Principal System and Solution Test Engineer, Zero Trust Networking

Job overview

The Principal System and Solution Test Engineer role is described as hybrid in Santa Clara, CA, reporting to the Architect, Software Development Engineering in the Zero Trust Branch department. The stated annual base salary range is $185,500–$265,000. Zscaler’s Zero Trust Exchange platform provides cloud security services to customers worldwide. The engineer drives quality strategy for Zero Trust Networking Services by validating network security architectures and interactions between branch devices and cloud services. System-level automation and realistic customer scenarios help identify product gaps and support stable customer deployments.

What you'll do

• Collaborate across teams to design, develop, and maintain cloud-based software solutions
• test cloud-delivered security and SD-WAN technologies using L2-L7 expertise
• build system-level automation suites
• provide insights to improve RASS, debugging, and product usability
• design and execute production-like scenarios to expose gaps and support stable deployments.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

principal test engineer

system testing

solution testing

zero trust networking

network security

sd-wan

l2-l7

python

test automation

hybrid

santa clara ca

zscaler

$185,500–$265,000/year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Health plans, vacation and sick time, parental leave, retirement options, education reimbursement, and in-office perks.

Why this role

System-level testing role focused on L2-L7 networking, SD-WAN, cloud security, and automated validation of customer-like environments.

About the employer

Zscaler is hiring for this role. Industry: Software Publishers. Sector: 51.