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VeriSign, Inc.

Linux System Administrator

VeriSign, Inc., Reston, Virginia, United States, 22090


We are looking for a

Linux System Administrator

to join Verisign’s Corporate Operations team responsible for building, managing, maintaining and scaling operational 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:

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

Provide incident response and root cause/mitigation to include security vulnerabilities, performance degradation and system outage analysis

Support all aspects of VMware and Oracle KVM virtualization platforms

Strong scripting experience using Ansible, Python, and Shell to automate for consistency, efficiency and repetitive tasks

Documentation of processes, procedures, configurations, and deployment plans

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 experience

8+ years of operations administration experience managing mission-critical systems

Excellent understanding of Linux configuration and administration

Critical thinker with problem solving aptitude and thrives for implementing process improvements

Experience 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 $120,500 - $163,100.

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.

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