roadblocks especially in PKI, Security, and certification process.
BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent Expand your domain of expertise relevant work experience
Extensive experience in leading security initiatives and driving certification programs with focus on Federal programs
Experience with running multiple successful Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) /Common Criteria certification programs
Experience with FedRAMP certification/audits, running security scans and addressing audit findings into the product
Production experience building highly scalable and performing distributed systems for Security products
Production experience building applications in high level languages such as Ruby, Python, or Java building large scale and highly performing distributed systems
Strong knowledge of security protocols such as Public key infrastructure (PKI), lead Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) response team
Broad system understanding and ability to architect new components from the ground-up
Experience Leading and driving initiatives that are technically challenging and executing towards a successful delivery
Successful track record of owning their design and implementation – unafraid to ask questions or articulate design trade-offs with proposed solutions
Focus on delighting customers and embody a ‘Customer First’ philosophy
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This position involves access to software/technology that is subject to U.S. export controls. Any job offer made will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to serve in compliance with U.S. export controls.
Our Commitment
Illumio believes that an environment of unique backgrounds, experiences, viewpoints, and individual contributions creates a culture of belonging, drives our future, and makes us stronger together in support of our customers and their success.
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For roles in San Francisco and Los Angeles: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Illumio will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.