Sr. Network Security Engineer II (Remote)

#WeAreCrowdStrike and our mission is to stop breaches. As a global leader in cybersecurity, our team changed the game. Since our inception, our market leading cloud-native platform has offered unparalleled protection against the most sophisticated cyberattacks. We work on large scale distributed systems, processing over 1 trillion events a day with a petabyte of RAM deployed in our Cassandra clusters - and this traffic is growing daily. We’re looking for people with limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to developing and shaping our cybersecurity platform. Consistently recognized as a top workplace, CrowdStrike is committed to cultivating an inclusive, remote-first culture that offers people the autonomy and flexibility to balance the needs of work and life while taking their career to the next level. Interested in working for a company that sets the standard and leads with integrity? Join us on a mission that matters - one team, one fight.

​About the Role:

CrowdStrike is looking for a Senior Network Security Engineer II who has a solid track record of building and operating hyper-scale hybrid cloud networks. In this role, you will develop and deploy the overall network security posture for the network edge, backbone and data centers. In addition, you will improve management, visibility and automation of our network security practices and changes. You will work collaboratively with other leads to own and drive security related major initiatives and drive strategy from concept, funding, implementation and support. 

This role will require the candidate to periodically undergo and pass additional background and fingerprint check(s) consistent with government customer requirements.

What You’ll Do:

• Be the hands-on subject matter expert for Audit/Compliance, DDoS, VPNs, network segmentation spanning network infrastructure, hosts and services, and all things related to network security best practices

• Provide technical security direction and insight for projects, discovery, and problem management

• Create network segmentation through various technologies such as routing, virtual networking, Software-Defined Networking(SDN), and host/service level controls

• Provide operational security support for multi-vendor, multi-region production network at-scale

• Manage Network Security protocols and concepts, access management (AAA), and network ACLs/Firewalls

• Identify, test and integrate new network security products, operating systems and feature sets

• Manage documentation and frameworks relative to network security practices

• Perform vulnerability scanning and create remediation plans

• Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation

What You’ll Need:

• Proven track record in leading security initiatives independently with minimal supervision

• 7+ years of experience in network security engineering

• Strong understanding of network protocols such as TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, IPsec.

• Deep knowledge of network DDoS and mitigation techniques

• An in depth understanding of encryption and how it translates to network traffic (HTTPS, IPSec)

• Understand compliance requirements to perform and manage periodic audits

• Experience with security management and orchestration tools such as Tufin, Firemon, or AlgoSec

• Experience with load balancing, anycast and DNS.

• Experience with developing security automation tools/scripts used to manage, or interact with network infrastructure such as Ansible, NETCONG, or YANG

• Experience with cloud service providers such as AWS and GCP

Bonus Points:

• Work experience in data center, telecom, SaaS, or cloud operations companies.

• Ability to communicate technical detail into succinct and fact-based business terminology, both verbally and in writing.

• Customer-focused mindset, with demonstrated skill in managing expectations, providing proactive status updates, and producing high-quality work products.

• Ability to use independent judgment to make sound, justifiable decisions and take action to solve problems.

• Ability to plan, organize and prioritize work independently and meet deadlines.

• Ability to work collaboratively with a distributed team in multiple time zones