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Engineer III - Site Reliability, Kubernetes
Job details
- Employment
- Full-time
- Level
- Mid level
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Posted
- Oct 12, 2026
- Last confirmed open
- Oct 12, 2026
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- Conflict of Interest If hired, do you expect that you will engage in any outside employment, consulting, freelance or advisory work, board service, trade or industry group, teaching role, personally owned business, financial interest, or other outside professional or business activity that could reasonably conflict with CrowdStrike’s business or interfere with the responsibilities of the position for which you are applying (excluding non-competing personal hobbies, passive investments, or uncompensated civic activities that do not impact your work)? This may include an activity or interest that overlaps with your role or expected duties at CrowdStrike; overlaps with CrowdStrike’s business or offerings; creates a significant competing time or loyalty commitment; or could involve CrowdStrike confidential information, resources, or business opportunities. You do not need to disclose an activity that will end before your start date and will leave no continuing interest, obligation, or restriction relevant to cybersecurity or your work at CrowdStrike. A “Yes” response will not automatically disqualify you from consideration. It will allow CrowdStrike to determine whether a potential conflict exists and, if so, whether it can be avoided or appropriately managed. This question applies only to the extent permitted by applicable law.
- Acknowledgment As an AI-native company, CrowdStrike embraces the thoughtful use of AI tools in our work. During our interview process, some assessments may expressly permit the use of AI and other tools — we will make this clear upfront when that is the case. I acknowledge that unless explicitly told otherwise by my interviewer(s), I will complete all interviews and assessments through my own independent work, without assistance from generative AI, automated tools, or other external resources. Where AI use is permitted, I understand that my interviewer(s) will specify which tools are authorized and how they may be used. I understand that using unauthorized tools or resources during any stage of the interview process may result in my disqualification from consideration.
About this role
As a global leader in cybersecurity, CrowdStrike protects the people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn’t changed — we’re here to stop breaches, and we’ve redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced AI-native platform. We work on large scale distributed systems, processing almost 3 trillion events per day and this traffic is growing daily.
Our customers span all industries, and they count on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe and their lives moving forward. We're proud to work for a mission-driven company leveraging AI to transform the way we work. CrowdStrikers drive their careers through flexibility and autonomy while also being expected to contribute to a culture of responsible AI adoption, experimentation, and innovation.
We use an AI-first mindset as a force multiplier to proactively and continuously accelerate execution, build expertise, uncover insights, and solve complex problems. We’re always looking to add talented CrowdStrikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community and each other. Ready to join a mission that matters?
The future of cybersecurity starts with you.
About the Role
CrowdStrike is hiring an Engineer III to join the Kubernetes Platform team supporting the continued global expansion of the Falcon platform. You will be a key member of our India-based coverage for the Kubernetes environments that run CrowdStrike services across our own data centers and public clouds.
We're looking for a highly technical, hands-on engineer with solid Kubernetes operating experience who can independently own platform support and improvement work, handle production incidents during India hours, and help grow less experienced engineers on the team.
What You'll Do
- Independently operate and support large-scale Kubernetes clusters across custom data centers and public clouds (AWS, GCP, OCI), owning their availability, health, and lifecycle
- Serve as a primary responder for platform incidents during India hours — diagnosing complex node, networking, DNS, storage, and control-plane issues, driving them to resolution, and handing off cleanly across time zones
- Plan and execute cluster upgrades, add-on rollouts, and capacity changes end to end, including risk assessment, testing, and rollback planning
- Improve the reliability of the platform: identify recurring issues and technical debt, propose fixes, and see them through
- Design, build, and improve monitoring, alerting, and dashboards with Prometheus, Thanos, Alertmanager, and Grafana so problems are caught before customers notice
- Develop automation and tooling in Go to eliminate toil, and contribute to Kubernetes controllers and operators used by the team
- Evaluate open-source tools and Kubernetes add-ons and help integrate them into existing workflows
- Use AI technologies to streamline operational workflows, accelerate troubleshooting, and improve decision-making
- Write design docs, runbooks, and post-incident reviews that are clear to engineers, on-call responders, and stakeholders
- Mentor Engineer I and II team members through pairing, code review, and design review, and take part in interviewing new team members
What You'll Need:
- 5+ years of experience in infrastructure, systems, or platform engineering, including 3+ years operating production Kubernetes clusters at scale
- Strong understanding of Kubernetes internals and operations: control plane (API server, etcd, scheduler), kubelet and container runtime, networking/CNI, DNS, storage, and upgrades
- Experience with Prometheus, Thanos, Alertmanager, and Grafana
- Proficiency in Go; Python a plus
- Experience with large-scale, business-critical Linux environments
- Experience operating in at least one public cloud (AWS, GCP, or OCI) and in on-premises or custom data centers
- Experience with infrastructure as code and deployment tooling (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Helm, GitOps) and version control with git
- Familiarity and ability to manage on-call shifts [aligned to India business hours]
- Demonstrated experience using AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, and improve efficiency
- Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.
Bonus Points:
- Experience writing Kubernetes operators or controllers
- Experience operating Kubernetes on bare metal
- Experience deploying microservices
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
- Experience mentoring or onboarding other engineers
- Proven ability to work effectively with both local and remote teams across time zones
- Rock solid communication skills, verbal and written
- A combination of confidence and independence…with the prudence to know when to ask for help from the rest of the team
- Bachelor's degree in an applicable field, such as CS, CIS, or Engineering
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Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:
- Market leader in compensation and equity awards
- Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs
- Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge
- Paid parental and adoption leaves
- Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role
- Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections
- Vibrant office culture with world class amenities
- Great Place to Work Certified™ across the globe
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