Senior Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

About Zscaler

Zscaler accelerates digital transformation so our customers can be more agile efficient resilient and secure. Our cloud native Zero Trust Exchange platform protects thousands of customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users devices and applications in any location.

Here impact in your role matters more than title and trust is built on results. We believe in transparency and value constructive honest debatewere focused on getting to the best ideas faster. We build high-performing teams that can make an impact quickly and with high quality. To do this we are building a culture of execution centered on customer obsession collaboration ownership and accountability.

We value high-impact high-accountability with a sense of urgency where youre enabled to do your best work and embrace your potential. If youre driven by purpose thrive on solving complex challenges and want to make a positive difference on a global scale we invite you to bring your talents to Zscaler and help shape the future of cybersecurity.

Our Engineering team built the worlds largest cloud security platform from the ground up and we keep building. With more than 100 patents and big plans for enhancing services and increasing our global footprint the team has made us and our multitenant architecture todays cloud security leader with more than 15 million users in 185 countries. Bring your vision and passion to our team of cloud architects software engineers security experts and more who are enabling organizations worldwide to harness speed and agility with a cloud-first strategy.

Were looking for an experienced Senior Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join our Infrastructure Architecture and Shared Services team. This role is onsite and based in our San Jose CA office five days a week. Reporting to the Senior Director of Cloud Operations (Cloud Platform and Architecture) you will be responsible for:

• Leading the planning and execution phases for a large-scale conversion project
• Identifying improvements for cloud hyperscaler usability
• Managing and overseeing cloud hyperscaler integration for scalability and reliability
• Supporting and expanding Zscaler virtualization infrastructure by implementing new processes to meet organizational needs

What Were Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• 10 years of experience in cloud engineering DevOps SRE or infrastructure roles with a strong background in designing deploying and maintaining physical and cloud infrastructure.
  Strong understanding of networking and security in virtualization architectures.
• Deep expertise with at least one major cloud provider (AWS GCP Azure); multi-cloud experience is a plus.
• Experience managing linux systems across bare metal virtualized and containerized deployments.
• Proven ability to lead large-scale infrastructure migration or modernization projects and experience in designing and supporting large-scale highly available distributed systems.
  Strong proficiency with IaC tools (Terraform Ansible etc.) virtualization containerization and orchestration platforms.
• Excellent leadership communication and cross-team collaboration skills with the ability to navigate ambiguity make high-impact technical decisions and drive initiatives with minimal oversight.

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• OpenStack experience
• Experience with cloud cost management tools and FinOps practices.
• Background in zero-downtime deployments incident management and SRE practices.

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