We are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer IV to help lead a team responsible for building, managing, maintaining, and scaling centralized infrastructure services on which our mission-critical services depend. 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:

• Oversee technical designs for software solutions that combine Open Source components, COTS (commercial off the shelf) components, and custom developed components
• Deploy, configure, and maintain services in production, QA and development environments, on various platforms such as OpenStack and Docker
• Development of enabling infrastructure using Terraform
• Development of deployment automation tools including Ansible
• Development of automation and configuration management solutions using SaltStack and Jenkins
• Development of encryption solutions using Hashicorp Vault
• Development of a large-scale Software Defined Network (SDN) using Guardicore
• Documentation of processes, procedures, and configurations
• Coordination with other technical staff to implement systems and software
• Performance of occasional operations support functions, including problem isolation and resolution
• Documentation of processes, procedures, configurations, and deployment plans
• Provide critical technical leadership in the areas of operational process and change management, and mentor less experienced engineers
• Regularly reporting progress to management
• Participate in a 24x7 on call rotation

Our ideal candidate will have a unique blend of impeccable technical skills and a desire to work as part of a team to grow themselves and those around them. The team deploys engineers and operates enabling infrastructure in support of mission critical customer applications. The candidate must have:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 8 years of experience developing and operating mission-critical systems
• Excellent understanding of Linux configuration and administration
• Strong experience with a high-level scripting language such as Python
• Strong automation experience. Not just developing automation, but knowing why we automate and what to automate 
• Strong understanding of infrastructure-as-code
• Strong written and verbal communication skills – able to clearly and succinctly describe complex issues
• Strong understanding of network protocols and security
• Experience developing mature solutions for monitoring and reporting using tools like Grafana and Splunk
• Familiarity with development tools such as Github, Jira, and Confluence

Desired Skills, Experience, and Attributes:

• Deployment automation experience using tools such as Ansible
• Experience using Jenkins in a continuous delivery and integration environment
• Experience with Docker or Kubernetes in a production environment
• Experience with OpenStack in a production environment
• Experience with HTTP proxies such as Squid
• Experience with RedHat Enterprise Linux and/or FreeBSD
• Experience with CMDB and ITIL platforms such as ServiceNow
• Experience with RedHat Identity Manager and/or FreeIPA
• Experience administrating Linux and Unix systems in a large scale environment
• Experience using VMWare in a production environment
• Experience working with teams using Kanban and/or Scrum a plus
• Registry Services, E-commerce or ISP environment experience

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

The pay range is $132,500 - $179,300.

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.