[Remote] Principal DevOps Engineer - Federal
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Zscaler is an AI-forward enterprise focused on digital transformation and cybersecurity. They are seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to architect and manage global cloud infrastructure for Zero Trust Networking Services, ensuring operational health and delivery pipeline management.ResponsibilitiesDesign and implement a multi-region AWS architecture and lead the development of modular Terraform libraries to automate provisioning across diverse geographiesArchitect self-healing infrastructure using advanced cloud load balancing, auto-scaling patterns, and Multi-AZ database topologies to ensure high availabilityModernize CI/CD pipelines and implement Blue/Green and Canary deployment strategies to ensure zero-downtime upgrades for a continuously running global network serviceBuild comprehensive SRE dashboards and implement intelligent alerting frameworks to detect regional outages or capacity exhaustion before they impact customersMonitor cloud resource utilization and implement scaling policies that perfectly balance performance requirements with cost-efficiencySkills12+ years of overall experience in Software Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering combined with a BS/MS in Computer Science or relevant fieldDeep mastery of AWS services and architecting AWS-managed SQL and NoSQL data stores, with a focus on designing scalable local and multi-region deployment strategiesAdvanced expertise in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and expert proficiency in Python or Go for building automation toolingStrong knowledge of Linux/BSD internals, observability stacks (Prometheus, InfluxDB), and security compliance (PKI, IAM, DevSecOps)U.S. citizenship due to the nature of the customers assigned to this roleExperience managing large-scale distributed systems or IoT-style connectivity platformsBackground in Network Engineering or working with Data Plane forwarding technologiesExperience with Chaos Engineering methodologies in a public cloud environmentBenefitsVarious health plansTime off plans for vacation and sick timeParental leave optionsRetirement optionsEducation reimbursementIn-office perks, and more!Company OverviewZscaler is a global cloud-based information security company that enables secure digital transformation for mobile and cloud. It was founded in 2008, and is headquartered in San Jose, California, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is https://www.zscaler.com.