Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CrowdStrike is a global cybersecurity company that protects organizations through an AI-native security platform and large-scale distributed systems. The Manager, Network Engineering - Transport will lead the network engineering team and optimize, scale, and evolve IP, optical backbone, cloud connectivity, and hybrid infrastructure. The role also drives technical strategy, automation, vendor collaboration, platform development, and operational excellence.
Responsibilities
- Lead network engineering team and drive initiatives to scale our IP and Optical backbone while maintaining consistency and stability
- Drive technical roadmap, cloud connectivity strategy and budget
- Collaborate with internal service partners and advance the IP and Optical network architecture to meet our evolving service requirements
- Actively engage with external vendors to discuss roadmap alignment, validate new designs or platforms, and lead post-mortem discussions on recent issues
- Drive operational excellence and best practices in operating and scaling infrastructure
- Drive backbone network automation strategy and development
- Develop tools to enhance consistency across multiple hybrid clouds
- Drive the development, testing and integration of new hardware and software platforms
- Participate in 24x7 on-call rotations
Skills
- 7+ years of experience in operating multi-vendor hyper-scale IP and Optical backbone, data center networks and public cloud networks (AWS, GCP, OCI, or equivalent)
- Proven track record in managing global engineering teams and leading initiatives independently with minimal supervision
- Expert in large scale backbone networking technologies and protocols such as DWDM, ROADM, MP-BGP, MPLS, RSVP, Segment Routing, IS-IS, QoS, MACsec
- Experience with optical networks, core backbone routing, DDoS mitigation and other edge network services
- Experience in managing network configs using scripts (bash, python) or automation frameworks (Ansible, Chef, Terraform)
- Experience operating in FedRAMP or other regulated environments
- Must be eligible for CJIS clearance (requires U.S. citizenship or Green Card/permanent resident status)
- A strong track record of developing and improving tools, platforms, and infrastructure
- Experience with network simulation and testing tools
- Experience in the automation of systems to reduce operational toil
- Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes
Benefits
- 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
- Eligibility for bonuses
- Equity grants
- Health insurance
- 401k
- Paid time off
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