Remote Senior Infra Engineer – CICD & Private Cloud

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k matching

Paid time off

Equity awards

Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to lead the design and operation of on-prem virtualization environments, focusing on QEMU/KVM and OpenNebula. You will drive VMware migration to a KVM-based private cloud and contribute to storage migrations, building IaC with Terraform, Packer and Ansible.

The role requires Python automation, CI/CD experience, and familiarity with large-scale distributed storage. Remote work options are available with global collaboration across time zones.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in large-scale production infrastructure.
• Ability to participate in an on-call rotation.
• Strong leadership across distributed teams in multiple time zones.
• Security mindset with cybersecurity principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and operation of on-premises virtualization environments (QEMU/KVM).
• Drive migration from VMware to a KVM-based private cloud model.
• Design, build, and maintain Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Packer, Ansible).
• Operate and optimize distributed storage infrastructure and protocols (NFS, CIFS).
• Mentor junior engineers and review IaC and automation code.

Skills

QEMU/KVM

OpenNebula

Python

Terraform

Packer

Ansible

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Cloud platforms

Linux/Windows/macOS at scale

Tools

PowerFlex

TrueNAS

OpenStack Ironic

Canonical MAAS

Job description

CrowdStrike is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to lead the design and operation of on-prem virtualization environments, focusing on QEMU/KVM and OpenNebula. You will drive VMware migration to a KVM-based private cloud and contribute to storage migrations, building IaC with Terraform, Packer and Ansible.

The role requires Python automation, CI/CD experience, and familiarity with large-scale distributed storage. Remote work options are available with global collaboration across time zones.