Senior DDI Engineer - Hybrid, DNS/IPAM Expert

Verisign; Reston (VA); Hybrid; USD 136,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

Verisign is seeking a DDI Engineer to build, operate and enhance the Infoblox platform and related DDI services in Reston, VA. The role emphasizes automation, observability and security in a hybrid, on-site environment.

You will work with DNS/DHCP/IPAM, enterprise ITIL processes, and cross-functional teams to ensure platform reliability and compliance. Applicants should have extensive DDI experience and strong scripting skills in Python or Go.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 8+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Written and verbal communication skills – ability to clearly and succinctly describe complex issues.
• Experience deploying and operating a DDI platform from industry leading vendors in a production environment.
• Experience integrating multiple services with a DDI platform in an enterprise architecture.
• Strong understanding of DNS protocols, DHCP lease management and IPAM (IPv4 and IPv6) hierarchy.
• Understanding of CMDB and ITIL concepts.
• Understanding of network protocols and security.
• Ability to write scripts in either Python or Go that can interact with multiple platforms in an enterprise architecture.

Responsibilities

• Build, operate, and maintain our Infoblox platform supporting our DDI initiative at Verisign.
• Implement and support monitoring pipelines for DDI platform health to support platform observability and availability.
• Automate DDI workflows for provisioning, cleanup and compliance enforcement.
• Troubleshoot complex DNS/DHCP/IPAM incidents, participate in root cause analysis, and implement permanent fixes.
• Create and maintain documentation and runbooks for our first-line support teams.
• Ensure compliance with vulnerability management standards and information security standards.
• Participate in a 24x7 on call rotation for tier 3 support.

Skills

Communication skills

DNS/DHCP/IPAM

Networking fundamentals

Scripting (Python/Go)

Incident response

Enterprise architecture

CMDB/ITIL concepts

Public/private cloud familiarity

Automation pipelines

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Netbox

ISC BIND

DHCP/kea

Jenkins

GitHub

Jira

ServiceNow

Job description

Verisign is seeking a DDI Engineer to build, operate and enhance the Infoblox platform and related DDI services in Reston, VA. The role emphasizes automation, observability and security in a hybrid, on-site environment.

You will work with DNS/DHCP/IPAM, enterprise ITIL processes, and cross-functional teams to ensure platform reliability and compliance. Applicants should have extensive DDI experience and strong scripting skills in Python or Go.