Remote DNS Engineer — DNSSEC, BIND & Automation

Essenz Consulting; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Remote; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Essenz Consulting's NSResolver.com Enterprise DNS Product seeks a skilled DNS Engineer for a full-time remote role (EST hours). You will design, configure, and maintain enterprise DNS infrastructure, ensuring high availability, security, and performance.

Daily tasks include zone management, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and implementing changes per defined processes. DNSSEC rollout and Terraform provider work are part of the project.

Qualifications

• DNS fundamentals: zone management, records, resolution, DNS security practices.
• Hands-on experience with ISC BIND and zone configuration.
• Scripting or automation with Bash and Perl or similar.
• Experience with DNSSEC deployment and validation.
• Anycast routing, especially in AWS environments.
• Coding workflows including GitHub and related tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, and maintain enterprise DNS infrastructure for uptime and security.
• Manage DNS zones/records and perform troubleshooting with root-cause analysis.
• Implement changes following established processes and runbooks.
• Support DNSSEC rollout and Terraform provider integration.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure performance and security standards.

Skills

DNS fundamentals

ISC BIND

Scripting (Bash/Perl)

DNSSEC

Anycast AWS

GitHub workflows

Job description

Essenz Consulting's NSResolver.com Enterprise DNS Product seeks a skilled DNS Engineer for a full-time remote role (EST hours). You will design, configure, and maintain enterprise DNS infrastructure, ensuring high availability, security, and performance.

Daily tasks include zone management, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and implementing changes per defined processes. DNSSEC rollout and Terraform provider work are part of the project.