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Zscaler

Security Architect, Agentic AI

Zscaler

Published 14 May 2026
USA
182K - 260K USD Annual
Remote
Full Time

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Role Highlights

Languages used

Python
TypeScript

Key skills

Prompt Engineering
API
IAC
Security Engineer
Information Security
Cloud Security
Data Security
LLMs
Transformation
Agile
AI
Operations
Routing
RAG
Servers
Authentication
Streaming
Kernel
Infrastructure
Testing

Tools, Libraries and Frameworks

AWS
GCP
Azure
Kubernetes
OWASP
NIST
Langchain

Description

The role involves building and shipping security capabilities for agentic AI systems and large language model applications. The individual will develop secure agent runtimes, libraries, and reference implementations while managing core patterns such as planning, tool routing, and retrieval-augmented generation boundaries. Responsibilities include creating secure servers, clients, and tool registries with robust authentication and audit logging. The position requires enforcing security controls like schema validation and policy checks. Additionally, the role involves performing threat modeling and testing agent workflows to prevent prompt injection and data exfiltration.

Required Qualifications and Skills

The role requires at least eight years of experience in shipping production security engineering solutions. Candidates must possess strong coding proficiency in Python, TypeScript, or Node. Practical experience with agent runtimes, cloud security, and integrating frontier model APIs is necessary. Familiarity with agent frameworks such as LangGraph, LangChain, or Semantic Kernel is also required.

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About the company

Zscaler

Size

6971

Founded

HQ

San Jose, US

Public/Private

Public Company

Description

Zscaler accelerates digital transformation for its customers by making them more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure, leveraging the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, a cloud-native platform that protects against cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications. With over a decade of experience in developing, operating, and scaling the cloud, Zscaler serves thousands of enterprise customers globally, including 450 of the Forbes Global 2000 organizations, by eliminating latency-creating gateway appliances and improving user experiences. Founded in 2007, Zscaler's mission is to make the cloud a safe place to do business, and its security platform strategically places a company's defenses and controls on the internet to ensure every connection is fast and secure, regardless of user location or application workload.

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