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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Engineer II - Virtualization (Remote) - **Company:** CrowdStrike - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Salary:** $100,000.0 - $145,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Link Aggregation (Ethernet), Microsoft Windows, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Border Gateway Protocol, Cloud Computing, Configuration Management, Cyber Security, Databases, Continuous Integration, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, Linux, Domain Name System (DNS), VMware ESX Servers, Hypertext Transfer Protocols (HTTP), Hypervisor, OSI Models, Simple Mail Transfer Protocols, Network Protocols, OpenStack, Ansible, Prometheus, Simple Network Management Protocols, Virtual Local Area Networks, VMware VSphere, Zabbix, Ceph (Software), Grafana, Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Bare Metal, Puppet, Block Storage, Docker, Pagerduty, Jenkins, Vmware - **Published:** September 25, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.builtincolorado.com/job/engineer-ii-virtualization-remote/11364025?handler=ApplyRedirect ## About the Role * 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 ## Description 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. 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