Security Architect / Security Engineer

Zscaler is seeking a Security Architect / Security Engineer to join its team remotely in the United States.

The successful candidate will design, build, and operationalize security capabilities across Agentic AI and Cloud Security. They will report to the VP, Information Security Engineering in the Exposure Management & Security Operations department.

Key responsibilities:

• Build secure agent runtimes, reusable libraries, reference implementations, and validation pipelines for agentic AI applications and workflows
• Implement secure agent patterns including planner/executor flows, tool routing, structured outputs, memory/state controls, and RAG trust boundaries
• Design and implement security controls for cloud-native environments across AWS, Azure, and GCP, including IAM, workload protection, and logging
• Partner with platform and engineering teams to embed secure-by-default cloud controls into shared services and developer workflows
• Lead incident response, triage, and remediation workflows for cloud platforms and AI systems in partnership with SOC and engineering teams

Requirements:

• Foundational understanding of AI/ML technologies and experience leveraging, securing, or positioning AI-driven solutions
• 7+ years of experience in security engineering, cloud security, application security, or platform security with direct implementation ownership
• Strong coding skills with experience delivering production systems, preferably with Python, TypeScript, or Node
• Hands-on experience with agentic AI systems, including tool/function calling, multi-step planning, RAG, memory/state management, and orchestration
• Strong cloud security experience in AWS, Azure, and/or GCP, including IAM, logging/monitoring, workload protection, Kubernetes, and IaC security
• Practical experience in incident response, including investigation, coordination, and remediation utilizing SIEM, SOAR, EDR, CSPM, or CNAPP tools

Preferred qualifications:

• Proven ability to leverage AI technologies and workflows to drive measurable operational efficiency
• Familiarity with OWASP LLM Top 10, MITRE ATLAS, NIST AI RMF, and modern cloud security frameworks
• Experience building red-team style testing or evaluation harnesses for LLM applications and agentic systems
• 10+ years of experience in security engineering, cloud security, application security, or platform security with direct implementation ownership

The base salary range for this full-time position is $164,500-$235,000 USD.

Zscaler offers comprehensive benefits, including various health plans, time off plans, parental leave options, retirement options, education reimbursement, and in-office perks.