Engineering Intern, Core PPM Platform (Summer 2025)

Location: Hybrid, Sunnyvale, California (3-5 days in office)

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.

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.  

Illuminate the future with Illumio and join a team that’s passionate about developing cutting-edge security solutions that protect the world's most critical assets. 

About the Team:

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. 

Key Responsibilities:  

• Work on breaking out the Core PCE into microservices to improve scalability, flexibility, and maintainability. 

• Learn and apply best practices in microservices architecture, ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and modularity. 

• Contribute to designing and implementing solutions for horizontal scalability to allow the platform to efficiently handle larger and more diverse workloads. 

• Assist in optimizing the system’s performance under varying load conditions, ensuring consistent responsiveness and reliability. 

• Work on enabling zero-downtime upgrades and continuous delivery (CD) processes for the platform to improve system uptime and reliability. 

• Help automate deployment and rollback strategies to ensure that updates can be applied with minimal disruption to users. 

• Gain hands-on experience with containerization tools (such as Docker) and orchestration platforms (such as Kubernetes) to support microservices. 

• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to identify bottlenecks and propose solutions for scaling, reliability, and performance. 

Experience:

• Currently enrolled in a full-time Bachelor's or Master's Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field degree-seeking program with an expected graduation date in Winter 2025/Spring 2026. 

• Proficiency in at least one programming language (Java, Python, Go, or similar). 

• Familiarity with containerization (e.g., Docker) and orchestration tools (e.g., Kubernetes) is a plus. 

• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and an understanding of horizontal scalability and high-availability systems is a plus. 

• Familiarity with Git or other version control systems. 

• Basic understanding of Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines is desirable. 

• Excellent problem-solving, analytical skills, and attention to detail. 

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team. 

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills. 

• A passion for learning and continuous improvement. 

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.   

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-GS1 #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.