Manager, Engineering - Vulnerability Detection

CrowdStrike is seeking an Engineering Manager to join our Vulnerability Management Team within Exposure Management.

This role will lead our Vulnerability Detection team, focusing on helping customers fingerprint, identify, and assess network devices through advanced detection techniques and methodologies.

You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, product management, and security researchers to drive detection capabilities while building a team and managing direct reports.

Location - Pune- Hybrid

What You'll Do:

• Drive Vulnerability Detection: Lead development of detection capabilities that help customers identify and assess network infrastructure vulnerabilities through fingerprinting techniques and detection pipelines while setting technical vision and roadmap.

• Research Emerging Threats: Monitor and analyze vulnerability disclosures from major vendors (Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco), translating research into actionable detection capabilities that protect customers from emerging risks.

• Build and Lead a Global Team: Manage a distributed team of vulnerability detection engineers and technical leads, fostering a collaborative environment while coordinating across time zones to deliver high-quality detection content.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product management and engineering teams to align detection capabilities with customer needs, directly influencing CrowdStrike's Exposure Management platform evolution and organizational strategy.

• Ensure Quality and Accuracy: Own validation processes for vulnerability detections, implementing automated workflows that maintain CrowdStrike's high standards for security solutions.

• AI-Enhanced Vulnerability Detection Research: Leverage generative AI tools to accelerate vulnerability analysis, proof-of-concept development, and detection rule creation while maintaining human oversight for validation and detection accuracy.

• Intelligent Vulnerability Assessment Pipeline: Design and implement AI agent workflows to automate multi-step vulnerability validation processes (e.g., discovery, analysis, prioritization, remediation guidance) while ensuring human-in-the-loop verification for critical vulnerability detections and false positive reduction.

What You’ll Need:

• 8+ years in cybersecurity or vulnerability management

• 5+ years management experience with proven ability to lead technical teams

• Hands-on technical leadership with vulnerability detection techniques and network security

• Excellent communication skills for executive and technical audiences

• Agile/Scrum methodology experience with ability to scale processes

• Programming skills in Go, Python, or similar languages

• BSCS or comparable field of study.

• Must be able to work 2+ days per week on site from our Pune or Bengaluru offices.

• Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.

Bonus Points:

• Network device fingerprinting and assessment experience

• Vulnerability management product development background

• Security detection pipeline design and implementation

• Remote/distributed multi-team leadership experience

• Understanding of CVE analysis, CVSS scoring, and risk-based prioritization

• Experience with organizational scaling and process optimization

• GenAI/Agentic AI automation experience for vulnerability detection, threat analysis, or security workflow optimization

• Thought leadership experience in Exposure Management or Vulnerability Risk Management through publications, speaking engagements, or industry contributions

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