Sr. Staff Security Engineer

Illumio is the leader in ransomware and breach containment, redefining how organizations contain cyberattacks and enable operational resilience. The Sr. Staff Security Engineer will act as the senior technical resource in the Detect, Respond, and Recover functions, collaborating cross-functionally to protect Illumio’s environments and building security solutions to address the evolving threat landscape.

Responsibilities:

• You will act as the senior technical resource in our Detect, Respond and Recover functions
• Leverage Illumio Insights as an everyday tool to protect the company, as well as providing input and feedback to the product teams
• Collaborate cross-functionally to protect the Illumio’s production and corporate environments
• Build, deploy, and automate security solutions to support our defense-in-depth strategy, using a mixture of commercial, open-source, and in-house tools
• Continually improve the effectiveness of our tools, and implement new approaches to address the changing threat landscape
• Perform other activities in support of the Security team’s charter
• Mentor others as you yourself gain knowledge and experience
• Participate in weekly on-call rotations

Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience doing the following:
• Detecting and responding to security incidents
• Building and operating enterprise security tools
• Securing multi-cloud environments
• Working knowledge of the Illumio Platform
• Strong scripting and automation skills, ideally in Python and/or Ruby
• A data-driven, analytical mindset
• The ability to express yourself clearly when communicating
• Must be able to show 5 years hands-on technical experience in Incident Response and Security Operations roles
• Cloud Security experience is required, preferably across multiple cloud platforms such as Azure and AWS
• Deep understanding of Security Tools and Technologies such as Sentinel, Defender for Cloud, CSPM tools, WAF, IAM, EDR, DLP
• Experience measuring SOC/SIEM performance and reporting metrics
• Vulnerability Management experience
• Experience working in heavily regulated environments e.g. FedRAMP
• CISSP or equivalent industry certification is ideal