Senior System & Solution Test Architect SD-WAN/Cloud

Zscaler; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 186,000 - 265,000; Full time

Job summary

Zscaler in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a Principal System and Solution Test Engineer to drive quality strategy for Zero Trust Networking Services, validating complex network security architectures and end-to-end interactions between branch devices and global cloud services.

This hybrid role collaborates with cross-functional teams, builds system-level automation, and designs real-world production scenarios to uncover gaps, ensuring stability for customer deployments.

Qualifications

• AI/ML concepts and secure deployment of AI-driven solutions in networking.
• 12+ years in Network Security/SD-WAN testing with Python.
• Experience building/test automation frameworks; Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Deep L2-L7 networking, TCP/IP, and performance testing with traffic generators.
• SD-WAN, VPNs, Cloud Security with strong Linux networking knowledge.
• IPSec/GRE tunneling and hands-on public cloud networking (AWS/GCP).

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and maintain cloud-based software solutions.
• Leverage deep expertise in L2-L7 technology to test cloud-delivered security and SD-WAN technologies.
• Build repeatable, robust system-level automation suites to validate L2-L7 technologies.
• Provide insights to enhance debugging and product usability.
• Design and execute scenarios mimicking real-world production environments to expose gaps.

Skills

Python for tool development

L2-L7 networking

Test automation design

Security-focused engineering

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

Zscaler in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a Principal System and Solution Test Engineer to drive quality strategy for Zero Trust Networking Services, validating complex network security architectures and end-to-end interactions between branch devices and global cloud services.

This hybrid role collaborates with cross-functional teams, builds system-level automation, and designs real-world production scenarios to uncover gaps, ensuring stability for customer deployments.