Sr. Systems Engineer

Location: India - Bangalore

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

About the Role:

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

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 developing 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 Bare Metal Orchestration services (OpenStack, Canonical MaaS, etc)

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

• Experience with deployment and management of container orchestration services (Kubernetes)

• Experience with virtualization technologies (OpenStack Nova, VMWare ESXi)

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

• Experience with configuration management like Chef, Ansible, Salt

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

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

Bonus Points:

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

• Knowledge of OSI model

• Knowledge of block storage solutions, such as TrueNAS, Ceph

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

• Knowledge with threat intelligence and mobile technology a plus

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

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Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:

• 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.

CrowdStrike is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment. The Company does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy or pregnancy-related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, status with regard to public assistance, or any other characteristic protected by law. We base all employment decisions--including recruitment, selection, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotions, transfers, lay-offs, return from lay-off, terminations and social/recreational programs--on valid job requirements.

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