About CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike stands as a global leader in cybersecurity, safeguarding people, processes, and technologies that power modern organizations. Since 2011, our unwavering mission has been to stop breaches using the world's most advanced AI-native platform, the Falcon platform. We process nearly 3 trillion events daily across large-scale distributed systems, with traffic growing relentlessly. Serving customers across all industries, CrowdStrike ensures businesses run smoothly, communities stay safe, and lives move forward securely. Our remote-first culture empowers every CrowdStriker with flexibility and autonomy to own their careers, fostering limitless passion, relentless innovation, and fanatical commitment to customers, community, and each other.

Role Overview

The Sr. SDET - Falcon Cloud Security role in Pune, India, positions you as a key leader in the Falcon Cloud Security Runtime engineering team. Falcon Cloud Security comprises a sensor installed on cloud workloads for real-time malicious behavior detection and prevention, alongside a cloud component that aggregates telemetry for prioritized threat summaries. This senior position focuses on designing and developing test infrastructure, automated tools, and test suites for sensors on Linux distros, containerized, and serverless environments, especially in Kubernetes orchestration. You'll ensure quality standards for seamless visibility, detection, and prevention, participating in technical designs while collaborating with distributed development teams.

Impact on Cybersecurity Innovation

By extending Falcon platform capabilities to Linux and containers in public/private clouds, you'll contribute to the most innovative cloud security solution globally, helping stop breaches before they escalate.

Key Responsibilities

In this leadership role, you'll provide technical guidance within the Falcon Cloud Security SDET team across private/public clouds and workloads like VMs, containers, and serverless functions.

• Develop automation infrastructure, build tools, drive test strategies, mentor engineers, and champion quality outcomes.
• Troubleshoot complex test/tooling issues and lead projects improving Cloud Security runtime sensors.
• Participate in best practices: secure coding, testing paradigms, debugging, performance, code reviews, CI/CD, and OS internals for fast, reliable sensor code.
• Work closely with development to design/implement test strategies and suites for new capabilities, boosting automated coverage and release velocity.
• Lead initiatives on containers/orchestrators security in clouds, collaborate with release engineering for timely, high-quality sensor releases, and partner with multi-functional global teams.

Qualifications & Requirements

To excel as Sr. SDET in Falcon Cloud Security, bring proven expertise:

• 12+ years hands-on SDET/test automation development.
• Strong test automation frameworks and advanced Python knowledge.
• Deep Linux fundamentals: components, system calls, resource management.
• Containers experience and strong Kubernetes knowledge (AKS, EKS, GKE, OpenShift).
• Deep knowledge of AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, or VMware; Linux user apps/kernel modules.
• Design flexible automation testbeds mirroring customer cloud nuances.
• Advanced product quality strategies: automation, manual, performance/scale testing.
• Lead, mentor, communicate, and collaborate with distributed teams.

Bonus Qualifications

eBPF experience for security/networking, cybersecurity knowledge, Windows/Mac OS, hypervisors/virtualization enhance your fit.

Benefits & Perks

Joining CrowdStrike means thriving in a mission-driven environment with premium benefits tailored for top talent.

• Remote-first flexibility and career autonomy.
• Competitive salary estimated at 55-90 lakhs INR annually, reflecting cybersecurity/tech sector rates in India with upside buffer.
• Comprehensive health, wellness, and financial perks.
• Professional development, mentorship, and global collaboration opportunities.
• Stock options and performance incentives in a high-growth company.

Career Growth

At CrowdStrike, career trajectories are owner-driven. As Sr. SDET, advance through technical leadership, strategic initiatives, and cross-functional impact. Mentor juniors, influence Falcon platform evolution, and grow into principal engineering or management roles amid our expanding cloud security dominance.

Why Join CrowdStrike

Be part of stopping breaches with the Falcon platform's AI-native power. Our remote-first culture, Pune location, and focus on innovation offer unmatched impact. Work on trillion-event-scale systems securing global enterprises. Join a community of passionate CrowdStrikers committed to cybersecurity's future—your expertise will redefine cloud protection.

Role FAQs

Q: What experience level is required? 12+ years in SDET/test automation, with Linux/containers/cloud depth.

Q: Is this role remote? CrowdStrike's remote-first culture supports flexibility, based in Pune, India.

Q: What technologies will I work with? Python automation, Kubernetes, cloud platforms, Linux kernel, Falcon sensors.

Q: How does this role contribute to CrowdStrike's mission? Ensures reliable cloud security sensors, stopping breaches via quality testing.

Q: What's the salary range? Estimated 55-90 lakhs INR yearly, competitive for senior cybersecurity roles in India.