Site Reliability Engineer

Location: Reston Town Center 12061 Bluemont Way, Reston, VA 20190Position: Site Reliability Engineer IIIDuration: 6-month contract (possible extension) Site Reliability Engineer IIIWe are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer III to join a team that is responsible for thebuilding, managing, and maintaining the Verisign private cloud platform on which ourmission-critical services depend. We prize operations professionals who are equipped withgreat technical skills, experiences, and a self-starting attitude. We seek individuals with astrong sense of responsibility; individuals who are curious, demonstrate initiative, and lovesolving problems.Our platform and our team:Our platform is centered around Openstack and other open-source software such asJenkins, ansible and git, running on Redhat Enterprise Linux. Our platform is tightlyintegrated with the rest of the company's infrastructure services and serves as thecompany's private cloud computing and storage infrastructure. The team is responsible forthe provisioning and administration of the platform, with a strong focus on operationaldisciplines and security practices.Job responsibilities:• Build, operate, and maintain our on-prem Openstack platform• Monitor and resolve alerts of the platform• Troubleshoot platform and user problems• Document problem-solving steps• Ensure compliance with vulnerability management standards and informationsecurity standards, support regular patching of the platform elements• Participate in on-call rotation for tier 3 supportDesired Skills, Experience, and Attributes:• An ideal candidate will have a blend of technical skills, a desire to work as part of ateam to grow themselves and those around them, and will have:• Experience with Openstack configuration and administration• Experience working as Linux sysadmin in a large-scale environment• Experience using shell scripting, Python, Ansible• Experience maintaining highly available services• General understanding of network protocols and security best practiceVeriSign Company Confidential• Fluency with development tools and processes such as Github, Jira• Written and verbal communication skills – ability to clearly and succinctly describecomplex issuesQualifications:• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field, or equivalentcombination of education and experience• Prior experience developing or operating Openstack platform in a productionenvironment• 5+ years of relevant industry experience