Senior Project Manager - Cloud / Data Center Technologies

<h3>Company Description</h3><p><strong>Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS)</strong> accelerates digital transformation so that customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange is the company’s cloud-native platform that protects thousands of customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location. </p><p>With more than 10 years of experience developing, operating, and scaling the cloud, Zscaler serves thousands of enterprise customers around the world, including 450 of the Forbes Global 2000 organizations. In addition to protecting customers from damaging threats, such as ransomware and data exfiltration, it helps them slash costs, reduce complexity, and improve the user experience by eliminating stacks of latency-creating gateway appliances. </p><p>Zscaler was founded in 2007 with a mission to make the cloud a safe place to do business and a more enjoyable experience for enterprise users. Zscaler’s purpose-built security platform puts a company’s defenses and controls where the connections occur—the internet—so that every connection is fast and secure, no matter how or where users connect or where their applications and workloads reside.</p><p>Zscaler enables the world’s leading organizations to securely transform their networks and applications for a mobile and cloud-first world. Applications have moved from the data center to the cloud and users are connecting to their workloads from everywhere, but security has remained anchored to the data center. Zscaler is redefining security by moving it out of the data center and into the cloud.</p><p>The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange uses software-defined business policies, not appliances, to securely connect the right user to the right application, regardless of device, location, or network. Zscaler operates 4 pillars of Trust Exchange. Zscaler Internet Access™ which scans every byte of traffic to ensure that nothing bad comes in and nothing good leaks out. Zscaler Private Access™ offers authorized users secure and fast access to internal applications hosted in the data center or public clouds—without a VPN. Zscaler Cloud Workload Protection, to identify and remediate risks associated with customer’s cloud infrastructure. Zscaler Workload Segmentation provides micro-segmentation of processes across multiple systems with Machine Learning based policy.</p><p>Zscaler services are 100% cloud delivered and offer the simplicity, enhanced security, and improved user experience that traditional appliances or hybrid solutions are unable to match. Used in more than 185 countries, the Zscaler multi-tenant, distributed security cloud protects thousands of customers from cyberattacks and data loss, enabling customers to embrace the agility, speed, and cost containment of the cloud—securely.</p><h3>Job Description</h3><p>The Zscaler Cloud Operations team is looking for an experienced Sr. Project Manager to support our growing organization.</p><p>Cloud Operations Project Manager will be responsible for delivering and managing Zscaler Private Service Edge projects while working to help support internal processes and programs.</p><p>This role involves partnering with various internal teams like system engineers, sales engineers, support and engineering, to provide the customer with an excellent onboarding experience.</p><p>The ideal candidate possesses a unique blend of technical, project management and communication skills. Technical background in infrastructure, servers, and experience with data center operations is required.  A strong background in networking is desired.</p><p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>Manage, coordinate and develop activities related to Operations Project Management such as planning, kick off, management, tracking and closure of Operations projects.</li><li>Responsible for the delivery of hardware infrastructure while managing customer-facing project milestones, deliverables, and communication</li><li>Provides cross-functional coordination and team communications</li><li>Provide management level visibility and reporting on project status and risk</li><li>Serve as point of contact for project associated status and information</li><li>Utilize Operation information systems and update them regularly. Effectively use project management tools (spreadsheets, dashboards, etc)</li></ul><h3>Qualifications</h3><ul><li>5+ years of project management experience; preferably within cloud or data center technologies</li><li>Prior experience in networking, infrastructure and data center operations with a strong background in networking desired</li><li>Excellent organizational skills including attention to details, time management, and multi-tasking skills</li><li>Proven working experience in project management in the Information Technology industry</li><li>Knowledge and understanding of project management principles and methodologies</li><li>Ability to work on multiple pr