Escalation Engineer - ZIA/ZPA

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 Escalation Engineer to join our team in a hybrid capacity based in Bangalore, reporting to the Senior Manager, Product Support within our Support department. The ideal candidate will function as the highest level of technical support within the TAC, responsible for resolving the most complex and critical issues escalated from Level I and Level II support engineers. What you’ll do (Role Expectations) Own and drive resolution of escalated customer issues and critical situations, ensuring timely, high-quality outcomes Work on critical customer cases and resolve them within established/expected resolution timelines (SLAs/OLAs), providing clear status and action plans throughout Participate in a 24x7 support operation, including an on-call rotation (as required) and Collaborate with Engineering to support customer testing efforts and accelerate troubleshooting and resolution Reproduce customer-reported issues in controlled environments to validate defects and provide clear, actionable findings to Engineering and Operations Create and maintain technical knowledge base/support database entries to document troubleshooting steps and resolutions when content does not already exist Who You Are (Success Profile) 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 a problem-solver. You seek out challenges because you are energized by finding solutions, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact. You are a high-trust collaborator. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork. You are customer-obsessed. You build deep empathy for the customer 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 to win for the customer and the team. What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications) Bachelors with 8 plus years of experience as a Support Engineer or Senior Support Engineer supporting networking or web security products Proven experience in handling critical escalations and driving them to successfu