Site Reliability Engineer

Verisign helps enable the security, stability, and resiliency of the internet.

We are a trusted provider of internet infrastructure services for the networked

world and deliver unmatched performance in domain name system (DNS) services.

We are a mission focused, values driven company where each individual can

contribute to building a stronger, more secure internet. We offer a dynamic and

flexible work environment with competitive benefits and the ability to grow your

career.

We are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer to support our team responsible

for building, managing, maintaining, deploying, and securing mission-critical

services to make the Internet work. We prize engineering professionals who are

equipped with great technical skills and attitudes that motivate those around

them. We seek individuals with a sense of purpose and for whom detail and

craftsmanship are of their essence; individuals that are curious, demonstrate

initiative, and love solving problems.

Responsibilities

• * Participate in technical designs for products migrating to a shared
• Kubernetes environment
• * Installation, configuration, and maintenance of physical hosts used to
• support production and non-production applications
• * Development of deployment automation using Ansible
• * Orchestration of Kubernetes workloads
• * Coordination with other technical staff to deploy systems and software
• * Performance of operational support functions, including problem isolation and
• resolution
• * Documentation of processes, procedures, configurations, and deployment plans
• * Provide critical technical leadership in Kubernetes environments (on-prem and
• AWS)
• * Regularly reporting progress to management
• * Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation with other team members
• * Work with software developers to plan and deploy services and software
• Our ideal candidate will have excellent technical skills, excellent
• troubleshooting instincts, curiosity about new technologies, and strong
• investment in maintaining secure and available services. The team is
• responsible for critical internet services and our expectation is that everyone
• contributes to the team in keeping these systems up and running.

Requirements

• * Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field, or
• equivalent combination of education and experience
• * 8+ years of experience deploying and operating mission-critical systems
• * Excellent understanding of Linux configuration and administration
• * Strong automation experience - Not just developing automation, but knowing
• why we automate and what to automate
• * Understanding of physical servers and the demands of maintaining them
• * Strong understanding of infrastructure-as-code
• * Strong understanding of and production experience with Kubernetes workloads
• * Strong written and verbal communication skills – able to clearly and
• succinctly describe complex issues
• * Familiarity with networking protocols and systems
• Required Skills, Experience, and Attributes:
• * Experience with RHEL 8/9
• * Experience with SELinux
• * Experience with IBM POWER hardware and AIX operating systems
• * Experience with ServiceNow
• * Experience with a high-level scripting language such as Python
• * Experience with network troubleshooting using such tools as ping, traceroute
• and dig
• * Deployment automation experience using tools such as Ansible
• * Experience working with teams using Kanban and/or Scrum a plus
• * Experience with Docker in a production environment
• * Experience with OpenStack in a production environment
• * Experience with Unix-like systems in a large-scale environment
• * Experience using Jenkins in a continuous delivery and integration environment
• This position is based in our Reston, VA office and offers a hybrid work
• schedule.
• The pay range is $135,800 - $183,800.
• The anticipated annual base salary range for this position is noted above,
• however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills,
• experience. Verisign offers a discretionary bonus which is based on individual
• and company performance, and certain roles may be eligible for discretionary
• stock awards.
• Verisign is an equal opportunity employer. That means we recruit, hire,
• compensate, train, promote, transfer, and administer all terms and conditions of
• employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex,
• sexual orientation, gender identity, age, protected veteran status, disability,
• or other protected categories under applicable law.
• Additional Information:
• Our Careers Page
• [https://www.verisign.com/en_US/company-information/verisign-careers/index.xhtml?dmn=verisign.careers]

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