Principal Technical Marketing Engineer

San Jose, California, USA. Posted 22 days ago

The role

This person will be the lead technical authority and storyteller for Zscaler's Cloud Workloads portfolio. They will create technical messaging and reference architectures for Zero Trust Gateway and Microsegmentation, and produce whitepapers, blueprints and competitive guides for customers and the field.

What you will do

Own technical messaging and reference architectures for macro use cases with Zscaler Zero Trust Gateway across AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI and private clouds
Drive adoption of micro use cases by showcasing Zscaler Microsegmentation policy automation for virtual machines and Kubernetes environments
Deliver global technical evangelism as primary technical storyteller, producing whitepapers, blueprints and competitive guides for customer and field engagements

Required qualifications

Demonstrated curiosity and active exploration of AI tools, with a history of integrating new technologies into workflows
8+ years of experience in Technical Marketing, Product Management or Systems Engineering, focused on cloud-native security
Deep technical expertise in multi-cloud networking and security across AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI and private cloud/on-premises data center architectures
Technical knowledge of Kubernetes (K8s) container networking, microsegmentation, and building and enforcing policy models
Strong understanding of enterprise network security concepts, specifically Layer 4-7 firewalls, proxy architectures and ZIA/SSE

Nice to have

Proven ability to leverage AI technologies and workflows to drive measurable operational efficiency
Proven track record as a single-threaded or sole TME lead, building a technical marketing program from scratch
Outstanding public speaking and technical content creation skills, with a portfolio of whitepapers, architectural blueprints or videos
Active industry certifications in public cloud platforms (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect) or Kubernetes (e.g., CKA)

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

Applicants must adhere to applicable laws, regulations and Zscaler security and privacy policies

About the company

Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) provides the Zero Trust Exchange platform, which securely connects users, devices and applications in any location. Its SASE-based platform runs across 200+ public data centers globally and is described as the world's largest in-line cloud security platform.