Engineer II - Virtualization (Remote)

CrowdStrike•USA CA Remote, CA

4d•$100,000 - $145,000•Remote

About The Position

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.

Requirements

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.

Nice To Haves

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)
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

Responsibilities

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

Benefits

Market leader in compensation and equity awards
Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs
Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge
Paid parental and adoption leaves
Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role
Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections
Vibrant office culture with world class amenities
Great Place to Work Certified™ across the globe
health insurance
401k
paid time off