CrowdStrike Engineer

Job Title: CrowdStrike Engineer
Location: Chennai
Experience: 48 Years
Employment Type: Full-Time
Notice Period: Immediate Joiners or Up to 15 Days

Role Summary

We are seeking a skilled CrowdStrike Engineer to join our Cybersecurity team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for implementing managing and optimizing the CrowdStrike Falcon platform to protect enterprise endpoints against advanced cyber threats. The role involves endpoint security administration threat detection incident response policy management and continuous improvement of the organizations security posture.

Key Responsibilities

CrowdStrike Administration

• Deploy configure and manage the CrowdStrike Falcon platform across Windows macOS and Linux endpoints.
• Create and maintain prevention detection and response policies.
• Manage Falcon sensors host groups exclusions and security configurations.
• Ensure endpoint protection policies align with organizational security standards.

Endpoint Security

• Monitor endpoint security events and investigate suspicious activities.
• Identify analyze and respond to malware ransomware phishing and advanced persistent threats (APTs).
• Perform root cause analysis and recommend remediation actions.
• Support endpoint hardening and vulnerability remediation initiatives.

Threat Detection & Incident Response

• Investigate security alerts generated by CrowdStrike Falcon and other security tools.
• Conduct threat hunting activities using Falcon Insight and Falcon Intelligence.
• Support incident response activities including containment eradication and recovery.
• Document investigation findings and prepare incident reports.

Security Operations

• Integrate CrowdStrike with SIEM SOAR and other enterprise security platforms.
• Tune detection rules and reduce false positives.
• Monitor endpoint health sensor status and platform performance.
• Maintain security documentation operational procedures and technical runbooks.

Compliance & Reporting

• Generate security reports dashboards and compliance metrics.
• Support internal and external audits by providing endpoint security evidence.
• Ensure compliance with organizational policies and security frameworks.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Cybersecurity Information Security or a related field.
• 48 years of experience in Endpoint Security or Cybersecurity.
• Hands-on experience with CrowdStrike Falcon Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) and Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR).
• Strong understanding of Windows Linux and macOS security.
• Experience with SIEM platforms such as Splunk Microsoft Sentinel QRadar or similar.
• Knowledge of endpoint hardening malware analysis and threat detection techniques.
• Familiarity with networking concepts Active Directory and Identity & Access Management (IAM).
• Experience with scripting using PowerShell Python or Bash is an added advantage.
• Excellent troubleshooting analytical and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience integrating CrowdStrike with SIEM SOAR and ITSM platforms.
• Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK Framework Cyber Kill Chain and threat intelligence.
• Experience with Microsoft Defender SentinelOne Carbon Black or other EDR solutions.
• Familiarity with cloud security environments (AWS Azure or GCP).
• Certifications such as CrowdStrike Certified Falcon Administrator (CCFA) CrowdStrike Certified Falcon Responder (CCFR) CompTIA Security CEH CySA or equivalent.

Key Skills

• CrowdStrike Falcon
• Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR)
• Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP)
• Threat Hunting
• Incident Response
• Malware Analysis
• Endpoint Security
• Windows Security
• Linux Security
• macOS Security
• SIEM
• Splunk
• Microsoft Sentinel
• QRadar
• Active Directory
• PowerShell
• Python
• MITRE ATT&CK
• Cybersecurity
• Security Operations