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Zscaler · 2 weeks ago

Staff Site Reliability Engineer-Federal, Security Clearance

McLean, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$119K/yr - $170K/yr

5+ years exp

Zscaler accelerates digital transformation so our customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. They are seeking an experienced Staff Site Reliability Engineer (Federal) to manage operational tasks for Zscaler’s products in classified environments and enhance existing services.

Cloud SecurityCyber SecurityEnterprise SoftwareSecurity

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Hiring Manager

Yogesh Chhabra,CPHR

Responsibilities

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 DevOps best practices

Building new and enhancing existing Zscaler services within classified environments

Qualification

Site Reliability EngineeringLinux administrationCloud servicesPython codingAutomation toolsNetworking protocolsIncident managementDocumentationCollaboration

Required

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)

Preferred

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