Sr. Systems Architect, Falcon Complete (Remote)

CrowdStrike

Remote Actively hiring
Remote, USA Posted 15 days ago $160,000–$250,000 / year
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TL;DR

Join us as a Senior Systems Architect to lead the design and optimization of our internal MDR service delivery systems, supporting rapid growth and enhancing operational efficiency. You will architect scalable distributed systems, develop integration patterns, create architectural roadmaps, and guide engineering teams on best practices while auditing current systems for modernization. Key responsibilities include designing comprehensive system architecture, enabling AI agent integration, and maintaining robust documentation. Ideal candidates have 6+ years of experience in shipping complex distributed systems at scale, with expertise in event streaming, API design, database architecture, cloud-native solutions, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines. Strong communication skills, a pragmatic approach to technical excellence, and the ability to mentor are essential. Bonus points for SOAR platform experience, observability architecture knowledge, and AI/ML system understanding within the security operations context.

Skills

Kafka Kubernetes AWS Azure GCP CI/CD Docker REST GraphQL PostgreSQL MongoDB Datadog Grafana Python CICD Terraform Prometheus SOC 2 ISO 27001

What you'll do

  • Design comprehensive system architecture for detection ingestion, ticketing, and customer data workflows.
  • Develop integration patterns and API strategies to connect multiple systems efficiently.
  • Create architectural roadmaps supporting 10x growth while reducing complexity.
  • Audit current systems, identify bottlenecks, and recommend modernization strategies.
  • Guide engineering teams on architectural implementation and best practices.

What we're looking for

  • Over 6 years of experience designing and deploying complex distributed systems in production.
  • Proven ability to debug high-throughput systems (100k+ events/sec) and deep knowledge of event streaming technologies.
  • Extensive background in security operations, MDR, MSSP, SOC, or equivalent with understanding of security data formats.
  • Expertise in API design, database architecture, cloud-native solutions, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and observability.
  • Strong communication skills, documentation abilities, and experience mentoring engineering teams.

Market check

Salary context

This $160,000–$250,000 range sits above 67% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$143,500–$220,500

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$155,000–$223,187

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike is a leading American cybersecurity technology firm, specializing in cloud-native endpoint protection, threat intelligence, and incident response.

CrowdStrike currently has 15 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $125,000–$180,000 across 15 roles with salary data.

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