Sr. Cloud Engineer (Remote, GBR)

Position Overview

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CrowdStrike is a global leader in cybersecurity, protecting people, processes, and technologies that drive modern organizations. Our mission is to stop breaches, and we have redefined modern security with the world's most advanced AI-native platform. We are a mission-driven company that cultivates a culture of flexibility and autonomy, empowering every CrowdStriker to own their careers. We seek talented individuals with limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation, and a fanatical commitment to our customers, community, and each other.

Engineer – OWL

The OverWatch Labs (OWL) team is building the next-generation infrastructure and security platform for CrowdStrike. We develop the platform and tools that enable our OverWatch analysts to process and hunt through trillions of events daily, a volume that is continuously growing. We are looking for an engineer eager to advance the OWL platform as we scale. Individuals with a broad range of computer skills across the software stack and clear communication abilities will thrive in this environment. You should enjoy working on large-scale, distributed, cloud-based, highly available systems designed for efficient operation over trillions of events per day.

Team Culture

• Stay humble. Stay positive. Stay hungry.
• Exhaustively passionate: We are deeply passionate about our work and its significant global and geopolitical impact.
• Strong work ethic: We are dedicated and focused, working extremely hard to achieve success.
• Team player: We share successes and failures, learn from each other, and support individual growth. We embrace constructive criticism and give credit where it's due.
• Learner: We are willing to learn, seek truth and understanding, and take initiative to acquire knowledge and investigate questions.
• Adaptable/Agile/Flexible: We are prepared for unexpected changes and ready to undertake any task necessary for team success, from low-level data entry to high-level research design and experimentation.

About the Role

We are seeking an engineer to build and maintain scalable data infrastructure, platforms, and tools for our team. Foundational knowledge in algorithms, software engineering/development, and operational research is highly preferred. We are looking for someone with a strong technical foundation, a desire to gain experience, and excellent communication skills.

What You'll Do

• Collaborate with OverWatch engineering members to build, develop, and maintain operational systems, projects, and tools.
• Contribute to projects involving the creation of new components and the extension of the current system.
• Enhance the platform and tools to improve the effectiveness of the OverWatch team's analysis and hunting activities.
• Bring research projects into production environments and integrate them with OWL systems.
• Work within a DevOps environment, taking shared responsibility for the systems you deploy, including participation in an on-call rota.
• Act as an energetic 'self-starter' with the ability to take ownership and be accountable for deliverables.
• Demonstrate a commitment to quality, understanding the tools and processes needed to achieve it and helping the team raise its standards.
• Be an adaptable and flexible engineer who is constantly learning and enjoys tackling complex and novel challenges.
• Utilize and contribute to the open-source community.
• Work as part of a distributed team of remote workers across different time zones.

What You'll Use

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