Staff Site Reliability Engineer-Federal, Security Clearance

The role

You will maintain and operate cloud infrastructure for US Government classified environments, including deployments, on-call duties and incident management. You will also build and automate services that keep the Zero Trust platform stable and scalable.

What you will do

• Manage operational tasks for products in US Government classified environments, including deployments, on-call duties, incident management and regular deployment syncs
• Oversee cloud infrastructure components such as AWS, private cloud environments, containers and VMs to ensure stability and scalability
• Develop scripts, containerized services and monitoring mechanisms to automate operations and minimize service disruption
• Build new and enhance existing services within classified environments
• Drive DevOps best practices through documentation and escalation management

Required qualifications

• Active US Government Secret security clearance; maintenance is a condition of continued employment
• Foundational understanding of AI/ML technologies and experience leveraging, securing or positioning AI-driven solutions
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
• 5+ years of Site Reliability Engineering experience in both Operations and Engineering environments
• Proficiency in Linux administration, network troubleshooting, and automation tools such as Ansible and Terraform
• Strong Python coding skills, container-based architectures including AWS ECS and Kubernetes
• Experience in monitoring activities such as vulnerability scanning, patch management and reporting

Nice to have

• Experience deploying or managing AI-driven observability and AIOps solutions for predictive anomaly detection and automated incident response
• Experience working within air-gapped and classified environments managing monthly monitoring programs
• Familiarity with High/Moderate FedRAMP authorization levels and compliance requirements
• Information Assurance Technician Level 2 certification, or Top Secret security clearance

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

• An active US Government Secret security clearance is required
• Maintaining the clearance is a condition of continued employment

About the company

Zscaler provides a Zero Trust Exchange platform that protects customers from cyberattacks and data loss. It operates the world's largest in-line cloud security platform across 200+ public data centers.