Zscaler
cybersecurity
StaffSoftwareDevelopmentEngineer(SolutionTest)
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“Staff Software Development Engineer (Solution Test) at Zscaler. Skills: architectural foundation of integration environments, designing and deploying complex integration environments, automated pipelines, customer solution testing strategy, networking knowledge, automation skills, QA mindset. Design and create multiple complex integration environments that incorporate a variety of Zscaler products. Develop and maintain the CI/CD pipelines (using Jenkins/GitLab) required for the automated deploym”
What You'll Achieve.
ensure these environments are robust, scalable, and highly available; enabling other teams to spin up testbeds on demand; delivering results with candor and respect; support the high-velocity demands of a global engineering organization
Industry & Context.
solving complex challenges; resolve protocol-level and architectural bottlenecks; troubleshooting
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
6+ years of engineering experience in networking and security products with a focus on automation, solutions engineering, or systems integration, Bachelor’s or Graduate degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience, hands-on experience designing and developing frameworks in Python and GoLang, along with orchestration using Ansible, Proven track record of building and managing CI/CD pipelines within Jenkins and GitLab for complex, multi-component systems, Expert knowledge of TCP/IP, SSL/TLS, Switching and Routing, and components like proxies or VPNs plus experience testing network security products and authentication systems, experience with Linux platform systems, including kernel-level troubleshooting and advanced log analysis using Wireshark and tcpdump
Nice to Have
Extensive hands-on experience with Proxmox, ESXi, or KVM to recreate complex, multi-vendor customer topologies, paired with familiarity with the FreeBSD platform or Windows networking internals, Comfort using AI-assisted coding tools (e. g. , Windsurf, Claude) and experience with microservices architecture and REST APIs, Experience defining health metrics and building dashboards in Grafana or Prometheus for large-scale engineering platforms
What You'll Do.
Design and create multiple complex integration environments that incorporate a variety of Zscaler products
Develop and maintain the CI/CD pipelines (using Jenkins/GitLab) required for the automated deployment
and monitoring of these environments
Leverage expert-level knowledge of Zscaler’s internal architecture and cross-product interactions to recreate real-world customer topologies and develop high-impact automation suites for end-to-end customer solution testing
Perform root-cause analysis on complex integration failures using Wireshark
and Linux system internals to resolve protocol-level and architectural bottlenecks
Create and maintain comprehensive architectural diagrams
integration playbooks
and best-practice guides
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
treat the entire engineering team as your internal customers; work across product lines to understand how different components interact; facilitate seamless knowledge transfer across the organization
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 Software Development Engineer (Solution Test) to join our ZIA Solution Test Team in a hybrid capacity (San Jose - 3 days/week), reporting to the Director, Software Development Engineering in the ZIA Core Engineering department. In this role, you will be a key driver of transformation, beginning with the architectural foundation of our integration environments and evolving into a strategic leader for customer-centric validation. Your journey will start by designing and deploying complex integration environments and the automated pipeli
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