​​#WeAreCrowdStrike and our mission is to stop breaches. As a global leader in cybersecurity, our team changed the game. Since our inception, our market leading cloud-native platform has offered unparalleled protection against the most sophisticated cyberattacks. We’re looking for people with limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to the customer to join us in shaping the future of cybersecurity. Consistently recognized as a top workplace, CrowdStrike is committed to cultivating an inclusive, remote-first culture that offers people the autonomy and flexibility to balance the needs of work and life while taking their career to the next level. Interested in working for a company that sets the standard and leads with integrity? Join us on a mission that matters - one team, one fight.

About the Role:

CrowdStrike is looking for highly motivated, self-driven, technical analysts dedicated to making a difference in global security by protecting organizations against the most advanced attackers in the world. Our CrowdStrike virtual security operations center offers opportunities to expand your skill set through a wide variety of experiences, detecting and responding to incidents as they occur in real-time for our customers.

• Do you find yourself interested in putting your hands-on technical skills to the test in detecting, containing, and remediating incidents?

• Are you self-motivated and looking for an opportunity to rapidly accelerate your skills?

• Do you crave new and innovative work that actually matters to your customer?

• Do you have an Incident Response or Information Security background that you’re not fully utilizing?

• Are you capable of leading teams and interacting well with customers?

• Do you love working around like-minded, smart people who you can learn from and mentor on a daily basis?

What You'll Do:

• Conduct monitoring and perform in-depth analysis of security alerts.

• Exercise incident handling processes across Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms.

• Perform malware analysis.

• Perform remote remediation of malware or malicious activity.

• Develop and improve processes for incident detection, triage, and the execution of countermeasures

• Produce high-quality written and verbal communications, recommendations, and findings to customer management.

• Demonstrate industry thought leadership through blog posts, CrowdCasts, and other public speaking events.

• Manage internal programs or teams.

• Serve as the technical escalation point and mentor for lower-level analysts.

• Provide oversight and quality assurance for issues worked by lower-level analysts.

• Assist in the advancement of security processes and procedures.

What You'll Need:

Successful candidates will have experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Incident Handling: experience conducting or managing incident response for organizations, investigating targeted threats such as the Advanced Persistent Threat, Organized Crime, and Hactivists.

• Computer Forensic Analysis: a background using a variety of forensic analysis tools in incident response investigations to determine the extent and scope of compromise.

• Systems Administration: an understanding of system internals is required to understand how to implement and execute countermeasures and remediation.

• Network Forensic Analysis: knowledge of network protocols, network analysis tools, and ability to perform analysis of associated network logs.

• Malware Analysis: ability to perform static and dynamic malware analysis to understand the nature of malware

• Incident Remediation: strong understanding of targeted attacks and able to create customized tactical and strategic remediation plans for compromised organizations.

• Network Operations and Architecture/Engineering: strong understanding of secure network architecture and strong background in performing network operations.

• Programming/Scripting: experience coding in Powershell, C, C#, VB, Python, Perl, Ruby on Rails, and.NET.

Bonus Points:

• 4-6 years of relevant incident handling experience

• At least one relevant security certification

• Strong verbal and communication skills

• Strong problem solving skills

• Strong experience with Mac OS, Windows, and Unix operating systems.

• Ability to handle high pressure situations in a productive and professional manner.

• Strong time management skills with the ability to multi-task

Education:

BA or BS / MA or MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Math, Information Security, Information Assurance, Information Security Management, Intelligence Studies, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Policy, or a related field.

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Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:

• Remote-first culture

• Market leader in compensation and equity awards with option to participate in ESPP in eligible countries

• Competitive vacation and flexible working arrangements

• Physical and mental wellness programs 

• Paid parental leave, including adoption 

• A variety of professional development and mentorship opportunities

• Access to CrowdStrike University, LinkedIn Learning and Jhanna

• Offices with stocked kitchens when you need to fuel innovation and collaboration

• Birthday time-off in your local country

• Work with people who are passionate in our mission and Great Place to Work certified across the globe