Site Reliability Engineer-Federal, Security Clearance Security Clearance

Position: Staff Site Reliability Engineer-Federal, Security Clearance with Security Clearance
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.

We're looking for an experienced Staff Site Reliability Engineer (Federal) to join our Government Cloud team. Reporting to the Manager, Site Reliability Engineering, this is an onsite role based at our Crystal City office in Virginia. This role requires Secret Security Clearance, which must be maintained throughout employment. Candidates must be willing and able to work from a SCIF as part of the team, providing 24x7 coverage, including night and holiday shifts.

You will be responsible for:
* Managing operational tasks for Zscaler's products in the US Government's classified environments, including deployments, on-call duties, and incident management. This includes participation in regular deployment sync meetings and operational hand-offs
* Managing all cloud infrastructure components such as AWS, private cloud environments, containers, and VMs
* Developing scripts, containerized services, and monitoring mechanisms to automate operations tasks and ensure minimal disruption to service
* Developing operations documentation, handling escalations, implementing measures to prevent recurring incidents, and contributing to Dev Ops best practices
* Building new and enhancing existing Zscaler services within classified environments What We're Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)
* Active Secret Security Clearance required and must be maintained throughout employment
* 5+ years of Site Reliability Engineering experience and Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
* Site Reliability Engineering experience in both Operations and Engineering environments
* Experience in monitoring activities such as vulnerability scanning, assessment, patch management, and reporting, with expertise in virtualization, cloud services, web security, and networking protocols (e.g., HTTP, SSL/TLS, DNS, SQL)
* Proficiency in Linux administration, network troubleshooting, automation tools like Ansible and Terraform, and skilled in Python coding and container-based architectures (AWS ECS, Kubernetes) What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)
* Experience with air-gapped and classified environments and monthly monitoring programs (scanning, evaluating, patching, and reporting on environment vulnerabilities)
* Experience with High/Moderate FedRAMP authorization levels and monthly
* Information Assurance Technician Level 2 certification and Top Secret security clearance #LI-Onsite #LI-YC2 Zscaler's salary ranges are benchmarked and are determined by role and level. The range displayed on each job…