Principal Solutions Architect

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Location: Remote, United States (Central US preferred)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:

We're seeking adaptable individuals who thrive on exceeding goals year after year. Joining our Solution Architect team means collaborating with top-tier professionals who are passionate about pioneering Zero Trust Segmentation. Together, we're assembling a world-class global team united by one mission: to combat ransomware and breaches head-on. We are seeking an experienced Principal Solution Architect with deep expertise in cloud architecture, containerization, networking, and security to drive our product’s field-facing reference architecture and support strategic initiatives. This role will bridge technical and business domains, collaborating closely with Product Management, Engineering, and Field Enablement teams to ensure that Illumio’s solutions meet both current and future enterprise security needs.

Your Impact: 

• Develop Reference Architectures: Collaborate with Product Management to create, document, and refine Illumio’s reference architectures, addressing complex environments including multi-cloud, hybrid, and containerized infrastructures.

• Customer Engagement: Act as a trusted advisor to customers, helping them architect secure solutions that leverage Illumio’s platform within diverse networking and cloud ecosystems.

• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with Product Management and Engineering to translate customer and field requirements into product features and capabilities.

• Technical Enablement: Provide technical support to field teams, develop technical documentation, and conduct architecture reviews to ensure field-facing teams understand and effectively communicate the value of Illumio’s solutions.

• Thought Leadership: Represent Illumio at industry events, webinars, and conferences, sharing insights and best practices on Zero Trust, cloud security, and modern architecture trends.

Your Toolkit:

• Extensive Experience: 10+ years in enterprise architecture, with a strong focus on security, cloud, networking, and containerization technologies (Kubernetes, Docker, etc.).

• Technical Expertise: Proficiency in cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and container orchestration platforms, with hands-on experience in designing secure, scalable, and resilient architectures.

• Security Knowledge: Deep understanding of Zero Trust frameworks, network segmentation, and related security principles.

• Interpersonal Skills: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with experience conveying technical concepts to a wide range of audiences, from engineers to executives.

• Field Experience: Ability to understand field requirements and translate them into technical solutions, often working directly with customers in high-stakes, collaborative environments.

Compensation:

$177,000 - $ 212,000 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-AF1 #LI-REMOTE

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.