Job Application for Data Engineer III at Verisign

Verisign helps enable the security, stability, and resiliency of the internet. We are a trusted provider of internet infrastructure services for the networked world and deliver unmatched performance in domain name system (DNS) services.

We are a mission focused, values driven company where each individual can contribute to building a stronger, more secure internet. We offer a dynamic and flexible work environment with competitive benefits and the ability to grow your career.

Within Verisign, our team is responsible for designing, building and maintaining large-scale, high-throughput (millions requests per second) data products and services delivering actionable operational and business intelligence. To help us advance our products, we are looking for a skilled Mid-level Data Engineer.

An ideal candidate should have a strong passion for all aspects of data engineering (ingestion, storage, processing, visualization), be fluent in Java, and be eager to learn as needed. They should have an understanding of fundamentals, including core Computer Science concepts accompanied by hands-on data engineering experience, ideally involving large-scale distributed systems.

The candidate will be involved in all aspects of data engineering, including ideation, design, implementation, deployment, customer onboarding, and support. This implies regular cross-team collaboration with Verisign Data Platform, Business, Infrastructure, Engineering, Security, and Operation Teams. We expect the candidate to take full ownership of the data products, regularly interacting with the internal customers, proactively identifying, prioritizing, and delivering on their common data needs.

Required Experience:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or similar technical major or equivalent work experience
5+ years relevant Data Engineering experience
Experience designing, developing, and optimizing real-time and batch data processing pipelines using Akka Streams and Spark
Experience developing and maintaining custom Java, Scala and Python components to facilitate insights from the processed data via transformation, normalization, and enrichment
Experience creating interactive dashboards for internal customers delivering insights from real-time and batch-processed data stored in Druid, Hive and other databases

Preferred Experience:

Experience developing provisioning code to deploy components on Kubernetes
Experience developing automation for CI/CD and common tasks using Jenkins
Ability to ensure stability of pipelines and components through observability and alerting
Ability to identify and address pipeline performance bottlenecks
Ability to troubleshoot complex data processing issues in large, distributed environments
Staying up to date with the data engineering best practices and industry standards, focusing on hybrid cloud environments
Supporting data product customers

We expect the candidate to possess competencies that allow them to bring noticeable improvements in some of the above-mentioned areas and allow Verisign to continuously improve the delivery of business and operational insights.

We see this role as a unique opportunity to directly contribute toward ensuring stability of the Internet.

This position is based in our Reston, VA office and offers a hybrid work schedule.

The pay range is $108,900 - $147,300.

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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