Sr. Platform Engineer - Kubernetes (Remote)

As a global leader in cybersecurity, CrowdStrike protects the people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn’t changed — we’re here to stop breaches, and we’ve redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced AI-native platform. We work on large scale distributed systems, processing almost 3 trillion events per day and this traffic is growing daily. Our customers span all industries, and they count on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe and their lives moving forward. We're proud to work for a mission-driven company leveraging AI to transform the way we work. CrowdStrikers drive their careers through flexibility and autonomy while also being expected to contribute to a culture of responsible AI adoption, experimentation, and innovation. We use an AI-first mindset as a force multiplier to proactively and continuously accelerate execution, build expertise, uncover insights, and solve complex problems. We’re always looking to add talented CrowdStrikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community and each other. Ready to join a mission that matters? The future of cybersecurity starts with you.

About the Role

CrowdStrike is hiring for a Sr. Platform Engineer to help with continued global expansion of the Falcon platform. We are looking for a highly technical, hands-on Engineer with experience using several open source projects commonly found in large scale deployments. The right candidate will have in depth experience with Kubernetes, its many add-ons, Prometheus, Thanos, Alertmanager, and Grafana. Additionally, the candidate will have experience and opinions on how to ensure reliability of platforms that are operating at massive scale.

What You’ll Do

Design and implement scalable hybrid multi-cloud Kubernetes platform solutions using your deep expertise in cloud-native infrastructure architecture and operations at scale

Optimize and maintain high reliability of large-scale infrastructure platform systems

Evaluate and integrate open-source technologies into existing systems workflows

Provide insights and technical direction for the continued evolution of Kubernetes infrastructure services

Mentor and help develop less-senior engineers to drive collaborative technical decision-making for infrastructure choices

What You’ll Need

Must be eligible for CJIS clearance (requires U.S. citizenship or Green Card/permanent resident status)

5+ years of Kubernetes experience including management of clusters with thousands of nodes

Experience operating in custom data centers

Familiarity and ability to manage on call shifts

Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.

Experience writing Kubernetes operators

Proven ability to work effectively with both local and remote teams

Rock solid communication skills, verbal and written

A combination of confidence and independence…with the prudence to know when to ask for help from the rest of the team.

Bachelor’s degree in an applicable field, such a CS, CIS or Engineering

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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.