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PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER, AUTOMATION - 4296067007

San Jose, CA

About Zscaler

Serving thousands of enterprise customers around the world including 40% of Fortune 500 companies, Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) was founded in 2007 with a mission to make the cloud a safe place to do business and a more enjoyable experience for enterprise users. As the operator of the world’s largest security cloud, Zscaler accelerates digital transformation so enterprises can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. The pioneering, AI-powered Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform protects thousands of enterprise customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location. 

Named a Best Workplace in Technology by Fortune and others, Zscaler fosters an inclusive and supportive culture that is home to some of the brightest minds in the industry. If you thrive in an environment that is fast-paced and collaborative, and you are passionate about building and innovating for the greater good, come make your next move with Zscaler. 

Our Engineering team built the world's largest cloud security platform from the ground up, and we keep building. With more than 100 patents and big plans for enhancing services and increasing our global footprint, the team has made us and our multitenant architecture today's cloud security leader, with more than 15 million users in 185 countries. Bring your vision and passion to our team of cloud architects, software engineers, security experts, and more who are enabling organizations worldwide to harness speed and agility with a cloud-first strategy.

Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA) is a cloud native Security Service Edge (SSE) solution that builds on a decade of secure web gateway leadership. One of the major new initiatives in ZIA is Zero trust networking which included an innovative solutions like ZTDS.

ZIA ZTDS is a cloud managed agentless architecture provides total protection for business-critical infrastructure by authorizing every transaction and segmenting every endpoint. Reduce risk, improve compliance, and get higher machine uptime, all with full east-west and north-south visibility in both IT/OT environments.

This is an important role in the Zero Trust Network Segmentation team which is part of Zero Trust Exchange and is responsible for definition, implementation, delivery, monitoring and support of core functionality that is part of the Network Segmentation Service to prevent security incidents in a Branch or Remote Office in both IT/OT environments . You will work with teams and include building solutions network security solutions into ZTNS products.

We're looking for an experienced Principal Software Engineer, Automation to join our Zero Trust Network Segmentation team. Reporting to the Sr. Director, Software Engineering, you'll be responsible for:

  • Define and deliver products and services using modern software development principles and achieving 99.999% availability
  • Develop Automation frameworks to automate qualification of ZTNS product and develop a CI/CD pipeline to improve reliability and Qualify of what we deliver.
  • Collaborate with internal Zscaler teams to come up with joint solutions and unify the architecture to improve development and qualification processes.
  • Build performance and scale automation frameworks for Cloud-based services.
  • Exhibit behavior to encourage internal collaboration

What We're Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

  • 12+ years software engineering experience in Python/Go/C/Java programming delivering high performance products and services
  • 10+ years of building automation frameworks for software release management for both functional, performance, and regression testing and 6+ years of experience leading projects and designing large-scale distributed systems
  • Current with hands-on development experience building automation frameworks.
  • Experience in networking/security solutions in Public cloud infrastructure AWS/Azure/Google Cloud from security and experience with L2/L3 networking protocols and higher level protocols like HTTP/2, SSL/TLS, DNS, IPSec etc.
  • Experience with public cloud PaaS, Kubernetes/Containers, virtualization, microservices architecture and running and supporting services in public/private clouds
  • Bachelors in Computer Science or related fields

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Base Pay Range
$175,000—$250,000 USD

At Zscaler, we believe that diversity drives innovation, productivity, and success. We are looking for individuals from all backgrounds and identities to join our team and contribute to our mission to make doing business seamless and secure. We are guided by these principles as we create a representative and impactful team, and a culture where everyone belongs. For more information on our commitments to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, visit the Corporate Responsibility page of our website.

Our Benefits program is one of the most important ways we support our employees. Zscaler proudly offers comprehensive and inclusive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families throughout their life stages, including:

  • Various health plans
  • Time off plans for vacation and sick time
  • Parental leave options
  • Retirement options
  • Education reimbursement
  • In-office perks, and more!

By applying for this role, you adhere to applicable laws, regulations, and Zscaler policies, including those related to security and privacy standards and guidelines.

Zscaler is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all of our employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy or related medical conditions), age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristics protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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