Global Backbone Network Architect

CrowdStrike Inc.; California; On-site; USD 195,000 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-leading compensation

Equity awards

Comprehensive wellness programs

Generous vacation and holidays

Parental and adoption leaves

Professional development

Employee networks and volunteer groups

Vibrant office culture

Job summary

CrowdStrike Inc. invites a seasoned networking architect to own the IP and optical backbone for our global platform.

You will shape multi-year roadmaps, drive traffic engineering, capacity planning, and demand forecasting while serving as a senior escalation resource in 24x7 on-call rotations. You will influence vendor roadmaps, lead automation initiatives with Terraform and Ansible, and mentor engineers as the organization raises its technical bar.

Qualifications

• US citizenship or green card required.
• 12+ years designing, building and operating large-scale backbone networks.
• Deep expertise in IP/MPLS core technologies and SR-MPLS/SRv6 routing.
• Strong cloud networking skills across AWS, GCP, Azure and neoclouds.
• Experience with IaC and tooling like Terraform/Ansible.

Responsibilities

• Own platform routing and optical hardware selection and roadmaps.
• Set networking automation and IaC strategy across teams.
• Mentor senior engineers and raise technical standards.
• Engage with director- and VP-level stakeholders on strategy.
• Operate in a 24x7 on-call rotation for incident response.

Skills

US citizenship or Green Card

12+ years backbone network design

IP/MPLS core tech

SR-MPLS/SRv6 routing

PE/P architectures

MPLS-TE, VRFs

DDoS mitigation

Multi-cloud networking

IaC, Terraform/Ansible

AI in network ops

FedRAMP environments

Vendor networking hardware (Juniper, N

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, or related field

Equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CI/CD

GitOps

Job description

CrowdStrike Inc. invites a seasoned networking architect to own the IP and optical backbone for our global platform.

You will shape multi-year roadmaps, drive traffic engineering, capacity planning, and demand forecasting while serving as a senior escalation resource in 24x7 on-call rotations. You will influence vendor roadmaps, lead automation initiatives with Terraform and Ansible, and mentor engineers as the organization raises its technical bar.