Zscaler · 3 hours ago
Principal DevOps Engineer
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$182K/yr - $260K/yr
12+ years expZscaler is a pioneer and global leader in zero trust security, seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to join their team. This role involves architecting and managing global cloud infrastructure for Zero Trust Networking Services, focusing on delivery pipelines and operational health of a large-scale distributed system.
Cloud SecurityCyber SecurityEnterprise SoftwareSecurity
Responsibilities
Design and implement a multi-region AWS architecture and lead the development of modular Terraform libraries to automate provisioning across diverse geographies
Architect self-healing infrastructure using advanced cloud load balancing, auto-scaling patterns, and Multi-AZ database topologies to ensure high availability
Modernize CI/CD pipelines and implement Blue/Green and Canary deployment strategies to ensure zero-downtime upgrades for a continuously running global network service
Build comprehensive SRE dashboards and implement intelligent alerting frameworks to detect regional outages or capacity exhaustion before they impact customers
Monitor cloud resource utilization and implement scaling policies that perfectly balance performance requirements with cost-efficiency
Qualification
Required
12+ years of overall experience in Software Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering combined with a BS/MS in Computer Science or relevant field
Deep mastery of AWS services, specifically in Cloud Networking constructs (VPC, Transit Gateway), Global Traffic Management, and managing large-scale elastic compute environments
Proven expertise in architecting AWS-managed SQL and NoSQL data stores, with a focus on designing scalable local and multi-region deployment strategies
Advanced expertise in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and expert proficiency in Python or Go for building automation tooling
Strong knowledge of Linux/BSD internals, observability stacks (Prometheus, InfluxDB), and security compliance (PKI, IAM, DevSecOps)
Preferred
Experience managing large-scale distributed systems or IoT-style connectivity platforms
Background in Network Engineering or working with Data Plane forwarding technologies
Experience with Chaos Engineering methodologies in a public cloud environment
Benefits
Various health plans
Time off plans for vacation and sick time
Parental leave options
Retirement options
Education reimbursement
In-office perks, and more!
Company
Zscaler
Zscaler is a global cloud-based information security company that enables secure digital transformation for mobile and cloud.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.67BKey Investors
TPG GrowthLightspeed Venture Partners
2025-07-01Post Ipo Debt· $1.5B
2024-04-23Post Ipo Equity· $22.7M
2018-03-16IPO
Leadership Team
Jay Chaudhry
CEO, Chairman & Founder
Hemant Dabke
Area Vice President
Recent News
2026-01-09
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