Senior Storage Engineer

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.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Storage Engineer to implement, operate, and continuously improve highly available infrastructure supporting mission-critical enterprise allocations and services.

The ideal candidate will have deep technical expertise in enterprise storage, SAN/NAS technologies, VMware virtualization, Linux, data protection, and disaster recovery/business continuity.  This position requires a highly experienced hands-on engineer capable of independently solving complex infrastructure problems and providing technical leadership across multiple technology domains.

Responsibilities:

Implement, support, and optimize enterprise infrastructure supporting mission critical applications and services

Engineer and administer enterprise SAN, NAS, and storage platforms, including block, file, and object storage technologies

Maintain highly available storage architectures across multiple data centers.

Configure, administer, troubleshoot, and optimize Fibre Channel SAN environments, using Brocade switching technology

Support enterprise storage platforms such as Dell Powermax, Infinidat Infinibox, VAST Data, or comparable enterprise storage technologies

Support VMware vSphere/ESXi infrastructure and its integration with enterprise storage and networking

Support Linux-based infrastructure, primarily Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or comparable enterprise

Implement storage replication snapshots, data protection, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery solutions

Maintain DR/BCP architectures, procedures, and recovery strategies for critical systems

Perform capacity planning, performance analysis, forecasting, and infrastructure lifecycle management

Diagnose complex infrastructure problems spanning storage, SAN, virtualization, operating systems, networking, and applications

Support automation and scripting to improve infrastructure deployment, configuration, monitoring, and operational efficiency

Create and maintain architecture diagrams, engineering standards, implementation plans, operational procedures, and technical documentation

Collaborate with application, database, network, security, backup, and infrastructure engineering teams

Provide technical leadership and mentoring to other engineers and serve as a subject matter expert for enterprise storage and infrastructure technologies

Participate in production support and resolution of critical infrastructure incidents as required

Qualifications:

Bachelors degree in engineering or related technical field or equivalent practical experience
10+ years system and operation engineering experience

Extensive experience supporting enterprise infrastructure in highly available production environments

Strong hands-on experience with enterprise SAN and NAS storage technologies

Strong understanding of enterprise storage concepts including:
Block and file storage RAID and data protection

Thin Provisioning Snapshots and clones

Replication

Storage efficiency technologies

Performance analysis and optimization

Capacity management

Multipathing

High availability and resiliency

Experience administering Fibre Channel SAN fabrics

Strong understanding of Fibre Channel concepts including zoning, WWNs, multipathing, fabric design, redundancy, and troubleshooting

Experience with enterprise storage platforms from vendors such as Dell Technologies, Infindat, VAST Data, and Netapp Strong experience with VMware vSphere/Esxi and enterprise virtualization environments

Experience administering and troubleshooting (Linux, AIX)
Experience designing and supporting backup, recovery, replication, disaster recovery, replication, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions

Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex production infrastructure issues involving multiple technologies and vendors

Experience with infrastructure capacity planning and performance analysis

Strong understanding of high-availability and resilient infrastructure design principles

Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with engineers,…