Senior Systems 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.

The Senior Systems Engineer position involves close collaboration with development, operations, and various internal and external teams. In this Dev / Ops role, you will partner with management and colleagues to design and implement new systems and procedures, while also maintaining our existing product platform. Additionally, you will champion automation initiatives that have the potential to benefit multiple departments across the organization.

Our ideal candidate possesses exceptional technical and organizational abilities, thrives in a collaborative team setting, and demonstrates initiative as a self-starter capable of managing multiple priorities within our dynamic operations group. We seek effective communicators who can navigate a matrixed environment and represent Verisign professionally to customers and external partners. A high degree of technical expertise and relevant experience is essential for success in this role.

Key Responsibilities :

• Experience with a range of monitoring and alerting tools, including Grafana, InternalDNS, Naemon, IBM-NOI (Netcool), NTP, Prometheus, Syslog, xMatters, and Influx
• Install, maintain, and configure production, staging, and quality assurance environments to support Verisign's services
• Assess customer needs and provide recommendations to improve their processes
• Proactively seeks out opportunities to assist with and improve on tools, systems and procedures used by technology teams within the company
• Perform daily operational support functions, including problem isolation and resolution
• Contribute to documentation for tools and processes used by the team to enable knowledge sharing with teams across the company
• Obtain, create, and maintain future tools that are used by the entire organization
• Maintain and update existing tools that actively support our production and development environments
• Coordinate with other technical staff to implement systems and software
• Participate in a 24 / 7 on call rotation
• Regularly report progress to management

Qualifications :

Desired Skills :

This position is based in our Reston, VA office and offers a hybrid work schedule.

The pay range is $164,300 - $222,300.

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.

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