Platform Professional Services Principal Consultant, Cloud (Remote)

As a global leader in cybersecurity, CrowdStrike protects the people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn’t changed — we’re here to stop breaches, and we’ve 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 and this traffic is growing daily. Our customers span all industries, and they count on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe and their lives moving forward. We're proud to work for a mission-driven company leveraging AI to transform the way we work. CrowdStrikers drive their careers through flexibility and autonomy while also being expected to contribute to a culture of responsible AI adoption, experimentation, and innovation. We use an AI-first mindset as a force multiplier to proactively and continuously accelerate execution, build expertise, uncover insights, and solve complex problems. We’re always looking to add talented CrowdStrikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community and each other. Ready to join a mission that matters? The future of cybersecurity starts with you.

About the Role:

CrowdStrike Services is seeking a Principal Platform Professional Services Consultant responsible for the planning, deployment, and operational support of the CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security platform and related applications. The Senior Platform Consultant role requires a wide range of technical skills such as knowledge of cloud security best practices, configuration management, CI/CD pipelines, containerization, scripting, and infrastructure as code.

The Senior Platform Consultant will have responsibility for all aspects of the deployment from the initial customer engagement, planning, installation, optimization, and follow-on support for the CrowdStrike cloud modules & applications including Cloud Workload Protection (CWP), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), Application Security Posture Management (ASPM), and SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM).

What You'll Do:

Deployment and Operations activities may include:

Provide technical expertise related to implementation, configuration, and troubleshooting assistance with the deployment of the CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security platform and associated applications/modules

Support modification of scripts to deploy Falcon Cloud Security solutions with Bash, PowerShell, CloudFormation and Terraform

Troubleshoot customer deployment issues across small to large enterprises

Utilize and engineer native and 3rd party software deployment technologies

Develop scripts and processes around Falcon sensor deployment

Plan and report software deployment status

Work closely and collaboratively with customer information technology teams

Provide mentorship and guidance to the Platform Professional Services team, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement

Conduct training sessions to promote the adoption of cloud platform best practices across the organization

Leveraging CrowdStrike applications to support customers in vulnerability and asset management

Assist customers with the integration of CrowdStrike into existing tools

Support both Incident Response and Compromise Assessment teams with deployment of Falcon modules, internal tools, and scripts required for collection of data

Work closely and collaboratively with Platform Professional Services team to lead educational series for the Falcon Cloud Security and related applications

Facilitate working relationship between product, engineering, and other cross-functional teams

Examples of projects include:

Guiding customers that want to deploy (Falcon) agents to ECS Fargate or Google Cloud Run.

Guiding customers deploying Falcon Helm charts or Operators to Kubernetes clusters.

Helping customers to integrate Falcon (CSPM) with AWS accounts, GCP projects, or Azure tenants with Bash, Terraform or APIs

Ability to travel up to 25% of the time

What You'll Need:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or related discipline, and 5+ years of experience performing IT deployments or in an end user/customer environment, as well as experience with the following:

Cloud platform expertise and certifications for AWS, Azure, or GCP

Extensive knowledge of at least one public cloud

Extensive knowledge of cloud and container deployment technologies

Strong knowledge of CSPM

Expertise in Linux administration and usage of CLI

Extensive experience scripting with Python

Proficiency Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms

Comprehensive customer facing consulting experience

Strong proficiency of Microsoft Office applications, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, etc.

Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Broad experience in overall cloud, computer, and network systems security

Exceptional problem-solving skills with capability to identify solutions to unusual and complex problems

Results driven, self-starter with high level of motivation

Excellent time management with the ability to lead multiple customer engagement

Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.

Bonus Points:

Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI

Container: EKS, AKS, GKE, ECS, OpenShift, Docker

Registry: ECR, GCR, ACR, JFROG Artifactory, Docker Hub, Red Hat OpenShift

Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, Mac

Scripting: PowerShell, Bash, Batch

Deployment: Terraform, CloudFormation, Helm

Development: GitHub, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Artifactory, including knowledge of code and repository management best practices

Cloud Platform and DevOps certifications a plus

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This role may require the candidate to periodically undergo and pass alcohol and/or drug test(s) during the course of employment.

Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:

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

CrowdStrike is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone is valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. We support veterans and individuals with disabilities through our affirmative action program.

CrowdStrike is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment. The Company does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy or pregnancy-related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, status with regard to public assistance, or any other characteristic protected by law. We base all employment decisions--including recruitment, selection, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotions, transfers, lay-offs, return from lay-off, terminations and social/recreational programs--on valid job requirements.

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