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.
Verisign is looking for a Senior Engineer to join the Architecture and Infrastructure Team. In this role the Engineer will be responsible for implementing systems to gather and analyze large data sets representing network/application traffic flows, DNS and Web content data and much more to derive actionable operational and business intelligence.
The ideal Engineer is an individual who can bring ideas from all areas, is proactive, has a strong sense of urgency and ownership, and is used to deal with distributed systems, large-scale system design, networking, data storage and security. The successful candidate will support the design, development, integration, testing, deployment, and maintenance of software solutions in a collaborative Agile environment. This role provides an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience with modern software engineering practices, including software integration, vulnerability management, automated testing, and CI/CD pipeline development in a big data eco-system. Successful engineers will work closely with team members to master our software and make a positive impact on projects as well as team chemistry.
The Person:
We’re looking for a highly skilled Senior Engineer who:
- Apply “Big Data” solutions to solve real customer problems using web content and traffic data
- Design, write, test, and maintain object-oriented software for collecting, storing, analyzing and reporting on big data sets, using Java, Python and various open-source technologies
- Work on systems with enormous data processing requirements and ensure all OLAs and SLAs are comfortably met
- Perform all aspects of system verification, including all phases of the testing process
- Work with application architects and developers to define test approaches, success criteria, and testing procedures to ensure quality in data, data processing, and interfaces
- Use industry best practices to deliver high-quality solutions leveraging open-source tools/toolkits and utilities with automated daily builds, tests, and deployment
- Collaborate effectively with cross-functional organizations including system architects, project managers, product managers and operations
- Be a hands-on Engineer and lead by example to earn the respect as an effective technical leader
- Foster a culture of documentation and knowledge sharing across the organization
- Takes ownership and responsibility for organizational practices and processes and their continuous improvement
- Leads incident response across the engineering organization as needed to troubleshoot challenging problems that involve virtual environments, networking, kernel configs, distributed systems
Required Skills:
- Bachelor’s + 12 years OR Masters + 10 years of relevant work experience
- 8+ years of software development experience in a Unix environment
- Expert level programming experience with Java, Python or other equivalent programming language
- Experience with Big Data (Map reduce, Spark, etc) applications and jobs
- Experience with Hadoop, Hive, Kafka, Spark and other Big Data Technologies
- Experience with testing systems from existing system and functional specifications
- Experience with performance testing and tuning of big data jobs
- Experience in data migration methodologies
- Experience with RDBMs, Timeseries DBs and/or NoSQL databases
- Experience working in Linux environment
- Experience with Automation frameworks/systems like Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins
- Experience with Private or Public Cloud environments and Cloud-native application architectures
- Experience working in highly productive team environments employing agile practices
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.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree plus 12 years of relevant work experience, or master's degree plus 10 years of relevant work experience
- 8 or more years of software development experience in a Unix environment
- Expert-level programming experience with Java, Python, or an equivalent programming language
- Experience with Big Data applications and jobs, including MapReduce or Spark
- Experience with Hadoop, Hive, Kafka, Spark, and other Big Data technologies
- Experience testing systems from existing system and functional specifications
- Experience with performance testing and tuning of Big Data jobs
- Experience with data migration methodologies
- Experience with relational database management systems, time-series databases, and/or NoSQL databases
- Experience working in a Linux environment
- Experience with automation frameworks or systems such as Ansible, Terraform, or Jenkins
- Experience with private or public cloud environments and cloud-native application architectures
- Experience working in highly productive Agile team environments
VERISIGN Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about VERISIGN and has not been reviewed or approved by VERISIGN.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, vision, prescriptions, telemedicine, behavioral-health resources, and specialized programs for family building and midlife support. Onsite wellness amenities such as the Reston fitness center further support day-to-day wellbeing.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include Traditional and Roth 401(k) with company match, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and access to licensed financial coaching. These offerings provide structured support for long-term savings as part of total compensation.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Employer-posted salary ranges and structured pay bands reduce uncertainty and clarify how roles are compensated. Public ranges for technical roles indicate competitive positioning relative to the market.
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What We Do
Verisign, a global provider of domain name registry services and internet infrastructure, enables internet navigation for many of the world’s most recognized domain names. Verisign helps enable the security, stability, and resiliency of the Domain Name System (DNS) and the internet by providing root zone maintainer services, operating two of the 13 global internet root servers, and providing registration services and authoritative resolution for the .com and .net top-level domains, which support the majority of global e-commerce.
