Senior Specialist Sales Engineer ZT Cloud ASEAN

Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) accelerates digital transformation so customers can be more agile efficient resilient and secure. The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform protects thousands of customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users devices and applications in any location. Distributed across 160 public exchanges globally and thousands of private exchanges at the edge the SASE-based Zero Trust Exchange is the worlds largest in-line cloud security platform.

We believe the future of work is Human AI and are building an AI-native enterprise where human potential is amplified by machine intelligence to solve the worlds hardest security challenges. Driven by deep customer obsession we are committed to the mission outcome and to each other. We bring these commitments to life through three core behaviors: ownership and collaboration trust through outcomes and impact and a challenge culture with ongoing feedback. Ready to make an impact at the company pioneering security transformation in the AI era Join us at Zscaler.

We are looking for a Senior Specialist Sales Engineer to join our team. This is a hybrid role based in Singapore reporting to the Specialist Solution Director in the Zero Trust Cloud team department. The Senior Specialist Sales Engineer serves as the primary technical lead and strategic advisor guiding customers across ASEAN to secure workloads and traffic across diverse hybrid and multi-cloud environments by leveraging Zscalers Zero Trust Architecture to achieve key business outcomes. The role will also collaborate with field teams at the highest levels driving internal and customer-facing enablement for Zero Trust Cloud use cases to accelerate Zscalers regional GTM strategy while acting as a critical link between the field and Product Management to influence the Product Roadmap.

What youll do (Role Expectations)

• Serve as the technical expert for Zero Trust Architecture in Cloud environments focusing on AWS Azure and GCP
• Collaborate with sales and engineering teams to provide technical insights that influence the Product roadmap
• Lead conversations about Zero Trust Security trends strategies and deployment with customers at all organizational levels
• Run customer Proof-of-Value engagements in collaboration with Sales Engineers demonstrating Zscalers unique value proposition
• Provide competitive insights and position Zscaler solutions as the best alternative

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. Youre comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.
• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedbackknowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.
• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.

What Were Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• Foundational understanding of AI/ML technologies and experience leveraging securing or positioning AI-driven solutions to optimize outcomes within your functional domain
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or related technical field or equivalent certifications/experience
• 5 years of experience in technical sales systems engineering or enterprise security architecture
• Hands-on expertise in security networking and applications with practical experience on at least one of AWS Azure or GCP
• Strong presentation and communication skills to engage with diverse audiences from practitioners to executives

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience architecting security frameworks or defining access controls for AI/ML workloads and LLM data pipelines within public cloud environments
• Familiarity with Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA) and Private Access (ZPA) or similar enterprise-grade SSE/SASE/Cloud Security solutions
• Experience delivering cloud-based solutions within Zero Trust frameworks

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