Sr Engineer - Vulnerability Detection (Remote)
CrowdStrikeAbout the role
#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 Sr. Vulnerability Detection Engineer for our Exposure Management group. This is an Individual Contributor role in the Exposure Management Content team responsible for researching, developing and delivering our Host and Network Vulnerability Assessment detections for CrowdStrike as also collaborating on the development of new features and technical solutions.
This person will work closely with other internal teams and product management to understand the requirements and needs on Vulnerability Detection capabilities for the product. They will be technically involved in the capabilities for Exposure Management to detect, track, report and prioritize vulnerabilities on assets.
What You'll Do:
Collaborate and lead a Team of Vulnerability Detection Engineers and Researchers to plan, coordinate and execute Vulnerability Detection Coverage for Exposure Management Supported Platforms
Participate and lead Company Thought Leadership efforts and guidance for analysis on prevalent vulnerabilities and Risk Based Vulnerability Management.
Vulnerability data discovery and validation (Data efficacy & Accuracy)
Collaborate with multi-functional teams across various physical locations including product management and other engineering disciplines.
Lead and manage other projects as assigned.
What You'll Need:
The successful candidate should have experience within Exposure Management, Vulnerability Analysis and Detection and be able to develop detection pipelines for vulnerabilities and other threats. Work experience in the security industry is highly desirable, including a strong understanding of some of the current prevalent products in this space. Strong communication and organizational skills are essential.
Minimum ten years of overall experience as an Individual Contributor
Ability and desire to being hands on as well as empowering peers while collaborating across different functional areas and products
Ability to develop, coordinate and execute on an engineering roadmap
Ability to communicate and articulate crisply at all levels from executive staff to engineers
Ability to communicate, collaborate, and work effectively in a distributed team
Programming/scripting knowledge for automating day to day tasks – Python/ Perl, Golang.
Familiarity and experience with the Agile process
Experience in Cybersecurity Industry
Desirable Skills:
Understanding of Vulnerabilities, mitigations and remediations
Understanding of Vulnerability and Software Detection techniques
Understanding of Vulnerability Prioritization Models
Experience with Security/Vulnerability detections development and release
Experience of Vulnerability Management product development
Experience designing and implementing validation workflows for Security Based products
Experience working in remote & distributed environments
Solid design and problem-solving skills with a demonstrated passion for engineering excellence, pragmatism, quality, security, and performance
Experience with Go and/or Python would be a plus
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