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The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform protects thousands of customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location. Distributed across 200+ public data centers globally and thousands of private sites at the edge, the SASE-based Zero Trust Exchange is the world’s largest in-line cloud security platform.\nWe believe the future of work is Human + AI and are building an AI-native enterprise where human potential is amplified by machine intelligence to solve the world’s hardest security challenges. Driven by deep customer obsession, we are committed to the mission, outcome, and to each other. We bring these commitments to life through three core behaviors: ownership and collaboration, trust through outcomes and impact, and a challenge culture with ongoing feedback. Ready to make an impact at the company pioneering security transformation in the AI era? Join us at Zscaler.\nRole\nWe are looking for a Staff or Senior Staff Engineer, Vulnerability & Exposure Management to join our team. This is a hybrid role, reporting to the Senior Manager, Information Security Engineering in the Product Security department.\nThis critical role leads our efforts to discover and remediate vulnerabilities across web applications, APIs, and endpoints at the speed modern attackers operate. As an individual contributor owning this domain end-to-end, you will build production-grade automation that uncovers coverage gaps, routes findings to asset owners, and verifies closures to continuously safeguard our attack surface.\nWhat you’ll do (Role Expectations)\nBuild and operate automation across the entire vulnerability lifecycle: asset discovery, authenticated scanning, triage, routing to owners, and verifying closure\nDiagnose why authenticated web application and API scans fail, implement fixes, and systematically bring remaining services into active coverage\nEstablish and run endpoint vulnerability management as a routine, collaborative operational program with IT\nArchitect and implement scanning and assessment workflows for novel systems across application, API, and endpoint stacks\nDrive remediation to closure with engineering and IT teams while proactively identifying the next automation opportunities\nWho You Are (Success Profile)\nYou 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.\nYou 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 seamlesslybetween high-level strategy and hands-on execution.\nYou are a problem-solver. You love running towardsthe challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.\nYou 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.\nYou 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 youdo and you do it with purpose.\nWhat We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)\nFoundational understanding of AI/ML technologies and experience leveraging, securing, or positioning AI-driven solutions to optimize outcomes within your functional domain\nExtensive professional experience in software or security engineering, with substantial dedicated depth in security engineering\nHands-on experience developing and running security automation in production using Python, REST APIs, OAuth and token refresh, rate limiting, and data parsing and de-duplication\nDemonstrated ability to dissect and articulate vulnerability exploit mechanics from attacker input to operational impact, alongside the precise defensive controls required to stop them\nIn-depth web application and API security expertise, including authentication flows, CWE-level vulnerability analysis, and the end-to-end vulnerability lifecycle across detection, prioritization, mitigation, and verification\nWhat Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)\nExperience leveraging AI/ML technologies and advanced orchestration platforms to design intelligent, self-service triage, automated remediation routing, and predictive exposure analysis workflows\nHands-on experience deploying or administering enterprise security tooling such as Tenable, Qualys, CrowdStrike, Wiz, or Burp Suite, alongside working knowledge of AWS, Azure, or GCP\nTrack record of building internal security tooling adopted by engineering teams, incorporating risk-based prioritization signals such as CISA KEV, EPSS, and asset criticality\n#LI-Hybrid #LI-KM8\nAt Zscaler, we are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve and the customers we work with. We foster an inclusive environment that values all backgrounds and perspectives, emphasizing collaboration and belonging. Join us in our mission to make doing business seamless and secure.\nOur Benefits program is one of the most important ways we support our employees. Zscaler proudly offers comprehensive and inclusive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families throughout their life stages, including:\nVarious health plans\nTime off plans for vacation and sick time\nParental leave options\nRetirement options\nEducation reimbursement\nIn-office perks, and more!\nLearn more about Zscaler's hybrid working model and benefits here.\nBy applying for this role, you adhere to applicable laws, regulations, and Zscaler policies, including those related to security and privacy standards and guidelines.\nZscaler is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals. 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