Sr. Engineer, Virtualization (remote) - Remote Eligible

Senior Engineer for Virtualization Environment

As a global leader in cybersecurity, CrowdStrike protects the people, processes, and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn't changed — we're here to stop breaches, and we've redefined modern security with the world's most advanced AI-native platform. Our customers span all industries, and they count on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe, and their lives moving forward. We're also a mission-driven company. We cultivate a culture that gives every CrowdStriker both the flexibility and autonomy to own their careers. We're always looking to add talented CrowdStrikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation, and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community, and each other. Ready to join a mission that matters? The future of cybersecurity starts with you.

About the Role

CrowdStrike is in search of a Senior Engineer for our virtualization environment to support existing infrastructure and evaluate and build out a new hypervisor platform. The candidate will play an important role in the architecture and management of our production systems environments.

What You'll Do

• Support large-scale production deployments for on-prem virtualization infrastructure
• Lead support of complex technical systems architecture and make recommendations for improvement
• Represent the team as a technical leader and provide direction and insight for projects, discovery, and problem management
• Coordinate virtualization technical resources for the purpose of driving both internal and external team projects to completion
• Analyze requirements and develop solutions of technical problems based on complex business needs
• Hold regular, frequent project meetings to address challenges and drive milestones
• Report regularly to leadership on the status of critical projects
• Ability to write simple to moderately complex scripts and programs for automation, tools, frameworks, dashboards, alarms (example: PowerShell, Python, PHP, JavaScript, Go, etc.)

What You'll Need

• 7+ years of engineering experience, preferably in a production role
• Expertise with virtualization administration, preferably OpenStack, VMWare, FreeBSD, Storage Area Networks in a clustered environment
• Expertise with OpenStack Nova, Juju, Charms, etc.
• Expertise with Linux engineering and administration for thousands of bare metal and virtual machines
• Experience leading projects and delivering solutions through completion
• Demonstrated leadership ability of technical employees
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required
• Must work effectively and professionally with cross-functional groups across divisions, worldwide, as part of a team
• Must exhibit meticulous attention to detail, and have the ability to make good, timely decisions
• Demonstrate self-learning capabilities, taking initiative in a fast pace/quickly changing environment

Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike

• Remote-friendly and flexible work culture
• Market leader in compensation and equity awards
• Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs
• Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge
• Paid parental and adoption leaves
• Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role
• Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections
• Vibrant office culture with world class amenities
• Great Place to Work Certified™ across the globe

CrowdStrike is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone is valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. We support veterans and individuals with disabilities through our affirmative action program.