Sr. Systems Engineer (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 in search of a Senior Systems Engineer to join our growing Production Services team. The candidate will play an important role in the architecture and management of our production systems environments. 

 

Note: This is a remote position with a strong preference for candidates located in PST time zone, but welcome candidates in MST and CST to apply as well.

What You'll Do:

• Oversee and coordinate 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

• Understand complex technical systems architecture and make recommendations for improvement

• Represent the systems team as a technical leader and provide direction and insight for projects, discovery, and problem management

• Familiarity with large-scale production deployments of servers and applications inside internal datacenter

• Ability to write moderate to complex scripts and programs for automation, tools, frameworks, dashboards, alarms. (common uses: Python, Perl, PHP, JavaScript, Go)

 

What You’ll Need:

• Experience leading projects and delivering solutions through completion

• Expertise with Linux engineering and administration for thousands of bare metal and virtual machines

• Experience with virtualization technologies, such as VMWare ESXi

• Experience with CI/CD systems such as GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, or Chef

• Experience with bare metal provisioning technologies, such as Canonical MaaS

• 7+ years of engineering experience, preferably in a production role

• 2-3 business related trips per year for group meetings

Ability to Demonstrate:

• Self-learning capabilities, taking initiative in a fast pace/quickly changing environment

• Work effectively and professionally with cross-functional groups across divisions, worldwide, as part of a team

• Team-player, positive attitude and flexible with a distributed team in multiple time zone

• Must exhibit meticulous attention to detail, and have the ability to make good, timely decisions

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required

Bonus Points:

• Knowledge of protocols such as DNS, HTTP, SMTP, SNMP

• Knowledge of OSI model

• Knowledge of block storage solutions, such as TrueNAS

• Knowledge of container systems such as Docker and Kubernetes

• Knowledge of monitoring solutions, such as Prometheus, Grafana and Zabbix

• Knowledge with threat intelligence and mobile technology a plus

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

Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:

• Remote-first culture

• Market leader in compensation and equity awards

• Competitive vacation and flexible working arrangements 

• Comprehensive and inclusive health benefits

• Physical and mental wellness programs

• Paid parental leave, including adoption 

• A variety of professional development and mentorship opportunities

• Offices with stocked kitchens when you need to fuel innovation and collaboration

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