CloudSecure Intern (Summer 2025)

No Agency Submissions Accepted.

Location: Hybrid, Sunnyvale, California (2 days in office: Tuesday and Thursday)

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. 

Our Team's Vision:

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.  

Illumio is offering two exciting internship openings that will allow you to work on key projects driving the company’s growth and innovation in scalability and cloud security. These hands-on roles will offer you exposure to real-world engineering challenges while contributing to Illumio’s strategic initiatives.

Key Responsibilities: 

Project 1: Performance Optimization for Scalable Systems

• Enhance map performance by relocating data computations and joins from the user interface (UI) to the backend, with a goal of achieving at least a 40% reduction in map load times. Analyze performance bottlenecks, implement backend optimizations, and streamline UI rendering to better handle large datasets. 

• Support Illumio's scalability needs, ensuring our platform can scale with growing data volumes.

• Gain practical experience in performance optimization, backend data processing, and front-end integration, all while enhancing Illumio’s ability to deliver faster and more reliable visualizations.

• Contribute to a core product feature and provide valuable learning in balancing performance and usability within scalable systems.

Project 2: Cloud Secure Onboarding with Azure

• Create and publish an Azure app that automates the Cloud Secure onboarding process with a single click, replacing manual scripts. 

• Design the app using Azure SDKs and APIs, integrate security best practices, and prepare the app for publication in the Azure Marketplace.

• Simplify the onboarding process for enterprise customers, ensuring compliance, security, and reliability.

• Gain hands-on experience with cloud automation, secure app development, and hybrid cloud deployment, while directly contributing to Illumio's strategic investment in Azure. 

• Develop a customer-facing solution, simplifying Cloud Secure adoption for clients and strengthening Illumio's position in hybrid visibility.

Experience:

•  Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s program in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Security, or a related field with an expected graduation date in Winter 2025/Spring 2026. 

• Experience with web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and performance optimization techniques.

• Programming skills in languages such as Python, C#, or JavaScript.

• Understanding of front-end and back-end integration, especially in systems that handle large datasets.

• Strong communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.

• A genuine interest in building fast, scalable systems and improving user experience.

• Be empowered to take ownership of your own summer project where you provide technical solutions for real world problems. You will get to own the design, implementation, and quality of your work.    

• Be an active participant of an existing engineering scrum team.  Here you’ll learn the ropes of Agile development and have daily interactions with your peers.    

• At the end of the summer, you’ll present your project to your peers and the engineering/product organizations thus leaving your mark on our company for years to come.    

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:

$ 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.