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Location: Hybrid, Sunnyvale, California (5 days in office)

Onwards Together!    

 Illumio, the pioneer and market leader of Zero Trust segmentation, prevents breaches from becoming cyber disasters. Illumio protects critical applications and valuable digital assets with proven segmentation technology purpose-built for the Zero Trust security model. Illumio ransomware mitigation and segmentation solutions see risk, isolate attacks, and secure data across cloud-native apps, hybrid and multi-clouds, data centers, and endpoints, enabling the world’s leading organizations to strengthen their cyber resiliency and reduce risk.     

Our Team’s Vision: 

Our Engineering team has established a culture based on thought leadership, independence, and responsibility. This powerful dynamic drives us forward as we work to make the digital world a safer place.   

Those who join us represent the leader in Zero Trust Segmentation and work on a technology stack that ranges from operating systems to distributed applications to UI and visualization. Together, we will continue to build world-class products—driven 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 12 week internship program beginning on May 27th 2025 or June 23rd 2025. This internship is based in Sunnyvale, California, and will require a hybrid work schedule. Please note that we are unable to provide relocation assistance at this time. 

Key Responsibilities:   

• Gain hands-on expertise in cloud infrastructure management and deployment. 

• Develop a strong understanding of Kafka architecture and its integration in modern systems. 

• Learn to implement and optimize monitoring ecosystems for efficient system health tracking. 

• Acquire practical skills in building and managing CI/CD pipelines for machine learning applications. 

• Enhance troubleshooting skills, focusing on diagnosing and resolving issues in cloud-based and distributed systems. 

• Develop proficiency in designing for scalability to support growing data and workloads. 

• Master modern deployment practices, ensuring reliable and efficient releases. 

 

Experience: 

• Currently enrolled in a full-time bachelors  degree-seeking program with an expected graduation date in Winter 2025/Spring 2026. 

• Good understanding of object-oriented programming, data structures and algorithms, distributed systems 

• Proficiency in C++/Python/Go, or similar programming language and willingness to learn Go language quickly 

• Experience with AI and AWS/Azure 

• Examples of your own self-driven projects that illustrate your passion for software development 

 

Plus Factors: 

• Interest in learning about the design and testing of REST APIs      

• Experience with SDK/APIs of any public cloud provider      

• Experience with test driven development 

• Experience with software networking, protocols, TCP/IP, network segmentation     

• Experience with Git, subversion, or similar content versioning system     

• Interest in cyber security      

 

About Illumio:   

Illumio, the pioneer and market leader of Zero Trust segmentation, prevents breaches from becoming cyber disasters. Illumio protects critical applications and valuable digital assets with proven segmentation technology purpose-built for the Zero Trust security model. Illumio ransomware mitigation and segmentation solutions see risk, isolate attacks, and secure data across cloud-native apps, hybrid and multi-clouds, data centers, and endpoints, enabling the world’s leading organizations to strengthen their cyber resiliency and reduce risk.   

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. 

Compensation:

$ 37 USD - $ 47 USD

The pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include responsibilities of the job, education, location, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and internal equity, alignment with market data, or applicable laws. 

At Illumio we offer a wide range of benefits to our eligible team members. Our benefit programs vary by location and can include Medical, Dental, Vision Coverage – Health and Dependent Savings Accounts – Life and Disability Programs – Paid Parental Leave – Voluntary Benefit Programs – Company Sponsored Wellness Program – Wellness Reimbursement Program - Retirement Savings – Equity Opportunities – Paid time off and Paid Holidays – Employee Incentive Program. #LI-KD1 #LI-HYBRID

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.