Sales Engineer

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Hiring Remotely in France
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Cloud • Information Technology • Security • Software • Cybersecurity
Secure, simplify, and transform your enterprise with zero trust.
The Role
The Sales Engineer acts as a bridge between client needs and Zscaler solutions, delivering demonstrations and technical presentations while ensuring a smooth transition to the cloud security platform.
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About Zscaler

Zscaler accelerates digital transformation to ensure our customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. As an AI-forward enterprise, we are constantly pushing the envelope, leveraging the world’s largest security data lake to power our cloud-native Zero Trust Exchange platform. This innovation protects our customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location.

Here, impact in your role matters more than title and trust is built on results. We say, impact over activity. We seek innovators who actively use AI to amplify their impact and who thrive in an environment where we leverage intelligent systems to stay ahead of evolving threats. We believe in transparency and value constructive, honest debate—we’re focused on getting to the best ideas, faster. We build high-performing teams that can make an impact quickly and with high quality. To do this, we are building a culture of execution centered on customer obsession, collaboration, ownership, and accountability.

We value high-impact, high-accountability with a sense of urgency where you’re enabled to do your best work and embrace your potential. If you’re driven by purpose, thrive on solving complex challenges, and want to be part of the team that’s helping to secure the AI age, we invite you to bring your talents to Zscaler and help shape the future of cybersecurity.

Role

We are looking for a seasoned Sales Engineer to join our team. This is a fully remote France-based role, reporting to the Solutions Consulting Manager. The Sales Engineering role serves as a pivotal bridge between client vision and secure execution, translating technical needs into high-impact Zscaler solutions that drive business growth. Through expert advocacy and goal-oriented demonstrations, they accelerate the customer journey, ensuring a seamless and secure transition to the cloud.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

  • Present the Zscaler cloud security platform to prospective customers
  • Create and deliver demonstrations and gathering customer technical requirements
  • Set the vision and translate goals into enticing and relevant recommendations
  • Being the trusted advisor to our clients while aiding their transformational journey

Who You Are (Success Profile)

  • You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
  • You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. You adapt to what’s needed, navigating seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
  • You are customer-obsessed. You build deep empathy for the customer—both internal and external—and anchor your decisions in solving their real-world problems. You champion their needs from start to finish, knowing their success is our success.
  • You operate with urgency. You understand that in a high-growth environment, speed and quality are not mutually exclusive. You have a relentless focus on execution and a bias for action, delivering high-impact results quickly to win for the customer and the team.
  • You are resilient and adaptable. You view change as an opportunity and setbacks as temporary. You maintain composure and focus in high-pressure situations, guiding yourself and your team through complexity with a steady, positive hand.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

  • 1+ years of experience as a Pre-sales Sales Engineer or systems integrator
  • Knowledge of enterprise networking and/or cloud security technologies
  • Experience delivering technical presentations and demonstrations
  • Experience working with sales to identify, qualify and scope opportunities, and deliver proof of value (POV) engagements to convert opportunities into technical victories
  • Fluency in French and English

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

  • Stay up to date with industry trends and competitive solutions, products, and services
  • Industry certifications - e.g CCNA, CCNP, CompTIA Security+
  • Experience communicating complex technical solutions to mixed technical audiences

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At Zscaler, we are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve and the customers we work with. We foster an inclusive environment that values all backgrounds and perspectives, emphasizing collaboration and belonging. Join us in our mission to make doing business seamless and secure.

Our Benefits program is one of the most important ways we support our employees. Zscaler proudly offers comprehensive and inclusive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families throughout their life stages, including:

  • Various health plans
  • Time off plans for vacation and sick time
  • Parental leave options
  • Retirement options
  • Education reimbursement
  • In-office perks, and more!

Learn more about Zscaler’s Future of Work strategy, hybrid working model, and benefits here.

By applying for this role, you adhere to applicable laws, regulations, and Zscaler policies, including those related to security and privacy standards and guidelines.

Zscaler is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals. We strive to create a workplace where employees are treated with respect and have the chance to succeed. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy or related medical conditions), age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. See more information by clicking on the Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal link.

Pay Transparency

Zscaler complies with all applicable federal, state, and local pay transparency rules.

Zscaler is committed to providing reasonable support (called accommodations or adjustments) in our recruiting processes for candidates who are differently abled, have long term conditions, mental health conditions or sincerely held religious beliefs, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support.

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The Company
HQ: San Jose, CA
8,697 Employees
Year Founded: 2007

What We Do

Zscaler accelerates digital transformation so our customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. Our cloud native Zero Trust Exchange platform protects thousands of customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location.

Why Work With Us

Our impact comes from how we work—every day, in every decision, as one team. Our values and leadership principles are more than words; they're our operating system. They fuel a culture of execution where trust, transparency, and accountability help us deliver meaningful results for our customers, colleagues, and our company. www.zscaler.com/culture

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