Zscaler
About this role
Zscaler secures how large organisations connect their people to applications, and a platform at that scale needs constant automated testing to stay trustworthy. This role sits in the Platform and Reliability Engineering department in Bangalore and is quality and release engineering rather than product feature work. The product in question is ZDX, Zscaler's digital experience monitoring tool, and you would build the automation frameworks that exercise it: end to end tests spanning cloud services, analytics dashboards, APIs and user facing applications. The posting asks for the frameworks to be designed with what it calls an AI first development methodology, and for testing to be wired into CI/CD alongside engineering and DevOps so releases move faster without losing quality. The other half of the job is diagnosis, using analytics tools, logs and test output to find bottlenecks and to keep improving coverage so problems surface earlier. Networking knowledge runs through all of it despite the Python framing.
Who this is for
What the posting requires
- 4+ years in automation testing, preferably within an enterprise or cloud environment
- A foundational understanding of AI and machine learning, and experience using AI driven approaches in your own domain, which Zscaler asks for across its engineering roles
- The Python, Kubernetes and networking combination named in the title, all three of which the role genuinely depends on
What you would actually be doing
- Designing scalable, reusable and maintainable test automation frameworks using an AI first development approach
- Writing and running end to end tests across ZDX components: cloud services, analytics dashboards, APIs and user facing applications
- Working with engineering and DevOps to integrate testing pipelines into CI/CD so release cycles stay fast without losing quality
- Using analytics tools, logs and test output to find bottlenecks and troubleshoot systematically
- Continuously refining test methodology to improve coverage and catch issues earlier
Location and working pattern
Bangalore, in the Platform and Reliability Engineering department, reporting to the Director of Platform and Reliability Engineering. Zscaler operates a hybrid working model.
A good fit if
Your background is QA automation or SDET work and you want to go deeper into Kubernetes and networking. That combination is what makes this more valuable long term than generic test automation, and it is a realistic route out of pure manual or scripted QA.
Think twice if
You want to build product features. This is a testing, tooling and reliability role. Also do not treat the networking requirement as decoration: it is in the title, and ZDX is a network and digital experience product, so expect it in the interview.
- 4+ years in automation testing, preferably within an enterprise or cloud environment
- A foundational understanding of AI and machine learning, and experience using AI driven approaches in your own domain, which Zscaler asks for across its engineering roles
- The Python, Kubernetes and networking combination named in the title, all three of which the role genuinely depends on
What you would actually be doing
- Designing scalable, reusable and maintainable test automation frameworks using an AI first development approach
- Writing and running end to end tests across ZDX components: cloud services, analytics dashboards, APIs and user facing applications
- Working with engineering and DevOps to integrate testing pipelines into CI/CD so release cycles stay fast without losing quality
- Using analytics tools, logs and test output to find bottlenecks and troubleshoot systematically
- Continuously refining test methodology to improve coverage and catch issues earlier
Location and working pattern
Bangalore, in the Platform and Reliability Engineering department, reporting to the Director of Platform and Reliability Engineering. Zscaler operates a hybrid working model.
A good fit if
Your background is QA automation or SDET work and you want to go deeper into Kubernetes and networking. That combination is what makes this more valuable long term than generic test automation, and it is a realistic route out of pure manual or scripted QA.
Think twice if
You want to build product features. This is a testing, tooling and reliability role. Also do not treat the networking requirement as decoration: it is in the title, and ZDX is a network and digital experience product, so expect it in the interview.
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