Zscaler

Cybersecurity

StaffSoftwareDevelopmentEngineer

₹35–55L ~AI est. Bangalore, India Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Staff Software Development Engineer at Zscaler. Skills: Software development, DevOps, Cloud platforms, System optimization. Develop software on Linux/FreeBSD. Configure Linux/FreeBSD systems”

Industry & Context.

Cybersecurity
Problems you'll solve

Problem-solving; Troubleshooting

What You'll Do.

Develop software on Linux/FreeBSD

Configure Linux/FreeBSD systems

Script Linux/FreeBSD systems

Optimize system-level performance

Write automation scripts

Maintain automation scripts

Monitor infrastructure

Profile system performance

Troubleshoot bottlenecks

Debug application issues

Resolve system issues

Resolve application issues

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Senior engineers; Engineering teams; DevOps teams

Process & Methodology

Agile

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. We're looking for an experienced Staff Software Engineer to join our Engineering team to contribute as development engineer. Reporting to the Director, Software Engineering. You'll be responsible for: Working with Linux/FreeBSD-based systems for software development, including configuration and scripting for system-level optimization. Proficiently working with public cloud platforms AWS, Azure, and GCP, creating and exporting VM images. Writing and maintaining automation scripts with Python or Shell for infrastructure tasks, system monitoring, and cloud-based worklo

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