Virtualization Engineer

We are looking for a Virtualization Engineer to join Verisign’s Corporate Operations team responsible for building, managing, maintaining and scaling virtual infrastructure on which our mission-critical services are deployed or 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:

• Design, deploy, and support all aspects of VMware and Oracle KVM virtualization platforms
• Monitor and maintain the virtual environment’s health, performance, and capacity to ensure optimal operation and availability
• Strong scripting experience using Ansible, Python, and Shell to automate for consistency, efficiency and repetitive tasks
• Performs daily operations support functions in a 24x7 environment - including system deployments, patching, installation, configuration, maintenance, problem isolation and resolution within production, QA and development environments; environments include physical servers, virtualization, operating systems, and automation tools
• Documentation of processes, procedures, configurations, and deployment plans
• Provide incident response and root cause/mitigation to include security vulnerabilities, performance degradation and system outage analysis
• Participates in team on-call rotation and planned weekend activities

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 candidate must have:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience 
• 8+ years of operations administration experience managing mission-critical systems
• Professional experience with Red Hat Linux system administration in a production environment highly preferred
• Critical thinker with problem solving aptitude and thrives for implementing process improvements
• Proficient with automation- Not just developing automation, but knowing why we automate and what to automate 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills – able to clearly and succinctly describe complex issues
• Familiarity with networking protocols, system monitoring and performance tools

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

The pay range is $123,500 - $167,100. 

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.