Zscaler
Cybersecurity
StaffSoftwareDevelopmentEngineer
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“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.
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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