Engineer II - Virtualization (Remote)

CrowdStrike is in search of an Engineer II - Virtualization to join our growing Production Services team. The candidate will play an important role in engineering and maintaining solutions for our production systems environments.

What You’ll Do:

• Design and maintain complex technical systems architecture, providing recommendations for improvement
• Manage and support large-scale production deployments of servers and applications inside internal datacenters
• Administer Linux systems across thousands of bare metal servers and virtual machines
• Develop and improve scripts, automation tools, and operational workflows - leveraging AI tools where applicable to accelerate development and enhance solutions (Python, Go, PowerShell)
• Troubleshoot server hardware, hypervisor, and infrastructure issues
• Participate in on-call rotation with incident management responsibilities including response via PagerDuty, troubleshooting with or without runbooks, and contribution to post-mortems, Build and improve the Enterprise AI operating model through AI-enabled processes, operational reporting, knowledge management, stakeholder forums, intake governance, and asset registry oversight. The role translates complex program information into executive narratives, coordinates decision-making, enables cross-functional alignment, and continuously improves planning, prioritization, governance, communication, and execution mechanisms., Provides proactive technical account management for strategic cybersecurity customers. Responsibilities include customer onboarding, platform training, health checks, issue resolution, escalation management, success planning, knowledge-base development, renewal-risk mitigation, and expansion support. The role serves as a customer advocate while collaborating with support, engineering, and sales teams. Candidates need cloud, application infrastructure, security, incident response, forensics, networking, and cloud architecture expertise, along with strong communication and customer-success skills. Top Skills: Ai TechnologiesCloud ArchitectureCloud InfrastructureCloud-Native ServicesComputer ForensicsCrowdstrike Falcon PlatformEnterprise Application TechnologiesNetwork AdministrationSaaSWorkload Security CrowdStrike

• US Citizenship or Green Card holder status
• Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent experience in Computer Science
• Experience with infrastructure technologies at scale including Linux, Windows, VMware, Docker, and Kubernetes
• Hands-on experience administering large-scale OpenStack environments in production
• Experience managing VMware vCenter/ESXi at scale including HA, DRS, and vMotion
• Working knowledge of L2/L3 networking, VLANs, bonding/LACP, BGP and DHCP
• Configuration management experience with one or more tools such as Puppet, Chef, or Ansible
• Experience writing technical documentation
• Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.

Preferable Qualifications:

• Knowledge of vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM)
• Knowledge of bare metal provisioning using OpenStack Ironic or Bifrost
• Knowledge of block storage solutions, such as TrueNAS, Ceph/Rook-Ceph, or Dell PowerFlex
• Knowledge of networking protocols (DNS, HTTP, SMTP, SNMP) and the OSI model
• Knowledge of monitoring solutions, such as Prometheus, Grafana and Zabbix
• Knowledge of CI/CD and configuration management tools (GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, Chef, Ansible, Salt)

Ability to Demonstrate:

• Self-learning capabilities, taking initiative in a fast-paced, constantly 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 zones
• Must exhibit meticulous attention to detail, and have the ability to make good, timely decisions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required

Posted Yesterday Remote or Hybrid Hiring Remotely in USA 100K-145K Annually Entry level Remote or Hybrid Hiring Remotely in USA 100K-145K Annually Entry level Designs and maintains large-scale production infrastructure across Linux, Windows, VMware, OpenStack, Docker, and Kubernetes environments. The role administers bare-metal servers and virtual machines, develops automation using Python, Go, and PowerShell, troubleshoots hardware and virtualization issues, and supports incident response through an on-call rotation. Responsibilities also include technical architecture, networking, configuration management, documentation, post-mortems, and applying AI tools to improve operational workflows. The summary above was generated by AI

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., Find out more about your rights as an applicant.

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Right to Work CrowdStrike, Inc. is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Placement within the pay range is dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications, job level, supervisory status, and location. The base salary range for this position for all U.S. candidates is $100,000 - $145,000 per year, with eligibility for bonuses, equity grants and a comprehensive benefits package that includes health insurance, 401k and paid time off., 100K-145K Annually Entry level 100K-145K Annually Entry level Cloud * Computer Vision * Information Technology * Sales * Security * Cybersecurity Develop and support software, automation tools, dashboards, and alarms for cloud infrastructure, cost attribution, and cloud efficiency. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and senior engineers to design reliable systems, APIs, databases, tests, and AI agents. Contribute to architecture and automation strategies while maintaining strong security, communication, and delivery practices. Top Skills: Ai AgentsBambooDockerGitlab Ci/CdGoGraphQLJenkinsKubernetesLlmsMachine LearningMySQLOpentracingPostgresPrometheusRestSoapSQL

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