Global Interconnection & Peering Strategy Lead

Verisign; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Verisign seeks a Principal Engineer to lead the global interconnection strategy, overseeing settlement-free peering, paid peering, IP transit, and IX participation. The role focuses on traffic engineering, routing policy, and strategic relationships with network operators, cloud providers, and RIRs.

The ideal candidate combines deep networking expertise with strong business negotiation skills and industry engagement to improve network performance, reduce transit costs, and enhance resiliency for

Qualifications

• Strong technical networking expertise and industry engagement experience.
• Business negotiation skills for interconnection deals and contracts.
• Experience with global IX, peering, transit, and traffic optimization.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the global peering and interconnection strategy.
• Negotiate and manage settlement-free, bilateral, multilateral, public, and private peering.
• Coordinate IX operations, cross-connect provisioning, and port upgrades.
• Manage global transit providers, capacity planning, and cost optimization.
• Define routing policies and optimize traffic across peering, transit, and IX fabrics.
• Represent Verisign at NANOG, RIPE, APRICOT, and other industry forums.

Skills

Peering strategy

Negotiation

Routing protocols

BGP

Traffic engineering

Job description

Verisign seeks a Principal Engineer to lead the global interconnection strategy, overseeing settlement-free peering, paid peering, IP transit, and IX participation. The role focuses on traffic engineering, routing policy, and strategic relationships with network operators, cloud providers, and RIRs.

The ideal candidate combines deep networking expertise with strong business negotiation skills and industry engagement to improve network performance, reduce transit costs, and enhance resiliency for