Senior Technical Marketing Engineer

Zscaler

. Lead hands-on customer Proof of Value engagements, architectural demonstrations, and pilot evaluations .

Posted 10/8/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $143,500 - $205,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in enterprise routing, switching, and L2/L3 network segmentation, with hands-on experience in building and maintaining complex network topologies. Proven ability to lead customer engagements and deliver technical training while authoring high-quality technical documentation.

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Enterprise Routing ExpertiseL2/L3 Network SegmentationTechnical Marketing ExperiencePacket Analysis ProficiencyNetwork Lab Deployment

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Hard Skills

TCP/IPWireGuardIPsecVxLANWiresharkTcpdumpEVE-NGGNS3ESXiKVM

Soft Skills

CuriosityProblem-SolvingTechnical Communication

Tools & Technologies

Network Simulation ToolsTraffic Generation ToolsDeployment Runbooks

Industry Keywords

Proof of ValueArchitectural DemonstrationsTechnical EnablementNetwork TroubleshootingDistributed Edge Networking

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

SwitchingTCP/IP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead hands-on customer Proof of Value engagements, architectural demonstrations, and pilot evaluations
Architect, deploy, and maintain physical and virtual networking labs simulating complex enterprise branch, edge, and retail topologies
Test product behavior, interoperability, and real-world scale
Diagnose, reproduce, and resolve L2/L3 networking escalations, network segmentation challenges, and packet-level anomalies
Serve as the technical escalation bridge between field teams and core engineering
Author deployment runbooks, reference architectures, white papers, competitive test plans, and solution briefs
Create and deliver technical training, interactive workshops, and webinars for Systems Engineers, professional services, and channel partner architects

Requirements

What you’ll need

Demonstrated curiosity and active exploration of AI tools, with a proven history of integrating new technologies to enhance daily workflows and augment problem-solving
5+ years of hands-on experience in technical marketing, solutions architecture, or advanced systems engineering
Deep subject matter expertise in enterprise routing, switching, TCP/IP, L2/L3 network segmentation, and tunneling protocols including WireGuard, IPsec, and VxLAN
Proven track record of leading and winning hands-on customer Proof of Value pilots and executive architectural evaluations in complex enterprise and distributed edge networking environments
Hands-on proficiency building and maintaining multi-vendor physical and virtual network lab topologies using bare-metal appliances, ESXi, KVM, EVE-NG, and GNS3
Advanced packet analysis and troubleshooting using Wireshark, tcpdump, and traffic generation tools
Experience diagnosing routing anomalies, latency/jitter, MTU issues, and NAT/firewall traversal
Track record authoring production-grade technical collateral and delivering technical enablement sessions to sales engineering, professional services, and partner teams

Benefits

Comp & perks

Various health plans
Time off plans for vacation and sick time
Parental leave options
Retirement options
Education reimbursement
In-office perks
Reasonable recruiting-process accommodations or adjustments for candidates with disabilities, long-term conditions, mental health conditions, sincerely held religious beliefs, neurodivergence, or pregnancy-related support