Sr Software Engineer - Big Data

VERISIGN; Reston (VA); Hybrid; USD 164,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Stock awards

Hybrid work schedule

Job summary

Verisign is seeking a Senior Engineer for the Architecture and Infrastructure Team in Reston, VA. You will implement systems to collect and analyze massive data sets—traffic flows, DNS and web content—to derive actionable insights and BI.

The role requires hands-on software development in Java and Python within an Agile environment, focusing on scalable, secure distributed systems. You will design, test, deploy, and maintain data-driven solutions, collaborating with cross-functional teams to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree plus 12 years or Master’s degree plus 10 years of relevant work experience.
• 8+ years of software development experience in a Unix environment.
• Expert level programming with Java, Python, or equivalent.
• Experience with Big Data (MapReduce, Spark) applications and jobs.
• Experience with Hadoop, Hive, Kafka, Spark and related technologies.
• Experience with automation frameworks such as Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins.
• Hybrid work schedule based in Reston, VA.

Responsibilities

• Implement systems to gather and analyze large data sets for operational and business intelligence.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain software solutions in an Agile environment.
• Lead by example as a hands-on engineer and technical leader.
• Collaborate with architects, product managers, and operations to ensure quality and performance.
• Develop and maintain data processing pipelines with open-source tools in a big data ecosystem.
• Oversee testing, validation, and performance tuning of complex data jobs.

Skills

Big Data

Java

Python

Unix/Linux

Agile practices

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

Hadoop

Hive

Kafka

Spark

Ansible

Terraform

Jenkins

Job description

Verisign is looking for a Senior Engineer to join the Architecture and Infrastructure Team. In this role the Engineer will be responsible for implementing systems to gather and analyze large data sets representing network/application traffic flows, DNS and Web content data and much more to derive actionable operational and business intelligence.

The ideal Engineer is an individual who can bring ideas from all areas, is proactive, has a strong sense of urgency and ownership, and is used to deal with distributed systems, large-scale system design, networking, data storage and security. The successful candidate will support the design, development, integration, testing, deployment, and maintenance of software solutions in a collaborative Agile environment. This role provides an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience with modern software engineering practices, including software integration, vulnerability management, automated testing, and CI/CD pipeline development in a big data eco-system. Successful engineers will work closely with team members to master our software and make a positive impact on projects as well as team chemistry.

The Person:

• 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.