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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Sr. Platform Engineer - Kubernetes (Remote) - **Company:** CrowdStrike - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $140,000.0 - $215,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Data Centers, Distributed Systems, Linux System Administration, Prometheus, Google Cloud, Grafana, Falcon Platform, Kubernetes, Free and Open-Source Software, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Golang - **Published:** August 31, 2026 - **Apply:** https://crowdstrike.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/crowdstrikecareers/job/USA---Remote/Sr-Platform-Engineer---Kubernetes--Remote-_R29970 ## About the Role 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 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., * 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 * Prometheus * Thanos * Alertmanager * Golang * Experience with large scale, business-critical Linux environments * Experience operating in clouds: AWS, GCP, OCI * 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. Bonus Points: * 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 #LI-LY1 ## Description 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, * 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 ## Related Videos - [5 steps for running a Kubernetes environment at scale](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/88-5-steps-for-running-a-kubernetes-environment-at-scale) - [Data binning and understanding histograms](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2086-data-binning-and-understanding-histograms) - [Go with the Flow: Stop the Leaks Before Your Memory's a Waterfall!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100073-go-with-the-flow-stop-the-leaks-before-your-memory-s-a-waterfall) - [One Platform Could Not Fit Them All](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1919-one-platform-could-not-fit-them-all) - [All your telemetry data from any source in one place](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/57-all-your-telemetry-data-from-any-source-in-one-place) - [Keycloak case study: Making users happy with service level indicators and observability](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1599-keycloak-case-study-making-users-happy-with-service-level-indicators-and-observability) ## Related Articles - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Learning Kubernetes made easy with KubeCampus](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/348-learning-kubernetes-made-easy-with-kubecampus) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Dev Digest 134 - Where pixels sing?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/477-dev-digest-134-where-pixels-sing) - [Find a Developer Job: 12 Best Job Sites For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/165-find-a-developer-job-12-best-job-sites-for-developers) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again)