Principal Technical Marketing Engineer – Cloud Workloads Security

Job Description

Principal Technical Marketing Engineer | Confidential Employer

The Tone:
This is a hybrid role at Confidential Employer, located in San Jose, CA or remote within the USA. Zscaler accelerates digital transformation, helping customers be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure through its Zero Trust Exchange platform. The company is building an AI-native enterprise where human potential is amplified by machine intelligence to solve security challenges. This role is crucial as the definitive technical authority and storyteller for Zscaler’s Cloud Workloads portfolio, driving global market adoption.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Hybrid
• Location: Hybrid – San Jose, CA or remote within the USA
• Pay: $171,500–$245,000 USD yearly
• Team: Reporting to the Zero Trust Cloud product management team
• Mission: Translate complex cloud security innovations into high-impact architectures and narratives that drive global market adoption across internal teams and external customers.
• Tech Stack: AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, Kubernetes (K8s), Layer 4-7 firewalls, proxy architectures, ZIA/SSE

What You’ll Actually Do
• Technical Messaging: Own technical messaging and reference architectures for macro use cases with Zscaler Zero Trust Gateway across AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, and private clouds.
• Micro Use Case Adoption: Drive adoption of micro use cases by showcasing Zscaler Microsegmentation policy automation for virtual machines and Kubernetes environments.
• Global Evangelism: Deliver global technical evangelism by serving as the primary technical storyteller, producing whitepapers, blueprints, and competitive guides to support high-priority customer and field engagements.

The Must-Haves
• Background: 8+ years of experience in Technical Marketing, Product Management, or Systems Engineering, with a focus on cloud-native security.
• Experience: Deep technical expertise in multi-cloud networking and security across AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, and private cloud/on-premises data center architectures. Demonstrated curiosity and active exploration of AI tools, with a proven history of integrating new technologies to enhance daily workflows and augment problem-solving.
• Skills: Technical knowledge of Kubernetes (K8s) container networking, microsegmentation, and building/enforcing policy models. Strong understanding of enterprise network security concepts, specifically Layer 4-7 firewalls, proxy architectures, and ZIA/SSE.
• Bonus: Proven ability to leverage AI technologies and workflows to drive measurable operational efficiency. Proven track record as a “single-threaded” or sole TME lead, demonstrating self-direction and the ability to build a technical marketing program from scratch. Outstanding public speaking and technical content creation skills, with a portfolio of high-quality whitepapers, architectural blueprints, or videos. Active industry certifications in public cloud platforms (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect) or Kubernetes (e.g., CKA).