Remote Virtualization Engineer II - Production Systems

CrowdStrike Inc.; Richmond (VA); Remote; USD 100,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking an Engineer II - Virtualization to join the Production Services team. You will design, deploy, and maintain large-scale production systems, managing Linux servers and virtual environments across internal datacenters, with emphasis on VMware, OpenStack, and automation.

You will develop scripts and tools (Python, Go, PowerShell), handle on-call duties, and collaborate with cross-functional teams worldwide.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent experience in Computer Science
• Experience with infrastructure technologies at scale including Linux, Windows, VMware, Docker, and Kubernetes
• Hands-on experience administering large-scale OpenStack environments in production
• Experience managing VMware vCenter/ESXi at scale including HA, DRS, and vMotion
• Working knowledge of L2/L3 networking, VLANs, bonding/LACP, BGP and DHCP
• Configuration management experience with Puppet, Chef, or Ansible
• Experience writing technical documentation
• Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain complex technical systems architecture, providing recommendations for improvement
• Manage and support large-scale production deployments of servers and applications inside internal datacenters
• Administer Linux systems across thousands of bare metal servers and virtual machines
• Develop and improve scripts, automation tools, and operational workflows — leveraging AI tools where applicable to accelerate development and enhance solutions (Python, Go, PowerShell)
• Troubleshoot server hardware, hypervisor, and infrastructure issues
• Participate in on-call rotation with incident management responsibilities including response via PagerDuty, troubleshooting with or without runbooks, and contribution to post-mortems

Skills

Linux

Windows

VMware

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenStack

Networking

AI tooling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

OpenStack

vCenter/ESXi

Puppet

Chef

Ansible

Job description

CrowdStrike is seeking an Engineer II - Virtualization to join the Production Services team. You will design, deploy, and maintain large-scale production systems, managing Linux servers and virtual environments across internal datacenters, with emphasis on VMware, OpenStack, and automation.

You will develop scripts and tools (Python, Go, PowerShell), handle on-call duties, and collaborate with cross-functional teams worldwide.