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Site Reliability Engineer IV
| Company | Verisign |
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| Location | Reston, VA, USA |
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| Salary | $135800 – $183800 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- 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 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
- Familiarity with networking protocols and systems
Responsibilities
- Participate in technical designs for software solutions that combine Open-Source components, COTS (commercial off the shelf) components, and custom developed components
- Installation, configuration and maintenance of production, QA and development environments in which Verisign applications are deployed; environments include servers, operating systems, OpenStack, and automation tools
- Development of deployment automation tools including Ansible
- Development of enabling infrastructure using Terraform
- 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 24×7 on call rotation
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with RedHat Identity Manager and/or FreeIPA
- Experience with ServiceNow
- Experience with a high-level scripting language such as Python
- Experience with RedHat Enterprise Linux and/or FreeBSD
- 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 or Kubernetes in a production environment
- Experience with OpenStack in a production environment
- Experience administrating Unix systems in a large-scale environment
- Experience using Jenkins in a continuous delivery and integration environment
