CrowdStrike is looking to hire a Senior Cloud Engineer to help us take to the next level our automated systems for malware analysis. We’re looking for a highly-technical, hands-on engineer who loves working with data plane services like Cassandra, ElasticSearch, Hadoop, and Spark. The ideal candidate should be comfortable building self-service APIs and automation around large-scale cloud-based critical systems. We’ll be looking at candidate resumes with an eye on achievement. What you’ve accomplished in the past tells us the most about what you can do for us in the future.
About Us CrowdStrike is a leading provider of next-generation endpoint protection, threat intelligence, and pre- and post incident response services. We are the fastest growing endpoint protection company, one of the World’s Most 50 Innovative Companies according to MIT, and one of Forbes Most Promising Companies. Our growth and innovation are driven by incredible employees who deliver unmatched customer success. Join us today!
Responsibilities
Have a deep understanding of the data components including: Cassandra, ElasticSearch, Hadoop, and Spark, and use that understanding to automate creation and maintenance of properly configured clusters.
Work with Engineering to roll out new products and features.
Develop infrastructure services to support the CrowdStrike engineering team’s pursuit of a full devops model.
Work with security researchers to troubleshoot time-sensitive production issues, regardless of when they happen.
Keep petabytes of critical business data safe, secure, and available.
Qualifications
- Experience with automating the creation and maintenance of large scale datastores.
- Experience building, securing and supporting internal service APIs
- Experience with large-scale, business-critical Linux environments
- High level of proficiency with Python and/or Go
- Experience operating within the cloud, preferably Amazon Web Services
- Proven ability to work effectively with both local and remote teams
- Track record of making great decisions, particularly when it matters most
- Rock solid verbal, written, and communication skills
- A combination of confidence and independence, with the prudence to know when to ask for help from the rest of the team
- Experience in the information security industry preferred, but not required
- Bachelor’s degree in an applicable field, such as CS, CIS or Engineering
Bonus points awarded for:
- Contributions to the open source community (GitHub, Stack Overflow, blogging).
- Existing exposure to Scala, Kafka, Redis, Splunk, Grafana
- Prior experience in the cybersecurity or intelligence fields
CrowdStrike is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

