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From the employer's careers site First seen 28 Oct 2026 · Still live on 31 Oct 2026

Sr. Staff Site Reliability Engineer-Federal, Security Clearance

Zscaler Crystal City, Virginia Hybrid senior full-time

Salary

$164,000-$205,000 USD per year

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Description

We are looking for a Sr. Staff Site Reliability Engineer (Federal) to join our team. This is a hybrid role based in Crystal City, Virginia, reporting to the Manager, Site Reliability Engineering in the Government Cloud department.

You will manage operational tasks for products in US Government classified environments, including deployments, on-call duties, incident management, and participation in regular deployment syncs.

Your responsibilities will also include:

  • Overseeing all cloud infrastructure components such as AWS, private cloud environments, containers, and VMs to ensure stability and scalability
  • Developing scripts, containerized services, and monitoring mechanisms to automate operations tasks and minimize service disruption
  • Building new and enhancing existing services within classified environments while driving DevOps best practices through documentation and escalation management

To be successful in this role, you should:

  • Thrive in ambiguity and be comfortable building the path as you walk it
  • Act like an owner, with a passion for the mission that fuels your bias for action
  • Be a problem-solver, laser-focused on finding solutions to hard problems
  • Be a high-trust collaborator, ambitious for the team, not just yourself
  • Have a true growth mindset and be obsessed with your own development

Requirements include:

  • Foundational understanding of AI/ML technologies and experience leveraging, securing, or positioning AI-driven solutions
  • Active US Government Secret security clearance
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field with 7+ years of Site Reliability Engineering experience
  • Proficiency in Linux administration, network troubleshooting, and automation tools like Ansible and Terraform
  • Strong technical skills in Python coding, container-based architectures, and experience in monitoring activities

Preferred qualifications include:

  • Experience deploying or managing AI-driven observability and AIOps solutions
  • Experience working within air-gapped and classified environments
  • Familiarity with High/Moderate FedRAMP authorization levels and compliance requirements

The base salary range for this full-time position is $164,000-$205,000 USD.

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

Skills

Required

  • AI/ML technologies
  • Linux administration
  • network troubleshooting
  • automation tools
  • Python coding
  • container-based architectures
  • monitoring activities

Nice to have

  • AI-driven observability
  • AIOps solutions
  • FedRAMP authorization levels
  • compliance requirements

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/zscaler/jobs/5252248007

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