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Zscaler

Secures workforce access to apps and the internet

Principal Sales Engineer - Healthcare

Pre-Sales Solution EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeRemote in USA$195k - $243.8kRemote

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 7 years of enterprise cybersecurity selling experience in sales engineering, solutions engineering, or solutions architecture, including at least 3 years working within the partner ecosystem and channel.
  • Ability to act as a consultative AI advisor, guiding customers through AI change management, mapping manual business workflows to agentic AI systems, and managing expectations around non-deterministic outputs.
  • Deep understanding of security, networking (routers and switches), authentication, wireless, SD-WAN, and Internet fundamentals.
  • Ability to lead cross-departmental initiatives and manage executive-level relationships.
  • Ability to navigate between high-level strategy and hands-on technical execution.
  • Foundational understanding of AI and machine-learning technologies, and experience leveraging, securing, or positioning AI-driven solutions to optimize outcomes within the functional domain.

Responsibilities

  • Lead high-impact sales engagements and complex Proof of Values from inception to completion.
  • Serve as the definitive technical objection-resolution authority and challenge internal Sales Engineering teams and customer teams on the status quo with creative, transformative architectures and innovative approaches to business challenges.
  • Lead high-stakes technical and business transformation discussions with C-level customer executives using well-articulated and methodical discussion framing.
  • Develop reference architectures, white papers, and blogs, and represent the company as a featured speaker at industry and healthcare industry events.
  • Act as a technical leader and mentor for Sales Engineers within the Healthcare Vertical.
  • Coordinate with Product Management to curate specialized training and technical workshops, and identify enablement improvements based on field observations and new healthcare market technology trends.
  • Spearhead internal initiatives to increase technical enablement depth and operational productivity.
  • Lead internal Technical Advisory Teams to influence the product roadmap based on industry demands and customer requirements.
  • Conduct technical screenings for new hires, participate in new Sales Engineer curriculum development, and serve as a strategic technical advisor to Sales Engineering leadership.

Desired Qualifications

  • Demonstrate strong AI fluency by leveraging coding assistants, large language models, and generative AI tools to accelerate troubleshooting, solution design, automation, and customer problem-solving, while applying sound technical judgment to validate outputs.
  • Experience in data modeling and relational databases.
  • Deep technical expertise with healthcare electronic health records, picture archiving and communication systems, and workflow/authentication technologies.
  • Industry-standard certifications such as CISSP, CCIE, CISM, ISACA, or CRISC.
  • At least 5 years in a vendor-side Principal- or Architect-level role.

About the Company

Zscaler

Secures workforce access to apps and the internet

Zscaler builds cloud security software for organizations that need to protect employees, applications and data across offices and remote locations. Its Zero Trust Exchange checks the identity and context of each connection, inspects traffic for threats and applies access rules set by security teams. Zscaler Internet Access protects web and cloud application traffic, while Zscaler Private Access connects authorized users to specific internal applications without a VPN. Organizations buy subscriptions priced primarily by the number of users and metered usage, with related support services included in the business. Zscaler was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Santa Clara, CA
Founded
2007

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