Software Productivity Engineer - SW Engineer III

Within Verisign, our team focuses on improving engineering experience and productivity across the organization. To help us empower engineers, we are looking for a skilled mid-level software engineer to fill the role of Software Automation and Productivity Engineer.

In this role, you will be involved in all aspects of engineers' productivity improvements, including ideation, design, implementation, deployment, and promotion of productivity-enhancing solutions. This will often imply regular cross-team collaboration with Engineering, Security, and Operations.

This is a unique opportunity to impact the daily work experience of fellow Verisign engineers and improve how they deliver core Verisign products that the world relies upon.

Some immediate focus areas include:
•    shared and reusable Jenkins CI/CD pipelines for build, release and deployments
•    shared productivity tools and libraries, primarily in Python, and Java
•    secure-by-design AWS cloud platform
•    common modules for Ansible and Terraform
•    common Docker images

An ideal candidate cares deeply about productivity and automation. We expect the candidate to possess competencies that allow them to bring noticeable improvements in some of the above-mentioned areas and allow Verisign to continuously improve the delivery of high-quality software frequently and securely.  Ideally, the candidate should keep ease of use, maintainability and security in mind. 

Qualifications:
•    Fluent in Java and/or Python, and eager to learn 
•    Demonstrated understanding of fundamentals including core Computer Science concepts accompanied by hands-on problem-solving experience involving automation, continuous delivery, and building task-specific tools 
•    Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of practical work experience, or equivalent work experience

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

The pay range is $103,200 - $139,600.  The anticipated base salary range for this position is noted above, however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills and experience.