Description
Zscaler is seeking a Sr. Cloud Platform Engineer to join its team. This is a remote role within the United States, with a hybrid preference for San Jose, CA, reporting to the Manager, IT Cloud Operations in the Cloud Platform Engineering department.
The successful candidate will design and implement automation that provisions cloud environments, enforces security baselines, and integrates AI-assisted tooling and agentic workflows to accelerate delivery.
Key responsibilities include:
- Building and extending Day 1 automation, including infrastructure provisioning pipelines, account vending, golden repo templates, and CI/CD components
- Developing and maintaining Day 2 automation for lifecycle management, upgrade pipelines, dependency scanning, drift detection, and automated remediation workflows
- Writing and maintaining Terraform modules, GitLab CI/CD components, and Python automation to establish the platform's paved road
- Integrating AI and agentic tooling into operational workflows to reduce manual toil and increase operational consistency
- Collaborating with Security, IAM, Network, and FinOps teams to translate cross-functional requirements into automated guardrails
The ideal candidate will have:
- Demonstrated curiosity and active exploration of AI tools, with a proven history of integrating new technologies to enhance daily workflows and augment problem-solving
- 5+ years of experience building and operating multi-cloud infrastructure at scale across major cloud platforms
- Hands-on expertise with Terraform, including module design, state management, and CI-driven workflows
- Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, Bash, or equivalent languages
- Working knowledge of CI/CD pipeline design and Kubernetes operations
- Understanding of identity federation, secrets management, and least-privilege security patterns
Preferred qualifications include experience with multi-account governance tooling, GitOps patterns, and automated infrastructure lifecycle tooling.
Zscaler offers a comprehensive benefits program, including various health plans, time off plans, parental leave options, retirement options, education reimbursement, and in-office perks.
The base salary range for this full-time position is $140,000-$175,000 USD.