Staff DevOps Engineer

About Zscaler

Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) 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. 

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. 

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.

Position- Staff DevOps Engineer

Location- Remote within United States

We are currently seeking a Staff DevOps Engineer to join our Emerging Technologies infrastructure team.  In this role you will be supporting our (ZPA) products.  This position will give you the opportunity to challenge yourself as we rapidly scale our business and grow our global platform across over 150 data centers around the world.

What You’ll Do:

• Architect and implement highly available, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure
• Implement and manage containerized applications using AWS services such as Amazon ECS or EKS, and orchestrate containers using Docker and Kubernetes
• Develop and maintain automation scripts using tools such as Terraform, and scripting languages (e.g., Python, Go) to automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration
• Establish and optimize CI/CD pipelines using ArgoCD, Jenkins, Atlantis and other relevant tools to automate software deployment
• Implement Infrastructure as Code principles to define and manage infrastructure resources
• Set up monitoring, tracing and logging solutions using SumoLogic, Prometheus, Grafanam AWS CloudWatch, AWS CloudTrail, OpenTelemetry and other relevant tools to ensure the health and performance of resources
• Develop and maintain disaster recovery plans and ensure the resilience of cloud-based systems
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks, optimize AWS resources, and implement best practices for efficiency
• Design and deploy various platform related systems - data stores, monitoring tools, event streaming platforms, etc. Be a part of the project team or lead a project to completion and full adoption in the team.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in cloud infrastructure, containerization, and cybersecurity

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of work experience, with 5+ years of proven experience as a DevOps Engineer with a strong focus on AWS
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field experience
• Deep understanding of cloud architecture, microservices, containerization, and In-depth knowledge of AWS services and architecture, including EC2, S3, Lambda, VPC, RDS, and more
• Expertise in writing clean, maintainable, and efficient Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Go) and automation tools
• Solid experience with Kubernetes, including cluster management, networking, and security, as well as containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with AWS security best practices, including IAM, VPC, and security groups
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK stack
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and agile development methodologies
• Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to troubleshoot complex issues in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and teamwork skills
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and compliance standards (e.g., FedRAMP, NIST, SOC 2, ISO 27001)
• Contributions to open-source projects in the cloud-native ecosystem
• Experience in implementation of Kubernetes operators

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