Sr. Security Engineer - Access & Cryptography (Remote)

#WeAreCrowdStrike and our mission is to stop breaches. As a global leader in cybersecurity, our team changed the game. Since our inception, our market leading cloud-native platform has offered unparalleled protection against the most sophisticated cyberattacks. We work on large scale distributed systems, processing over 1 trillion events a day with a petabyte of RAM deployed in our Cassandra clusters - and this traffic is growing daily. We're looking for people with limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to developing and shaping our cybersecurity platform. Consistently recognized as a top workplace, CrowdStrike is committed to cultivating an inclusive, remote-first culture that offers people the autonomy and flexibility to balance the needs of work and life while taking their career to the next level. Interested in working for a company that sets the standard and leads with integrity? Join us on a mission that matters - one team, one fight.
About the Role:
Help us protect CrowdStrike and its customers from the most advanced threats by assessing, monitoring, and implementing improvements to our cryptographic and access standards.
CrowdStrike's Product Security team breaks the mold of traditional internal security and focuses on active threats to CrowdStrike's products. You will be responsible for improving the access and cryptographic management operations, detecting & remediating misconfigurations, partnering closely with our development teams to remediate security vulnerabilities and influence improvements on our product implementation.
What You'll Do:

• Perform analysis and administration of access and cryptographic configurations.
• Develop automation around access administration and cryptographic materials and configuration management and monitoring process.
• Engineer and tune the security solutions including but not limited to enrollments, monitoring, alerting and maintaining defined security posture
• Asses current threat landscape and business needs to prioritize workload effectively
• Examine systems and applications to understand current security posture
• Advocate for best-security practices to engineering organization

What You'll Need:

• Applicable experience in a security role implementing and supporting security systems and infrastructure.
• Experience working with Linux and/or other Unix-like variants
• Experience building REST APIs.
• Experience with indexing and search query strategies in Splunk, ES, and SQL based databases.
• Experience with large-scale, business-critical environments.
• Experience operating within a hybrid multi cloud environment.
• Scripting capabilities in bash, Python, Go, Ruby, or some other automation systems.
• Protocol knowledge of TCP/IP, HTTP, and applied Cryptography.
• Experience with cryptographic implementations on both server and client side libraries, including certificates, cryptographic cipher suites, communication protocols, and at rest encryption.
• Experience with IAM standards and practices, including hands on experience managing IAM standards, and operational experience with administration of those standards, IE: Role Based Access, Group Administration, Permission Entitlement configurations, Identity Lifecycle processes.
• Working knowledge of Access protocols such as LDAP, Kerberos, JWT, various other management, authentication, and authorization systems and protocols.

Bonus Points:

• 8+ years of combined experience with IAM principles and/or cryptographic implementations.
• 6+ years experience supporting business critical operational systems.
• 4+ years of knowledge of cloud platforms and highly concurrent systems

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This role will require the candidate to periodically undergo and pass additional background and fingerprint check(s) consistent with government customer requirements.
Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:

• Remote-first culture
• Market leader in compensation and equity awards
• Competitive vacation and flexible working arrangements
• Comprehensive and inclusive health benefits
• Physical and mental wellness programs
• Paid parental leave, including adoption
• A variety of professional development and mentorship opportunities
• Offices with stocked kitchens when you need to fuel innovation and collaboration

We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone feels seen, heard, valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. Our approach to cultivating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture is rooted in listening, learning and collective action. By embracing the diversity of our people, we achieve our best work and fuel innovation - generating the best possible outcomes for our customers and the communities they serve.
CrowdStrike is committed to maintaining an environment of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action. If you need reasonable accommodation to access the information provided on this website, please contact [email protected] for further assistance.
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CrowdStrike, Inc. is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary range for this position in the U.S. is $130,000 - $205,000 per year + variable/incentive compensation + equity + benefits. A candidate's salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location.
Expected Close Date of Job Posting is:03-01-2024