Verisign Inc.
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Reston,Virginia,United States · Senior
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Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
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$13,914 more — $178,214 — moves this role to Level IV and 4 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $178,214 would place this position at wage Level IV. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- Verisign helps enable the security, stability, and resiliency of the internet.
- This position is based in our Reston, VA office and offers a hybrid work schedule.
- We value engineering professionals who are equipped with great technical skills and attitudes that motivate those around them.
Responsibilities
- Deploy, configure, and maintain services in production, QA and development environments, on various platforms
- Coordination with other technical staff to implement systems and software
- Performance of operations support functions, including problem isolation and resolution
- The team deploys engineers and operates enabling infrastructure in support of mission critical customer applications.
- Strong automation experience - not just developing automation, but knowing why we automate and what to automate
- Experience developing mature solutions for monitoring and reporting using tools like Grafana and Splunk
Requirements
- The candidate must have:
- 10+ years of experience developing and operating mission-critical systems
- Strong experience with a high-level scripting language such as Python
- Strong understanding of infrastructure-as-code
- Strong understanding of network protocols and security
Skills
- Deployment automation experience using tools such as Ansible
- Experience using Jenkins in a continuous delivery and integration environment
- Experience with Virtualization platforms in a production environment such as oVirt and VMWare
- Experience with HTTP proxies such as Squid
- Experience with RedHat Enterprise Linux
- Experience with CMDB and ITIL platforms such as ServiceNow
- Experience with RedHat Identity Manager and/or FreeIPA
- Experience with Linux authentication via Active Directory
- Experience administrating Linux and Unix systems in a large-scale environment
- Experience working with teams using Scrum a plus
Compensation
- The pay range is $164,300 - $222,300.
Benefits
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
Equal opportunity
- Our EEO Statement
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