Principal DevOps Engineer

Zscaler

Principal DevOps Engineer managing AWS infrastructure for Zscaler’s Zero Trust Networking Services. Architecting cloud infrastructure and ensuring operational health in a remote role.

Posted 5/15/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $182,000 - $260,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudGoLinuxNoSQLPrometheusPythonSQLTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and implement a multi-region AWS architecture and lead the development of modular Terraform libraries to automate provisioning across diverse geographies
Architect self-healing infrastructure using advanced cloud load balancing, auto-scaling patterns, and Multi-AZ database topologies to ensure high availability
Modernize CI/CD pipelines and implement Blue/Green and Canary deployment strategies to ensure zero-downtime upgrades for a continuously running global network service
Build comprehensive SRE dashboards and implement intelligent alerting frameworks to detect regional outages or capacity exhaustion before they impact customers
Monitor cloud resource utilization and implement scaling policies that perfectly balance performance requirements with cost-efficiency

Requirements

What you’ll need

12+ years of overall experience in Software Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering combined with a BS/MS in Computer Science or relevant field
Deep mastery of AWS services and architecting AWS-managed SQL and NoSQL data stores, with a focus on designing scalable local and multi-region deployment strategies
Advanced expertise in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and expert proficiency in Python or Go for building automation tooling
Strong knowledge of Linux/BSD internals, observability stacks (Prometheus, InfluxDB), and security compliance (PKI, IAM, DevSecOps)
U.S. citizenship due to the nature of the customers assigned to this role

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

AWSTerraformPythonGoCI/CDBlue/Green deploymentCanary deploymentLinuxObservability stacksSecurity compliance