Crowdstrike Engineer

CrowdStrike Engineer (Endpoint Security SME)

Leeds - 4 Days per Month

6 Month Contract

INSIDE IR35

£580 P/D

Position Overview

My client, a Global Technology Business, are looking CrowdStrike Engineer with deep expertise in endpoint security, antimalware technologies, and large-scale enterprise deployments. The ideal candidate will serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for CrowdStrike Falcon, leading design, implementation, migration, and optimization initiatives across complex environments.

This role requires strong hands-on technical capabilities, experience migrating from legacy endpoint platforms (e.g., McAfee) to CrowdStrike, and proven leadership in large-scale rollouts.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a CrowdStrike Falcon Subject Matter Expert (SME) across enterprise environments.
• Lead design, implementation, and optimization of CrowdStrike Falcon platform.
• Architect and execute large-scale endpoint security migrations (e.g., McAfee to CrowdStrike).
• Lead enterprise-wide deployments across hundreds of thousands of devices.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership during rollout, configuration, and troubleshooting phases.
• Develop endpoint protection standards, policies, and security baselines.
• Collaborate with SOC, Incident Response, and IT Operations teams to enhance detection and response capabilities.
• Tune Falcon policies, detection rules, prevention strategies, and reporting dashboards.
• Provide technical mentorship to engineering and security operations teams.
• Support threat hunting and incident investigations leveraging EDR telemetry.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security policies and regulatory standards.

Required Experience

• Strong background in Endpoint Security & Antimalware technologies.
• McAfee Endpoint Certified professional.
• Completed CrowdStrike Falcon training and pursuing Falcon certification.
• Proven experience leading large-scale migration from McAfee to CrowdStrike.
• Hands-on technical leadership experience in enterprise environments.
• Experience deploying CrowdStrike across 100K+ endpoints (experience supporting environments up to 350K+ devices preferred).
• Experience acting as a technical product lead during enterprise security transformation initiatives.
• Deep knowledge of EDR, NGAV, behavioral detection, and threat prevention methodologies.

Technical Skills

• CrowdStrike Falcon (NGAV, EDR, Device Control, Threat Intelligence)
• McAfee Endpoint Security
• Endpoint migration strategy & execution
• Large-scale enterprise endpoint deployments
• Security policy design and enforcement
• Threat detection & response
• Incident response support
• Security operations collaboration
• Windows enterprise environments (preferred)

Preferred Qualifications

• CrowdStrike Falcon Certification (or in progress)
• Experience in global enterprise environments (300K+ endpoints)
• Experience in Fortune 500-scale deployments
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to operate as both strategic SME and hands-on technical engineer