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What you'll own : - Lead engineering and delivery for SWG, Proxy, SASE, Secure Access, and IPS/IDS across a global enterprise environment. - Administer and harden Zscaler (ZIA/ZPA) and Palo Alto platforms, including Panorama, Prisma Access, NGFW, and Threat Prevention. - Design and maintain scalable security policies for internet access, private application access, SSL inspection, traffic steering, and threat prevention. - Drive high-quality changes through safe rollout planning, validation, rollback readiness, and post-change review. - Improve platform reliability, policy quality, and user experience through standardization, tuning, and operational improvements. - Partner with SOC/IR, Network Operations, infrastructure, application teams, and vendors to deliver secure and reliable services. - Improve logging, telemetry, SIEM integration, and operational visibility while reducing noise and strengthening control effectiveness. - Track and improve key measures such as policy accuracy, false positives, service reliability, change success, and time to mitigation. - Lead vendor escalations and hold partners accountable for response quality, root cause depth, and durable resolution. What youll bring : - Bachelors degree in a related field and 7+ years of experience, or equivalent practical experience. - Experience in network security or security engineering roles. - Strong hands-on experience with SWG, Proxy, SASE, or Secure Access in enterprise environments. - Strong knowledge of Zscaler ZIA/ZPA and Palo Alto technologies including Panorama, NGFW, Threat Prevention, and Prisma Access. - Experience with IPS/IDS tuning and false-positive reduction. - Experience with proxy policy, SSL inspection, traffic steering, secure access, threat prevention, and user access troubleshooting. - Strong networking and security fundamentals including TCP/IP, TLS, DNS, routing, NAT, certificates, and zero trust. - Experience in large-scale global environments and ability to serve as an escalation point during major incidents. - Proven ability to mentor engineers, review work, and communicate effectively across teams. Its a bonus if you have : - Familiarity with Terraform, Python, CI/CD, or automation for security platforms. - Exposure to unix based open source platforms. - Exposure to WAF technologies (Akamai, Cloudflare, or F5 Distributed Cloud), regulated environments. - Experience with Prisma Access, cloud NGFW, or hybrid architectures. .
Here's how to pick the right one and stand out in your application.
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
Next, learn who's hiring. Accenture has posted 2,801 engineer roles. andurilindustries, speechify, and jobgether are also actively recruiting. If you're applying to one of these names, research their hiring patterns and interview style before you apply. That homework pays off.
When you interview, expect the question every engineer hears: 'Tell me about a time you had to debug a problem that wasn't in your job description.' Have a specific story ready—not a general one. Name the tools, the deadline pressure, and what you learned. Hiring managers listen for whether you see problem-solving as part of the role itself, not a favour.