Engineer Intern - TechOps (Remote)
About the Role:
CrowdStrike is looking for talented, self-motivated university students for our Network Security and Systems Engineering Internships within our Technical Operations team. As a Network Security Engineer Intern, you will partner with our network engineers to execute various network deployment projects and work on operating and maintaining the reliability and scalability of our production network. You will develop tools to improve management and observability of our network. As a Systems Engineering intern, you will assist in supporting a vast array of server platforms/architectures, problem solving, monitoring and improving performance, and collaborating with a diverse and innovative team.
What You’ll Do:
Network Security Engineer Interns
- You will assist in operating multi-region, multi-vendor production networks.
- Develop scripts and tools to automate repetitive tasks and to improve our network observability
- Contribute to network documentation (diagrams, MOPs, best practices)
- Partner with our network engineers to execute various network deployment projects
System Engineer Interns
- You will assist the production systems team with issue response and resolution.
- Learn to diagnose and troubleshoot system infrastructure issues
- Learn to update and maintain servers both physical and virtual
- Update system and process documentation
- Contribute to system architecture design and deployment
- Gain an understanding on infrastructure capacity management routines
- Perform testing on hardware and software platforms
- Learn to analyze system logs for irregularities
What You’ll Need:
- Currently enrolled at a four university, currently working towards a Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Cybersecurity, or Networking Engineering degree, graduating between December 2025- August 2026
- Proficient in Linux systems and scripting language (Bash, Python, Go)
- Understand Git workflows, CI/CD concepts, and how it can be applied to network automation and testing framework
- Basic comprehension of storage (i.e. partitions, volumes, RAID, storage protocols, management etc)
- Basic understanding of networking protocols (IP, TCP/UDP, DHCP, SNMP etc) and data networking principles and protocols (OSI model, subnetting, routing, switching, firewalls, VPNs)
- Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
- Self-motivated with an attention to detail
Bonus Points:
- Public Cloud exposure (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Any relevant certifications a plus (RHCSA, Server+, VCP, Security+, Network certification, such as CCNA, JNCIA)
- Experience with enterprise class server hardware (standalone or blade chassis)
- Experience developing applications and/or APIs with cross-functional teams
- Familiarity with distributed database platforms and understanding of the data center
- Familiar with event streaming platforms, monitoring tools, virtualization and container platforms
Location - Fully Remote:
The Engineering Internship is fully remote and requires no travel. Your work location is the city/town/province you will be working from remotely. For our 12-week internship program, interns are allowed to work remotely from an alternative location for up to 2 weeks. Interns are also invited to work out of the CrowdStrike office located closest to their remote location.
Start and End Date Options (12-Week Internship):
May 19, 2025 – August 8, 2025
June 2, 2025 – August 22, 2025
June 16, 2025 – September 5, 2025