Jobs / United States / Zscaler INC
Principal Technical Marketing Engineer
Zscaler INC · 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, USA
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 129 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 36 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Zscaler INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles63 certified filings for “Sr. Staff Software Development Engineer” (Software Developers) in CA: $175k–$224k, median $200k. Most were filed at wage level IV (86%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Zscaler INC
The US Department of Labor certified 129 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 36 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) accelerates digital transformation so customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. 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. We 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. Role We are looking for a Technical Marketing Engineer (TME) to join our team. This is a Hybrid role, reporting to the VP, Product Management in the Product Management department. We are seeking a hands-on, self-starting Technical Marketing Engineer (TME) with deep networking expertise to drive technical enablement, customer validation, and field readiness for our next-generation Zero Trust Branch solutions. In this high-impact role, you will architect and maintain complex lab environments, lead hands-on Proof of Value (POV) customer engagements, and provide technical troubleshooting to resolve escalations. As the bridge between engineering and field teams, you will author comprehensive deployment guides, technical collateral, and test plans while delivering interactive training to systems engineers and partners. This is an ideal position for a practitioner who thrives on solving real-world enterprise networking challenges and accelerating customer adoption across distributed edge environments. What you’ll do (Role Expectations) • Lead Customer Proof of Value (POV) Engagements & Field Validations by directly owning and executing hands-on technical POVs, architectural demonstrations, and pilot evaluations with enterprise prospects and customers to validate technical capabilities, eliminate sales friction, and accelerate enterprise deal closure • Architect, Build, and Maintain Advanced Lab Topologies by designing, deploying, and maintaining resilient physical and virtual networking lab environments simulating complex enterprise branch, edge, retail network topologies to rigorously test product behavior, interoperability, and real-world scale • Drive Complex Technical Troubleshooting & Escalation Resolution by serving as the direct technical escalation bridge between field teams and core engineering to diagnose, reproduce, and resolve critical L2/L3 networking escalations, network segmentation challenges, and packet-level anomalies during active customer pilots • Author Technical Documentation, Deployment Guides, and Reference Architectures by developing production-ready technical collateral, including step-by-step deployment runbooks, reference architectures, white papers, competitive test plans, and solution briefs to standardize best practices and accelerate post-sales time-to-value • Deliver Field Readiness & Enablement Training by creating and conducting high-impact technical training programs, interactive workshops, and technical webinars for Systems Engineers (SEs), professional services, and channel partner architects to scale deployment self-sufficiency across distributed enterprise environments Who You Are (Success Profile) • Operate with a strong ownership mindset, comb