Sr. Vulnerability Detection Engineer

Employment Type: Full-time

Position Overview

CrowdStrike, a global leader in cybersecurity, is seeking a Sr. Vulnerability Detection Engineer for its Exposure Management group. This Individual Contributor role is responsible for researching, developing, and delivering Host and Network Vulnerability Assessment detections for CrowdStrike. The role also involves collaborating on the development of new features and technical solutions within the Exposure Management team, focusing on detecting, tracking, reporting, and prioritizing vulnerabilities on assets.

About CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike protects the people, processes, and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission has been to stop breaches, and we have 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, with traffic that is growing daily. Our customers span all industries, and they rely on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe, and their lives moving forward. We are a mission-driven company that cultivates a culture of flexibility and autonomy, empowering every CrowdStriker to own their careers. We are always looking to add talented individuals with limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation, and a fanatical commitment to our customers, community, and each other. The future of cybersecurity starts with you.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with and lead a team of Vulnerability Detection Engineers and Researchers to plan, coordinate, and execute Vulnerability Detection Coverage for Exposure Management Supported Platforms.
• Participate in and lead company thought leadership efforts and guidance for analysis on prevalent vulnerabilities and Risk-Based Vulnerability Management.
• Perform vulnerability data discovery and validation (Data efficacy & Accuracy).
• Collaborate with multi-functional teams across various physical locations, including product management and other engineering disciplines.
• Lead and manage other projects as assigned.

Requirements

• Minimum of ten years of overall experience as an Individual Contributor. Experience in management and leadership roles is a plus.
• Ability and desire to be hands-on, empower peers, and collaborate across different functional areas and products.
• Ability to develop, coordinate, and execute an engineering roadmap.
• Ability to communicate and articulate crisply at all levels, from executive staff to engineers.
• Ability to communicate, collaborate, and work effectively in a distributed team.
• Familiarity and experience with the Agile process.
• Experience in the Cybersecurity Industry.
• Programming/scripting knowledge for automating day-to-day tasks (Python/Perl, Golang).
• Strong communication and organizational skills are essential.
• Experience within Exposure Management, Vulnerability Analysis, and Detection.
• Ability to develop detection pipelines for vulnerabilities and other threats.
• Work experience in the security industry is highly desirable, including a strong understanding of prevalent products in this space.

Desirable Skills

• Understanding of vulnerabilities, mitigations, and remediations.
• Understanding of vulnerability and software detection techniques.
• Understanding of vulnerability prioritization models.
• Experience with security/vulnerability detections development and release.
• Experience of vulnerability management product development.
• Experience designing and implementing validation workflows for security-based products.
• Experience working in remote & distributed environments.
• Solid design and problem-solving skills.

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Company Information

• Company: CrowdStrike
• Industry: Cybersecurity
• Mission: To stop breaches and redefine modern security with an AI-native platform.