Remote AI-Driven DevOps Engineer

Zscaler; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans

Vacation & sick time

Parental leave

Retirement options

Education reimbursement

In-office perks

Job summary

Zscaler, the AI-forward cybersecurity company, is seeking an AI DevOps Engineer to design and operate its internal cloud platform across AWS, GCP, and Azure.

You will build Day 1 and Day 2 automation, implement guardrails with IAM and Security teams, and push Terraform modules, GitLab CI/CD, and Python automation.

This remote role with a hybrid preference for San Jose offers a chance to scale multi-cloud infrastructure while advancing AI-enabled tooling.

Qualifications

• 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

AI tooling

Multi-cloud infra

Terraform

Python

Bash

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Identity federation

Secrets management

Tools

Terraform

GitLab CI/CD

Job description

Zscaler, the AI-forward cybersecurity company, is seeking an AI DevOps Engineer to design and operate its internal cloud platform across AWS, GCP, and Azure.

You will build Day 1 and Day 2 automation, implement guardrails with IAM and Security teams, and push Terraform modules, GitLab CI/CD, and Python automation.

This remote role with a hybrid preference for San Jose offers a chance to scale multi-cloud infrastructure while advancing AI-enabled tooling.