Zscaler
Sr. Cloud Platform Engineer
$140K–$175K
Remote - USA +2 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 20, 2026
- Location
- Remote - USA
San Jose, California, USA
Santa Clara, California, USA - Experience
- 5+ years building and operating multi-cloud infrastructure at scale.
About the job
Build and operate Zscaler’s multi-cloud platform, automating infrastructure provisioning, lifecycle management, security guardrails, and AI-assisted operations.
What you'll do
- Build automation for cloud provisioning, account vending, templates, CI/CD, upgrades, scanning, drift detection, and remediation.
- Maintain Terraform modules, GitLab CI/CD components, and Python automation for the platform’s paved road.
- Integrate AI and agentic tools into operational workflows and collaborate with Security, IAM, Network, and FinOps on automated guardrails.
What they ask for
- 5+ years building and operating multi-cloud infrastructure at scale across major cloud platforms.
- Hands-on Terraform expertise, including module design, state management, and CI-driven workflows.
- Proficiency in Python, Bash, or equivalent scripting and automation; working knowledge of CI/CD design and Kubernetes operations.
- Understanding of identity federation, secrets management, and least-privilege security patterns; demonstrated curiosity and active exploration of AI tools.
Nice to have
- Experience with AWS Control Tower, Organizations, SCPs, or RCPs.
- Experience with GitOps, infrastructure lifecycle tools, or MLOps frameworks and model services.
Pay
$140,000 — $175,000 USD base salary
Tools
AWS, GCP, Azure, Terraform, GitLab CI/CD, Python, Bash, Kubernetes
AI focus
Integrate AI-assisted tooling and agentic workflows into operations to reduce manual toil and improve consistency; the posting also seeks experience exploring AI tools and lists MLOps frameworks and model services as preferred.
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