Engineer II - Site Reliability, Kubernetes (Remote, EST)
About The Position
CrowdStrike is hiring an Engineer II to help operate the Kubernetes clusters behind the Falcon platform. The clusters run in CrowdStrike data centers and in AWS, GCP, and OCI. This role focuses on maintaining cluster health, responding to incidents, and automating repetitive work. The engineer will work closely with senior engineers and develop skills with Kubernetes and monitoring tools including Prometheus, Thanos, Alertmanager, and Grafana. The role also involves using AI tools in daily engineering work and participating in design discussions to understand the broader platform.
Requirements
- Must be eligible for CJIS clearance, requiring U.S. citizenship or Green Card/permanent resident status.
- At least 3 years of experience in infrastructure, systems, or platform engineering, including at least 2 years running Kubernetes in production.
- Working knowledge of Kubernetes workloads, services, networking, ingress, DNS, storage, and RBAC, and the ability to troubleshoot them with kubectl and logs.
- Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.
- Experience with Prometheus, Alertmanager, and Grafana.
- Programming or scripting experience in Go or Python, and interest in writing more Go.
- Experience with at least one of AWS, GCP, or OCI.
- Experience with Ansible, Terraform, Helm, or similar tools, and with git.
- Willingness to participate in on-call duties.
- Experience using AI tools in engineering work.
- Proven experience using AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency, and drive business outcomes.
Nice To Haves
- Thanos experience.
- Experience with Kubernetes add-ons such as CoreDNS, ingress controllers, CNI plugins, or cert-manager.
- Experience deploying microservices.
- Exposure to writing Kubernetes controllers or operators.
- Experience with bare metal or on-premises infrastructure.
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or a similar certification.
- Experience working with both local and remote teams.
- Clear written and verbal communication.
- Comfort working independently and knowing when to ask the team for help.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science.
Responsibilities
- Operate and maintain large Kubernetes clusters in company data centers and public cloud.
- Troubleshoot nodes, pods, networking, DNS, storage, and the control plane, escalating issues when needed.
- Participate in the on-call rotation and work incidents through resolution with the team.
- Perform planned cluster and node upgrades, add-on updates, certificate rotations, and capacity additions in accordance with the change process.
- Build and tune alerts and dashboards using Prometheus, Thanos, Alertmanager, and Grafana.
- Write tools in Go or Python to replace repetitive manual work.
- Keep runbooks and documentation up to date.
- Use AI tools in daily work to troubleshoot and automate.
- Participate in design discussions and learn how the wider platform fits together.
Benefits
- Market-leading compensation and equity awards.
- Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs.
- Competitive vacation and holidays.
- Paid parental and adoption leaves.
- Professional development opportunities for all employees, regardless of level or role.
- Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities.
- Office amenities.
- Health insurance.
- 401(k).
- Paid time off.
- Eligibility for bonuses and equity grants.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
