Software Engineer - Network and Automation
Verisign · Reston,Virginia,United States
Posted 15 days ago · $135,800 - $183,800
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 15 days Verisign's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 81% of Verisign's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Verisign
- high 11 stale, 2 reposted of 21 open
- Hiring momentum
- 35 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Verisign's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Verisign.
About this role
As a Software Engineer on the Network Automation and Visualization team at Verisign, you will design, build, and maintain tools for network infrastructure deployment and operational functions. Your role will involve researching best practices in network orchestration, improving monitoring infrastructure, and implementing auto remediation functions for network events. You will also document systems, participate in routing security incidents, and contribute to creating scalable and distributed systems.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Verisign as an employer.
What you need
- Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience
- 8+ years' related engineering experience
- Experience working with or creating APIs and understanding of data transport and serialization formats such as REST, JSON, XML, YAML
- Experience with network devices (routers, switches, load balancers) and a good understanding of network routing protocols
- Experience with IRR and RPSL based filtering
- Familiarity with ASPA, RPKI ROV, PKI infrastructure and relevant protocols
Nice to have
- Solid understanding of the Linux operating systems and Docker containers
- Strong interpersonal and communications skills; exceptional documentation skills, acting as a vendor liaison, making presentations to internal customers or client audiences, peers, and working closely with leadership
- Experience with automation platforms (Ansible, Salt, etc.)
- Proven contributions to the opensource community. Please provide your github/bitbuket repository of projects
- Experience with time-series database (Influxdb, Open TSDB, Prometheus, etc.)
What you get
- Dynamic and flexible work environment
- Competitive benefits
- Training and education opportunities such as Verisign University and tuition reimbursement for work-related degrees
- Discretionary bonus based on individual and company performance
- Certain roles may be eligible for discretionary stock awards
Worth weighing
- No salary listed in the posting, but a pay range is provided
- Hybrid work schedule mentioned, but specifics are not detailed
- Focus on network automation and Internet Routing Security may require niche expertise
Summarised from Verisign's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Verisign on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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