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.
Verisign is an equal opportunity employer. That means we recruit, hire, compensate, train, promote, transfer, and administer all terms and conditions of employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected categories under applicable law.
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