Principal Software Development Engineer

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, which is found in our SASE and SSE offerings, 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.

We’re looking for an experienced Principal Software Development Engineer to join our Engineering team. Reporting to the Sr. Director of Engineering, you will:

• Develop and manage shared infrastructure automation for US federal, regulated, and sovereign cloud environments.
• Improve security of CI/CD systems and automate change management processes.
• Define and enforce DevOps standards, best practices, and procedures across the engineering team.
• Automate the build-out of new Zscaler clouds and create delivery mechanisms for operational collateral.
• Participate in on-call rotation to support a highly available engineering platform and ensure compliance with federal guidelines.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, IT, or equivalent.
• 10+ years of commercial services development experience.
• 5+ years of public cloud experience (AWS or GCP or Azure) and Kubernetes.
• Expertise in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and programming languages like Go, Java.

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience in continuous monitoring, vulnerability scanning, patching, and reporting.
• Experience with multiple cloud providers (AWS, Azure) and both relational and non-relational databases for microservices.

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