Staff Software Engineer - ZTW Branch

Company Description

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.

Job Description

As a Staff Software Engineer - ZTW Branch, you will play a crucial role in designing, developing and enhancing functionality for ZScaler Branch Connector applications. Branch Connector provides Zero Trust Security for users and application traffic originating from a remote branch to internet, cloud or another remote branch or data center.

Responsibilities

• Define software design specifications, and implement bug free code with unit test automation
• Look for opportunities to refactor existing code in the interests of maintainability and reusability
• Collaborate closely with other cross functional engineering teams (security, UI, platform, analytics and quality assurance) 
• Troubleshoot, Identify root cause, recreate in lab environment and provide resolution for the customer reported production issues

Qualifications

• BS or MS degree in CS/CE or equivalent is required
• Minimum 8 years software development experience in building large-scale commercial networking and security applications
• Must have strong hands-on programming in C language and in depth knowledge in Data-Structures and Algorithms. Python/Golang is a plus.
• Strong knowledge of networking protocols and services - DNS, HTTP, TCP/IP, SSL/TLS, NAT
• Must have experience with data plane traffic forwarding and working experience in the security domain with exposure to technologies like firewall, IPS, Authentication and VPN/IPSec.
• Good Unix/Linux kernel system knowledge
• Must have good working experience in virtual appliance platforms such as ESXi Hypervisor or KVM infra.
• Prior experience in SD-WAN solutions is a plus.
• Good software design concepts - HA, failover redundancy, load balancing, optimizing for scale and performance
• Working knowledge of Terraform templates, Unix shell scripting and CI/CD platforms.
• Must be a strong team player and able to work independently

Additional Information

The base salary range for this full-time position is $120,250 to $185,000 + bonus + equity + benefits.

Zscaler’s salary ranges are benchmarked and are determined by role and level. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations and could be higher or lower based on a multitude of factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

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What You Can Expect From Us:

• An environment where you will be working on cutting edge technologies and architectures
• A fun, passionate and collaborative workplace
• Competitive salary and benefits, including equity

Why Zscaler?

People who excel at Zscaler are smart, motivated and share our values. Ask yourself: Do you want to team with the best talent in the industry? Do you want to work on disruptive technology? Do you thrive in a fluid work environment? Do you appreciate a company culture that enables individual and group success and celebrates achievement? If you said yes, we’d love to talk to you about joining our award-winning team. 

Additional information about Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS ) is available at https://www.zscaler.com. 

Zscaler is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for