Remote AI DevOps Engineer - Terraform, Kubernetes & CI/CD

Far Coder; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Various health plans

Time off plans for vacation and sick

Parental leave options

Retirement options

Education reimbursement

In-office perks, and more!

Job summary

Zscaler is hiring an AI DevOps Engineer to join our remote US team. This full-time role focuses on building automation for cloud provisioning, security baselines, and AI-assisted tooling to accelerate delivery across AWS, GCP, and Azure.

You will design and ship Day 1 and Day 2 automation, write Terraform modules and Python automation, and collaborate with Security/IAM/FinOps to create guardrails. Strong multi-cloud and CI/CD expertise are essential.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated curiosity and active exploration of AI tools, with a proven history of integrating new technologies to enhance daily workflows and problem solving.
• 5+ years of experience building and operating multi-cloud infrastructure at scale across major cloud platforms.
• Hands-on expertise with Terraform, including module design, state management, and CI-driven workflows.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, Bash, or equivalent languages.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipeline design and Kubernetes operations.
• Understanding of identity federation, secrets management, and least-privilege security patterns.

Responsibilities

• Build and extend Day 1 automation, including infrastructure provisioning pipelines, account vending, golden repo templates, and CI/CD components.
• Build and extend Day 2 automation for lifecycle management, upgrade pipelines, dependency scanning, drift detection, and automated remediation workflows.
• Write and maintain Terraform modules, GitLab CI/CD components, and Python automation to establish the platform's paved road.
• Integrate AI and agentic tooling into operational workflows to reduce manual toil and increase operational consistency.
• Collaborate with Security, IAM, Network, and FinOps teams to translate cross-functional requirements into automated guardrails.

Skills

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

Rails

Python

Rust

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

Terraform

Python

Job description

Zscaler is hiring an AI DevOps Engineer to join our remote US team. This full-time role focuses on building automation for cloud provisioning, security baselines, and AI-assisted tooling to accelerate delivery across AWS, GCP, and Azure.

You will design and ship Day 1 and Day 2 automation, write Terraform modules and Python automation, and collaborate with Security/IAM/FinOps to create guardrails. Strong multi-cloud and CI/CD expertise are essential.