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Senior Staff Site Reliability Engineer

Zscaler
San Jose, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/31/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/6/2026
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 debate—we’re 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 you’re enabled to do your best work and embrace your potential. If you’re 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 world’s 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 today's 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.

Responsibilities

We’re seeking a highly skilled and experienced SRE Platform Engineer to join our SRE Cloud Platform Engineering Team. Reporting to the Director of Cloud Engineering, you will be responsible for:

  • Designing and maintaining scalable infrastructure solutions to support Zscaler’s global cloud services
  • Enhancing observability practices across infrastructure and applications through monitoring, logging, tracing, and automated incident responses
  • Developing automation tools for deployment, patching, scaling, and infrastructure management
  • Building portals for SRE dashboards, service level indicators/agreements (SLI/SLO/SLA), and metrics that support data-driven decision-making
  • Partnering with product, operations, and security teams to integrate features, tools, and updates across the platform


What We’re Looking For (Minimum Qualifications)

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
  • 5 years of experience in Cloud-SRE, DevOps, or Systems Engineering with a focus on software development
  • Proficiency in Linux systems and cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure)
  • Experience with automation/tools: Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Jenkins
  • Strong problem-solving and collaboration skills, with a proactive approach to teamwork


What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

  • Familiarity with observability tools like OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and Grafana Stack
  • Experience with PostgreSQL and time-series analytics databases (e.g., Clickhouse, Redis)
  • Knowledge of MLOps and Generative AI applications within SRE environments


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.

The base salary range listed for this full-time position excludes commission/ bonus/ equity (if applicable) benefits.

Base Pay Range

$140,000 - $200,000 USD

At Zscaler, we are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve and the customers we work with. We foster an inclusive environment that values all backgrounds and perspectives, emphasizing collaboration and belonging. Join us in our mission to make doing business seamless and secure.

Benefits

Our Benefits program is one of the most important ways we support our employees. Zscaler proudly offers comprehensive and inclusive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families throughout their life stages, including:

  • Various health plans
  • Time off plans for vacation and sick time
  • Parental leave options
  • Retirement options
  • Education reimbursement
  • In-office perks, and more!


Learn more about Zscaler’s Future of Work strategy, hybrid working model, and benefits here.

By applying for this role, you adhere to applicable laws, regulations, and Zscaler policies, including those related to security and privacy standards and guidelines.

Zscaler is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals. We strive to create a workplace where employees are treated with respect and have the chance to succeed. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy or related medical conditions), age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. See more information by clicking on the Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal link.

Pay Transparency

Zscaler complies with all applicable federal, state, and local pay transparency rules.

Zscaler is committed to providing reasonable support (called accommodations or adjustments) in our recruiting processes for candidates who are differently abled, have long term conditions, mental health conditions or sincerely held religious beliefs, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support.

Salary : $140,000 - $200,000

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