Principal Technical Marketing Engineer

Zscaler•San Jose, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Zscaler is seeking a Principal Technical Marketing Engineer to serve as the lead technical marketing engineer for its Zero Trust Cloud team. This hybrid position is based in San Jose, California, or can be performed remotely within the USA, and reports to the Zero Trust Cloud product management team. The role is the technical authority and storyteller for Zscaler’s Cloud Workloads portfolio, translating cloud security innovations into architectures and narratives that support global market adoption among internal teams and external customers.

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.
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/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.
A 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 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, producing whitepapers, blueprints, and competitive guides for high-priority customer and field engagements.
Support global technical evangelism for the Cloud Workloads portfolio.