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Principal Technical Marketing Engineer

Office - Santa Clara, USAFull-time$172k–$245k2026-10-21 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Lead technical marketing and storytelling for Zscaler's Cloud Workloads portfolio, translating complex cloud security innovations into high-impact architectures and narratives to drive global market adoption.

Role type

Principal Technical Marketing Engineer (Lead)

Builds

Technical messaging, reference architectures, whitepapers, blueprints, and competitive guides for Zero Trust Cloud products.

Domain

Cloud Security, Zero Trust, Multi-cloud Networking

Deliverable

product features

Required skills

Multi-cloud networking and security (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI), Kubernetes container networking and microsegmentation, enterprise network security (Layer 4-7 firewalls, proxy architectures), technical content creation, public speaking, AI tool integration.

Preferred skills

Single-threaded program leadership, active industry certifications (AWS/Azure Solutions Architect, CKA), leveraging AI for operational efficiency.

Technologies

AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, Kubernetes, Zero Trust Gateway, Microsegmentation, ZIA, SSE.

Responsibilities

Own technical messaging and reference architectures for macro use cases across major cloud providers; Drive adoption of micro use cases via policy automation for VMs and Kubernetes; Deliver global technical evangelism through whitepapers, blueprints, and guides for customer engagements.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic ownership.