Senior Platform Data Engineer — Data Infra for AI Security

CrowdStrike Inc.; Topeka (KS); Remote; USD 140,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-beating compensation

Health and wellness programs

Paid time off

Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking an experienced Senior Platform Data Engineer to architect, deploy, and operate the core data infrastructure that underpins our analytics ecosystem. This role sits at the intersection of infrastructure and data engineering, focusing on reliability, scalability, and performance of the data platform.

You will deploy, configure, and manage Airflow, Superset, Terraform-based IaC, and CI/CD pipelines while enforcing security and compliance standards.

Qualifications

• Must be eligible for CJIS clearance (U.S. citizenship or Green Card/permanent resident).
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 8+ years of combined infrastructure and data engineering experience.
• Advanced Python programming (5+ years).
• Expert knowledge of Apache Airflow deployment and administration.
• Strong experience deploying and managing Apache Superset or similar BI platforms.
• Cloud platform expertise across AWS, GCP, Azure, or OCI including IAM, networking, and managed services.
• Infrastructure-as-Code proficiency.
• Container orchestration experience with Kubernetes and/or Docker in production.
• Knowledge and experience with DBT and OpenMetadata.
• SQL and data modeling expertise.
• Experience with data security and compliance requirements.
• Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and administer core platform tooling including Airflow, and Superset in production environments.
• Manage infrastructure-as-code (IaC) for data platform components using Terraform.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for platform services and data workflow deployments.
• Implement and enforce platform security, access controls, and compliance standards.
• Develop and maintain data models using DBT and catalog assets within OpenMetadata.
• Write efficient Python code for platform automation and data processing.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership.

Skills

CJIS clearance

Bachelor's degree

8+ years experience

Python

Airflow

Superset

Terraform

CI/CD

Security & compliance

DBT

OpenMetadata

SQL

AI technologies

Kubernetes

Docker

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Airflow

Superset

Kubernetes

Docker

OpenMetadata

DBT

Job description

CrowdStrike is seeking an experienced Senior Platform Data Engineer to architect, deploy, and operate the core data infrastructure that underpins our analytics ecosystem. This role sits at the intersection of infrastructure and data engineering, focusing on reliability, scalability, and performance of the data platform.

You will deploy, configure, and manage Airflow, Superset, Terraform-based IaC, and CI/CD pipelines while enforcing security and compliance standards.