CrowdStrike, Inc.
Principal Engineer - Network (Remote)
USA - Remote, CA · Principal
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About the role
- You'll set the multi-year roadmap governing its evolution, including traffic engineering strategy, capacity planning, and demand forecasting for the network as a whole.
- US Citizenship or Green Card holder status
Responsibilities
- You'll own platform selection for routing and optical hardware, working directly with vendor engineering teams to influence their roadmaps, and engage director- and VP-level stakeholders across datacenter, application, and business teams to keep network strategy ahead of the company's growth.
- 12+ years designing, building, and operating large-scale backbone networks, with ownership of architecture at global scale
- Deep expertise in optical transport: DWDM, coherent optics (400G/800G), ROADM architectures, amplifier design (EDFA/Raman), dispersion management, alien wavelengths
- Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections
Requirements
- Deep expertise in IP/MPLS core technologies: IS-IS, MP-BGP, segment
- Track record of selecting, testing, and deploying networking hardware and software organization-wide, across major vendors (Juniper, Infinera, Nokia, Arista, Cisco, etc.)
Skills
- IS-IS, MP-BGP, segment
- routing (SR-MPLS/SRv6), PE/P architectures, MPLS-TE, VRFs, DDoS mitigation, CDN
- Proven ability to set, not just execute, network automation and IaC strategy
- Experience operating or architecting networks within FedRAMP-authorized environments
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:
- Market leader in compensation and equity awards
- Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs
Compensation
- Market leader in compensation and equity awards
Benefits
- Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge
- Paid parental and adoption leaves
Company info
- 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.
- 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 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.
- Part of the role is raising the technical bar of the organization: reviewing senior engineers' designs, setting the standards they build against, and mentoring them toward this level.
Visa & Work Authorization
- US Citizenship or Green Card holder status
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