Remote CI/CD Code Signing Automation Engineer

CrowdStrike; South Carolina; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-leading compensation and equity

Wellness programs

Generous vacation & holidays

Parental leave

Professional development

Employee networks and volunteerism

Vibrant office culture

Great Place to Work Certified

Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking an Automation Engineer on the Engineering Systems team to move our build, test, signing, and deployment tooling to the next level. You will architect and maintain code signing, encryption, and certificate frameworks, while ensuring scalable, automated pipelines across multiple platforms.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years of DevOps/build engineering experience, strong Python scripting, Groovy for Jenkins, and deep PKI knowledge.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of professional software engineering or DevOps/build engineering experience.
• Proficiency in Python for scripting and automation.
• Deep knowledge of encryption/PKI concepts (public/private key pairs, certificate authorities, hashing/signing algorithms) as they relate to code signing.
• Experience writing Groovy for Jenkins pipeline development (Jenkinsfiles, shared libraries).
• Proven capabilities operating, administering, and troubleshooting CI/CD platforms (e.g. Jenkins, GitLab).
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with configuration tools such as Ansible, Chef, and or Salt.
• Experience automating virtualization environments (e.g. VMWare).
• Familiarity with public cloud APIs (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Familiarity with build/release engineering and software development lifecycles.
• Ability to work collaboratively with development teams to support and improve build/release processes.
• Collaborate effectively with global, cross-functional teams across multiple time zones.
• Must exhibit meticulous attention to detail, and have the ability to make good, timely decisions.
• Demonstrate self-learning capabilities and taking initiative in a fast pace/quickly changing environment.
• Security mindset, general understanding of cybersecurity principles and how to work within its limits.
• Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Manage code signing for binaries, packages, and or software artifacts across multiple platforms (e.g. Windows, Linux, Mac).
• Manage certificate lifecycles, including issuance, renewal, revocation, and storage.
• Design, implement, and maintain encryption, certificate, and code signing frameworks. Including automation solutions and tooling that ensure the reliability, efficiency, and scalability of build systems.
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve the operation of existing systems.
• Drive improvements end-to-end, from the initial design stage (including eliciting specifications from key stakeholders) all the way to delivering a finished product internal customers can benefit from.
• Produce clear and maintainable code with minimal oversight.
• Provide documentation for the users of the tools created.
• Perform code reviews.
• Perform typical on-call build engineer functions such as plan/pipeline configuration changes, troubleshooting assistance, or system/service maintenance/restoration.
• Troubleshooting and remediating issues across build, packaging, and deployment failures.
• Serve as a member of an on-call rotation.
• Work productively as a remote employee.

Skills

Python scripting

Encryption/PKI

Groovy/Jenkins

CI/CD platforms

Docker

Kubernetes

Ansible/Chef/Salt

VMware

AWS/GCP/Azure

Build/release lifecycle

Collaboration across time zones

Attention to detail

Self-learning

AI in decision-making

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab

Job description

CrowdStrike is seeking an Automation Engineer on the Engineering Systems team to move our build, test, signing, and deployment tooling to the next level. You will architect and maintain code signing, encryption, and certificate frameworks, while ensuring scalable, automated pipelines across multiple platforms.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years of DevOps/build engineering experience, strong Python scripting, Groovy for Jenkins, and deep PKI knowledge.