Zscaler

Technology

StaffDevOpsEngineer

$200–280k ~AI est. San Jose, California, United States Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
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The Brief

“Staff DevOps Engineer at Zscaler. Skills: DevOps, Cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes management, CI/CD. Provision Zscaler services on public cloud. Ensure security compliance of service deployment”

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting

Eligibility Requirements

U. S. Citizenship

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Foundational understanding of AI/ML technologies, Experience hosting 24x7 services in public cloud providers AWS/GCP, Automation and orchestration using tools such as Terraform, Cloudformation, or Ansible, Experience managing and deploying Kubernetes resources using Helm charts, Proficiency with gitlab or similar CI/CD tools, Working knowledge of Databases & SQL, Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering, U. S. Citizenship

Nice to Have

Experience implementing AIOps, AI-driven predictive scaling experience, Automated anomaly detection experience, Advanced experience running highly available cloud services, Proven track record of optimizing Zscaler service deployments, Proven track record of optimizing cloud cost utilization frameworks

What You'll Do.

Provision Zscaler services on public cloud

Ensure security compliance of service deployment

Control costs and optimize cloud utilization

Design CI/CD pipelines

Instruct Software Engineers in DevOps philosophy

Manage development demands

Manage infrastructure demands

Steer systems architecture

Support peer developers

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Peer developers; Software Engineers; Identity team department

Full Job Description

About Zscaler Zscaler accelerates digital transformation to ensure our customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. As an AI-forward enterprise, we are constantly pushing the envelope, leveraging the world’s largest security data lake to power our cloud-native Zero Trust Exchange platform. This innovation protects our customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location. Here, impact in your role matters more than title and trust is built on results. We say, impact over activity. We seek innovators who actively use AI to amplify their impact and who thrive in an environment where we leverage intelligent systems to stay ahead of evolving threats. We believe in transparency and value constructive, honest debate—we’re focused on getting to the best ideas, faster. We build high-performing teams that can make an impact quickly and with high quality. To do this, we are building a culture of execution centered on customer obsession, collaboration, ownership, and accountability. We value high-impact, high-accountability with a sense of urgency where you’re enabled to do your best work and embrace your potential. If you’re driven by purpose, thrive on solving complex challenges, and want to be part of the team that’s helping to secure the AI age, we invite you to bring your talents to Zscaler and help shape the future of cybersecurity. Role We are looking for a Staff DevOps Engineer to join our team. This is a hybrid role based in San Jose, CA 3 days a week, reporting to the Director, Software Development Engineering in the Identity team department. As a Staff DevOps Engineer, you will focus on managing development and infrastructure demands, steering systems architecture, maintaining support and security, deploying systems, and supporting peer developers. What you’ll do (Role Expectations) Provision Zscaler services on public cloud (AWS, GCP) using Kubernetes, helm and terraform Ensure security c

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