Zscaler

Staff Production Engineer

Zscaler
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7 hours ago
San Jose, CA, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$133k - $190k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement highly available, scalable infrastructure across AWS, Azure, GCP, and bare-metal environments.
  • Write Python or Go code to eliminate manual toil and build self-healing systems.
  • Implement and maintain observability using Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry.
  • Define SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets to improve platform reliability.
  • Act as a lead Incident Commander during on-call operations and develop incident response playbooks.
  • Conduct deep-dive post-incident analyses and partner with engineering teams on operability reviews.
  • Drive automation-first practices and improve scalability across globally distributed infrastructure.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience managing reliability, scalability, and availability for large-scale production services.
  • Deep programming expertise in Python, Go, or C/C++.
  • Strong background in networking protocols, Linux or FreeBSD systems, and distributed architecture.
  • Experience with high-stakes incident management and participation in a 24/7 on-call rotation.
  • Proficiency with ITIL frameworks, incident data, systematic problem management, and technical operability reviews.
  • Foundational understanding of AI/ML technologies and experience leveraging, securing, or positioning AI-driven solutions within the functional domain.
  • Preferred: experience with AIOps tools, machine learning for anomaly detection, predictive capacity planning, AWS, Azure, GCP, Ansible, Terraform, chaos engineering, and disaster recovery planning.
  • Preferred: expertise in BGP, GRE, IPSec, HAProxy, DNS at scale, and OS networking stack internals.

Benefits

  • Hybrid schedule requiring 3 days per week in San Jose, California, or Bellevue, Washington.
  • Various health plans, vacation and sick time, parental leave, retirement options, education reimbursement, and in-office perks.
  • Full-time position with comprehensive benefits for employees and their families.

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About Zscaler

5,001-10,000 employees

Zscaler builds a cloud-delivered zero trust security platform that replaces traditional network security appliances for enterprises and public-sector organizations. Its Zero Trust Exchange provides secure web gateway, zero trust access, CASB, and cloud firewall services, sold as subscriptions and delivered across 160+ global data centers. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in San Jose, it is a public company on NASDAQ (ZS) serving thousands of customers worldwide.

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