Principal Technical Marketing Engineer

Zscaler•San Jose, CA

2d•$171,500 - $245,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Zscaler is seeking a Principal Technical Marketing Engineer to serve as the lead technical marketing authority and storyteller for its Zero Trust Cloud team and Cloud Workloads portfolio. This hybrid role is based in San Jose, California, and reports to the Zero Trust Cloud product management team. The position translates cloud security innovations into architectures and technical narratives that support global market adoption among internal teams and external customers. The role owns technical messaging and reference architectures for macro use cases involving Zscaler Zero Trust Gateway across AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, and private clouds. It also supports adoption of micro use cases by demonstrating Zscaler Microsegmentation policy automation for virtual machines and Kubernetes environments. The engineer serves as a primary technical evangelist, creating whitepapers, blueprints, and competitive guides for customer and field engagements.

Requirements

Demonstrated curiosity and active exploration of AI tools, with a proven history of integrating new technologies to enhance daily workflows and augment problem-solving.
At least 8 years of experience in Technical Marketing, Product Management, or Systems Engineering, focused on cloud-native security.
Deep technical expertise in multi-cloud networking and security across AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, and private cloud or on-premises data center architectures.
Technical knowledge of Kubernetes container networking, microsegmentation, and building and enforcing policy models.
Strong understanding of enterprise network security concepts, specifically Layer 4–7 firewalls, proxy architectures, and ZIA/SSE.

Nice To Haves

Proven ability to leverage AI technologies and workflows to drive measurable operational efficiency.
Track record as a single-threaded or sole TME lead, demonstrating self-direction and 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 public cloud platform certifications (such as AWS Solutions Architect or Azure Solutions Architect) or Kubernetes certifications (such as CKA).

Responsibilities

Own technical messaging and reference architectures for macro use cases with Zscaler Zero Trust Gateway across AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, and private clouds.
Drive adoption of micro use cases by showcasing Zscaler Microsegmentation policy automation for virtual machines and Kubernetes environments.
Serve as the primary technical storyteller and deliver global technical evangelism.
Produce whitepapers, blueprints, and competitive guides to support high-priority customer and field engagements.