Security Engineer - Vulnerability Detection (Hybrid)

CrowdStrike•Sunnyvale, CA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

CrowdStrike is looking for a Vulnerability Detection Engineer for our Exposure Management group. This is an Individual Contributor role in the Exposure Management Content team responsible for researching, developing and delivering our Host and Network Vulnerability Assessment detections for CrowdStrike as also collaborating on the development of new features and technical solutions. This role is hybrid, requiring 2-3 days per week on-site at our Sunnyvale, CA office. This person would work closely with other internal teams and product management to understand the requirements and needs on Vulnerability Detection capabilities for the product. They will be technically involved in the capabilities for Exposure Management to detect, track, report and prioritize vulnerabilities on assets. Strong communication and organizational skills are essential. The successful candidate should have had experience within Exposure Management, Vulnerability Analysis and Detection and be able to develop detection pipelines for vulnerabilities and other threats. Work experience in the security industry is highly desirable, including a strong understanding of some of the current prevalent products in this space.

Requirements

Minimum 5 years of overall experience as an Individual Contributor.
Ability and desire to being hands on as well as empowering peers while collaborating across different functional areas and products
Ability to develop, coordinate and execute on 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 Cybersecurity Industry
Programming/scripting knowledge for automating day to day tasks – Python/ Perl, Golang.
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 with a demonstrated passion for engineering excellence, pragmatism, quality, security, and performance
Experience with Go and/or Python automation

Nice To Haves

Experience in management and leadership roles is a plus
Experience with AI/ML models is a plus

Responsibilities

Collaborate and lead a Team of Vulnerability Detection Engineers and Researchers to plan, coordinate and execute Vulnerability Detection Coverage for Exposure Management Supported Platforms
Participate and lead Company Thought Leadership efforts and guidance for analysis on prevalent vulnerabilities and Risk Based Vulnerability Management.
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
AI-Enhanced Vulnerability Detection Research: Leverage generative AI tools to accelerate vulnerability analysis, proof-of-concept development, and detection rule creation while maintaining human oversight for validation and detection accuracy.
Intelligent Vulnerability Assessment Pipeline: Design and implement AI agent workflows to automate multi-step vulnerability validation processes (e.g., discovery, analysis, prioritization, remediation guidance) while ensuring human-in-the-loop verification for critical vulnerability detections and false positive reduction.

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