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From the employer's careers site First seen 28 Oct 2026

Senior Sales Engineer - Utility and Auto

Zscaler Japan - Update Location Hybrid senior full-time

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Description

We are looking for an experienced Senior Sales Engineer to join our SE team covering Utility and Auto industry. This is a hybrid position based in Japan, reporting to the Manager, Sales Engineering in Japan within the Sales and Go-to-Market department.

As a key member of the team, you will help cement our position as the world leader in cloud security through technical excellence and trusted partnerships.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide technical expertise and strategic advice to enterprise customers
  • Take total ownership of the technical sale and associated processes
  • Independently deliver high-impact sales pitches, technical demonstrations, and whiteboard presentations

Requirements:

  • BSCS or equivalent with extensive experience as a Sales Engineer or systems integrator
  • 7+ years of experience in Pre-Sales roles, with at least 3 years focused on selling security or networking solutions in direct or high-touch sales environments
  • Technical proficiency in HTTP and web-related technologies
  • High fluency in written and spoken Japanese
  • Foundational understanding of AI/ML technologies and experience leveraging, securing, or positioning AI-driven solutions

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience working with routing and switching products, including complex troubleshooting
  • Solid understanding of SaaS-based technologies and network security frameworks
  • Hands-on experience with systems installation, configuration, and administration of macOS, UNIX/Linux, and Windows-based systems
  • Demonstrate strong AI fluency by leveraging coding assistants, LLMs, and Generative AI tools
  • Experience positioning AI-driven threat intelligence, automated policy enforcement, or AI security frameworks to enterprise clients

Benefits:

  • Various health plans
  • Time off plans for vacation and sick time
  • Parental leave options
  • Retirement options
  • Education reimbursement
  • In-office perks, and more!

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • routing and switching products
  • SaaS-based technologies
  • network security frameworks
  • macOS
  • UNIX/Linux
  • Windows-based systems
  • AI fluency
  • coding assistants
  • LLMs
  • Generative AI tools
  • AI-driven threat intelligence
  • automated policy enforcement
  • AI security frameworks

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