Sr. Security Research II, DataOps (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.

CrowdStrike is looking for a self-starting, responsible, action-oriented, and highly motivated Senior Security Researcher II to join our Counter Adversary Operations team. This position will require the candidate to collect and analyze data from the cybercriminal underground that could impact the security and privacy of CrowdStrike customers and their users. This role sits at the intersection of threat intelligence, software engineering, and AI-augmented operations. You'll maintain collection infrastructure at scale, develop intelligent automation systems, and respond rapidly to customer-impacting incidents. A successful candidate will be an operational security (OPSEC)-savvy, detail-oriented problem solver, and have substantial experience driving concurrent projects and issues to completion with minimal direction. Highly qualified candidates will have an excellent technical foundation, experience in cyber threat intelligence, and a track record of building production-grade automation systems.

Complete technical collections projects including acquisition, monitoring, and analysis of deep and dark web data Design and implement AI-powered automation systems including custom Claude Code skills, MCP servers, agent workflows, and harnesses that integrate LLM capabilities with collection infrastructure Maintain collection reliability across high-volume internet sources, responding rapidly to site structure changes, authentication failures, and anti-bot protections Respond to customer-impacting collection gaps and data quality issues with rapid diagnosis and resolution Build, deploy, and maintain collection services, worker processes, data pipelines, and APIs in Docker and cloud environments Conduct proactive research into underground cybercriminal economies and how threat actors are exploiting or abusing emerging technologies Employ secure operational tradecraft methods and practices Collaborate closely with multiple and stakeholders across CrowdStrike's global Counter Adversary Operations team What You'll Need: Software Development & Automation: Proficient in at least one general-purpose programming language such as Python, and experience with developing tools for data extraction, web scraping, and interacting with databases. Experience building AI-powered automations, custom skills, plugins, or agent harnesses that integrate LLM capabilities with production infrastructure. Demonstrated ability to design deterministic workflows for complex operational tasks including data collection orchestration, failure detection, and automated remediation. Proven ability to design, implement, and interact with RESTful and other types of