Zscaler
Principal Technical Marketing Engineer
$172K–$245K
San Jose, California, USA +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, California, USA
Santa Clara, California, USA - Experience
- 8+ years; Technical Marketing, Product Management, or Systems Engineering are alternatives.
About the job
Leads technical marketing for Zscaler’s Cloud Workloads portfolio, translating cloud security capabilities into architectures and content that support adoption by customers and internal teams.
What you'll do
- Own technical messaging and reference architectures for Zero Trust Gateway use cases across public and private clouds.
- Showcase Microsegmentation policy automation for virtual machines and Kubernetes environments.
- Create technical content and serve as a technical storyteller for customer and field engagements.
What they ask for
- Demonstrated curiosity and active exploration of AI tools, with a history of integrating new technologies into workflows.
- 8+ years in Technical Marketing, Product Management, or Systems Engineering focused on cloud-native security.
- Expertise in multi-cloud networking and security across AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, and private cloud/on-premises data centers.
- Knowledge of Kubernetes networking and microsegmentation, plus enterprise network security concepts including Layer 4-7 firewalls, proxy architectures, and ZIA/SSE.
Nice to have
- Experience using AI technologies and workflows to improve operational efficiency; experience building a technical marketing program as a sole TME lead.
- Strong public speaking and technical content portfolio, or active public cloud or Kubernetes certifications.
Pay
$171,500 — $245,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, Kubernetes (K8s), ZIA/SSE
AI focus
Explore and integrate AI tools to enhance workflows and problem-solving; preferred use of AI technologies and workflows to improve operational efficiency.
Model-written summary · the original posting is authoritative