Remote Senior Zscaler Cloud Security SME | Trust Architect

FinXL Professional Services Pty; Sydney; Remote; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

FinXL Professional Services Pty is seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Security Specialist - Zscaler SME to provide high‑level advisory, architecture, engineering, operational uplift, and knowledge transfer services for an enterprise Zero Trust program.

This role focuses on capability uplift and sustainable operations with mentoring, documentation, shadowing, and structured knowledge transfer to internal technical staff, amounting to ~30–40% of engagement time.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, implementing, administering Zscaler and Zero Trust controls.
• Proven track record uplifting Zscaler monitoring, alerting, dashboards, and incident support.
• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code and Policy as Code for secure cloud or network platforms.
• Ability to create high-quality runbooks and support procedures, and identify and manage delivery risks.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management with mentoring experience.

Responsibilities

• Implement and optimise Zscaler Cloud Connector monitoring, alerting, and operational dashboards.
• Review existing Zero Trust architecture and validate Zscaler security configurations, resilience, and recovery settings.
• Support completion and adoption of Zscaler Policy as Code and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to reduce manual configurations and scale out automation.
• Specialist technical advice across the Zscaler platform and its integration with cloud, network, and security services.
• Develop and maintain detailed operational runbooks, troubleshooting guides, support procedures, and technical documentation.
• Deliver structured mentoring, hands-on support, shadowing, and formal knowledge transfer to Network, Cloud, and Security teams to ensure smooth service transition.
• Establish capability uplift plans with measurable exit criteria while identifying and managing technical, security, and operational risks.

Skills

Zscaler

Zero Trust

Cloud security

Policy as Code

Infrastructure as Code

Mentoring

Runbooks

Stakeholder mgmt

Job description

FinXL Professional Services Pty is seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Security Specialist - Zscaler SME to provide high‑level advisory, architecture, engineering, operational uplift, and knowledge transfer services for an enterprise Zero Trust program.

This role focuses on capability uplift and sustainable operations with mentoring, documentation, shadowing, and structured knowledge transfer to internal technical staff, amounting to ~30–40% of engagement time.