Senior Sales Engineer, Majors - Northern CA

Role

We are looking for a Senior Sales Engineer to join our team. This is a remote role, reporting to the Manager of Sales Engineering in the Exposure Management department. The Zscaler Sales and Go-to-Market team is a global group of professionals who are passionate about delighting our customers, nurturing trusted partnerships, and sharing their expertise to drive a secure, cloud-enabled digital future and further cement our position as the world leader in cloud security. Sales, Customer Success, Sales Enablement, Solution Architects, Business Development, Transformation, and Technology Partnerships all work together to demonstrate the power and agility of Zscaler cloud transformation to the world.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Create and deliver technical product presentations to prospective customers

• Gather customer technical requirements to ensure proposed solutions will meet customer goals and needs

• Lead product evaluations and custom product configurations

• Design evaluation test plans with customers and guide the process to successful outcomes

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

• 7+ years of experience as a Sales Engineer or Network Systems integrator

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent working experience

• Proven cybersecurity and networking technical background with hands-on experience in network fundamentals such as TCP/IP, DNS, routing, VPN, and firewalls

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience demonstrating, architecting, or positioning AI-driven predictive threat intelligence or automated vulnerability exposure management platforms

• Industry standard certifications such as CISSP, CCNA, Network+, CCNP, CCIE, or Security+

#LI-AA5 #LI-Remote