Principal DevSecOps Engineer (Design/Architecture)

About Zscaler Zscaler accelerates digital transformation to ensure our customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. As an AI-forward enterprise, we are constantly pushing the envelope, leveraging the world’s largest security data lake to power our cloud-native Zero Trust Exchange platform. This innovation protects our customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location. Here, impact in your role matters more than title and trust is built on results. We say, impact over activity. We seek innovators who actively use AI to amplify their impact and who thrive in an environment where we leverage intelligent systems to stay ahead of evolving threats. We believe in transparency and value constructive, honest debate—we’re focused on getting to the best ideas, faster. We build high-performing teams that can make an impact quickly and with high quality. To do this, we are building a culture of execution centered on customer obsession, collaboration, ownership, and accountability. We value high-impact, high-accountability with a sense of urgency where you’re enabled to do your best work and embrace your potential. If you’re driven by purpose, thrive on solving complex challenges, and want to be part of the team that’s helping to secure the AI age, we invite you to bring your talents to Zscaler and help shape the future of cybersecurity. Role We are looking for a Principal DevSecOps Engineer to join our team. This is a hybrid (based in Bangalore) role, reporting to the Director, Software Engineering in the Engineering department. You will join the team that built the world’s largest cloud security platform from the ground up. You will bring your vision and passion to help enable organizations worldwide to harness speed and agility with a cloud-first strategy, driving the long-term vision for security integration across our global footprint. What you’ll do (Role Expectations) - Define and evangelize the long-term vision and roadmap for DevSecOps, integrating security seamlessly into CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), and cloud operations - Drive continuous process improvement across the SDLC and DevSecOps landscape to optimize delivery time, code quality, and security - Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams, tracking initiative effectiveness via key metrics and KPIs for leadership reporting - Lead the implementation of continuous vulnerability assessment and penetration testing programs with organization-wide impact - Implement security objectives across DevSecOps utilizing NIST, OWASP, and DSOMM to define requirements and drive maturity Who You Are (Success Profile) - You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful - You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution - You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact - You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust - You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications) - Foundational understanding of AI/ML technologies and experience leveraging, securing, or positioning AI-driven solutions to optimize outcomes within your functional domain - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field with 10+ years of experience managing AWS, GCP, or Private Cloud environments - Proven experience with AI guardrails and Responsible AI practices, including safety controls, evaluation/monitoring, and governance-aware implementation - Strong experience with secrets management solutions such as HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, or Kubernetes Secrets - Robust application development and automation experience with an OOPS language such as C, C++, Java, Python, or Go, and skilled in managing full DevOps stacks including Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, Git, and various CI/CD tools What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications) - Advanced experience implementing secure MLOps pipelines, AI-driven vulnerability remedia