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We’re looking for an experienced Sr. Staff Site Reliability Engineer (Federal) to join our Government Cloud team. Reporting to the Manager, Site Reliability Engineering, this is an onsite role based at our Crystal City office in Virginia. This role requires Secret Security Clearance, which must be maintained throughout employment. Candidates must be willing and able to work from a SCIF as part of the team, providing 24x7 coverage, including night and holiday shifts. You will be responsible for:

Managing operational tasks for Zscaler’s products in the US Government’s classified environments, including deployments, on-call duties, and incident management. This includes participation in regular deployment sync meetings and operational hand-offs

Managing all cloud infrastructure components such as AWS, private cloud environments, containers, and VMs
Developing scripts, containerized services, and monitoring mechanisms to automate operations tasks and ensure minimal disruption to service

Developing operations documentation, handling escalations, implementing measures to prevent recurring incidents, and contributing to DevOps best practices

Building new and enhancing existing Zscaler services within classified environments

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

Active Secret Security Clearance required and must be maintained throughout employment

5+ years of Site Reliability Engineering experience and Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field

Site Reliability Engineering experience in both Operations and Engineering environments

Experience with High/Moderate FedRAMP authorization levels and monthly monitoring, including vulnerability scanning, evaluation, patching, and reporting. Knowledgeable in virtualization, cloud services, web security, and networking protocols (HTTP, SSL/TLS, DNS, SQL)

Proficiency in Linux administration, network troubleshooting, automation tools like Ansible and Terraform, and skilled in Python coding and container-based architectures (AWS ECS, Kubernetes)

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

Experience with air-gapped and classified environments and monthly monitoring programs (scanning, evaluating, patching, and reporting on environment vulnerabilities)

Information Assurance Technician Level 2 certification and Top Secret security clearance

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