Sr. Infrastructure Engineer, TechOps CICD (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.

Like to ship meaningful products and generally get things done? As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer on CrowdStrike's TechOps CICD team, you will be a key contributor to a team of engineers responsible for keeping our software factory running at scale. You'll provide technical leadership across on-premises virtualization, IaaS platforms, and storage infrastructure, drive strategic initiatives, and help shape the team's move toward a KVM-based private cloud and modern block storage architecture.

Lead the design and operation of on-premises virtualization environments, with a focus on QEMU/KVM and OpenNebula Drive the team's migration from VMware toward a KVM-based IaC private cloud model Contribute to the TrueNAS to PowerFlex migration, including storage cluster design and operational handoff Design, build, and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Packer, and Ansible Operate and optimize distributed storage infrastructure and protocols (NFS, CIFS, block storage) Ensure proper monitoring, maintenance, and resilience of critical R&D environments Determine root-cause for incidents, correlate recurring patterns to systemic issues, and drive resolution Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers on the team Contribute to and review IaC, automation scripts, and configuration management code What You'll Need: Expertise with hypervisor platforms - QEMU/KVM strongly preferred for on-premises workloads; experience with VMware or Xen also applicable Experience with OpenNebula or similar private cloud platforms Proficiency in Python for automation, tooling, and infrastructure scripting Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools including Terraform, Packer, and Ansible Experience with cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or GCP Experience operating large-scale distributed storage infrastructure and protocols (NFS, CIFS) Experience with enterprise operating systems (Linux, Windows, MacOS) at scale Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and GitLab CI Experience with git-based source code repositories (Bitbucket, GitLab) Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes. Bonus Points: Experience with OpenStack or other open-source IaaS platforms Experience with Dell PowerFlex, TrueNAS, or similar storage platforms Experience with bare metal provisioning (Canonical MAAS, OpenStack Ironic, PXE) Experience with Rancher or other on-premises Kubernetes platforms Experience with Windows infrastructure: Active Directory, DNS, SMB/CIFS, WDS/MDT Key Qualifications 7+ years of experience in a large-scale