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Illumio · 1 day ago

Staff Security Automation Engineering Lead

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
date7+ years exp

Illumio is the leader in ransomware and breach containment, redefining how organizations contain cyberattacks and enable operational resilience. As Lead Security Automation Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and improving security tools to protect the company's assets while leading a team of automation engineers.

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Responsibilities

Lead a team of automation engineers to build security tools and integrations
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

Qualification

AWSAzureGoPythonRubyC#PHPJavaScriptCSSLeadershipUX/UI experienceData-driven mindsetCollaborationMentoringGlobal teamwork

Required

7+ years of experience doing the following:
Leveraging AWS and Azure CLIs and APIs to manage assets
Designing and building applications in Go, Ruby, C# and Python
UX and UI experience with PHP/JavaScript and CSS
working with global teams in different time zones
At least 3 years of experience leading and directing other engineers
Working knowledge of Illumio's products and services
A data-driven, analytical mindset

Company

Illumio

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Illumio, the breach containment leader
dateFounded in 2013
location
Sunnyvale, California, USA
people-size501-1000 employees
web-link
http://www.illumio.com

H1B Sponsorship

Illumio has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (44)
2024 (26)
2023 (21)
2022 (12)
2021 (19)
2020 (24)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$557.5M
Key Investors
Thoma BravoJ.P. Morgan Asset ManagementGeneral Catalyst
2021-06-23Series F· $225M
2019-02-07Series E· $65M
2017-06-07Series D· $125M

Leadership Team

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Andrew Rubin
CEO & Founder
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Ben Verghese
Chief Technology Officer
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