Principal AI Security Specialist

Melbourne, AUS; Sydney, AUS. Posted 4 months ago

The role

The Principal AI Security Specialist works with enterprise account teams on the technical sales strategy for AI security deals. This person gives demos, POVs and technical advice on securing enterprise AI, including RAG, agents and prompt workflows.

What you will do

Own and execute the technical sales strategy for complex, high-value AI security opportunities, from discovery to close
Configure and present outcome-driven demos of Zscaler's AI security platform for practitioners and C-level executives
Give POVs to validate Zscaler's ability to securely enable enterprise AI
Act as the field authority on modern AI patterns such as RAG, agents and prompt workflows
Advise clients on preventing sensitive data exposure and unsanctioned AI usage
Work with Product and Engineering to feed real customer feedback into the product roadmap
Build reusable demos, technical assets, competitive positioning and enablement content
Share best practices and training with enterprise account teams

Required qualifications

Strong foundational knowledge of large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), MCP (Model Context Protocol) orchestration patterns and their security risks
10+ years of solutions engineering experience in a customer-facing technical role (Sales Engineering, Solutions Architecture or Technical Advisory) in complex enterprise sales cycles
Solid grasp of cybersecurity principles, including Zero Trust architecture, data loss prevention (DLP), cloud-native security platforms and API integrations
Exceptional presentation and storytelling skills, with the ability to explain complex AI architectures in business and security terms
Experience working cross-functionally with Sales, Solutions Engineering, Product, Engineering, Marketing and other go-to-market teams

Nice to have

Hands-on AI prototyping: working with LLM APIs, scripting, creating agentic automation routines and building lightweight AI applications
Advanced AI risk expertise: helping enterprises deploy production AI while handling data leakage, model governance, compliance frameworks and shadow AI usage
A history of creating high-impact field assets, technical workshops and competitive positioning content for go-to-market teams

Benefits

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

Before you apply

Zscaler offers accommodations in its recruiting process for candidates who are differently abled, have long-term or mental health conditions, have sincerely held religious beliefs, are neurodivergent

About the company

Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) provides the Zero Trust Exchange platform, which connects users, devices and applications securely from any location. The company describes it as the world's largest in-line cloud security platform, with 200+ public data centers.