Cloud Secure Intern, Data Ingestion, Analytics & Security
Illumio
Location
Headquarters
Employment Type
Intern
Location Type
On-site
Department
Engineering
Compensation
- $37.00
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.
Onwards Together!
Illumio is the leader in ransomware and breach containment, redefining how organizations contain cyberattacks and enable operational resilience. Powered by the Illumio AI Security Graph, our breach containment platform identifies and contains threats across hybrid multi-cloud environments – stopping the spread of attacks before they become disasters.
Recognized as a Leader in the Forrester Wave™ for Microsegmentation, Illumio enables Zero Trust, strengthening cyber resilience for the infrastructure, systems, and organizations that keep the world running.
This is a 12 week internship program beginning on May 26th 2026 or June 22nd 2026
Location: Onsite 5 day's a week at Headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA
Our Team's Vision:
Illumio’s Cloud Secure team builds and operates the data backbone that powers our AI-driven Security Graph — a system that maps the world’s most complex cloud environments in real time.
We ingest and process petabytes of cloud metadata and network flow logs from AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI cloud environments using high throughput streaming applications. This data fuels our graph analytics and Zero Trust segmentation engine, giving customers deep visibility and precise control across billions of workloads.
Our SaaS platform spans multi-cloud environments and leverages a modern tech stack of Golang, Kafka, Neo4j, Postgres, and advanced data lake technologies that are all containerized and orchestrated at scale.
As an intern, you’ll work at the intersection of large-scale data engineering, distributed systems, and cybersecurity analytics, contributing to systems that help secure the world’s most critical workloads.
What You'll Do:
Design, implement, and test features within large-scale data ingestion and analytics pipelines that handle streaming telemetry across multi-cloud environments
Contribute to the AI-powered Security Graph, experimenting with data models and graph queries that enrich cloud visibility
Collaborate with engineers to optimize performance, reliability, and cost efficiency across Kafka, Neo4j, and Postgres-backed services
Develop dashboards and automation for data health, ingestion latency, and observability metrics
Explore new ways to extract insights from flow data, using data lakes and analytics frameworks to uncover behavioral patterns
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Document and share technical findings and impact metrics with engineering and product teams to support data-driven decision-making
What You'll Bring:
Currently enrolled in a full time Bachelor’s or Master’s degree program in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, with an expected graduation date in Winter 2026/Spring2027
Strong coding skills in Golang, Python, or Java, and an understanding of data structures and distributed system design
Curiosity about AI applications in cybersecurity, graph analytics, and streaming data pipelines
Familiarity with Kafka, Kubernetes, and cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP)
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A growth mindset, strong analytical thinking, and enthusiasm for tackling scale challenges
What You'll Gain:
Experience operating in multi-cloud, petabyte-scale environments that power real-time cybersecurity analytics
Hands-on exposure to streaming data systems, graph databases, and data lake architectures
Mentorship from engineers building one of the industry’s most advanced cloud visibility and segmentation platforms
A capstone opportunity to design, implement, and demo a project that has a measurable impact on data scale, efficiency, or insight generation
Compensation: $ 37 USD
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.
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For roles in San Francisco and Los Angeles: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Illumio will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Compensation Range: $37.00