Site Reliability Engineer - IBM AIX

Responsibilities

• Participate in architecture, provisioning, and planning of our IBM hardware ecosystem
• Installation, configuration, and maintenance of physical hosts used to support production and non-production applications
• Provisioning of PowerVM hosts per requirements
• Configuration and certification of AIX images for deployment according to all required CIS and security controls for use by product engineering teams
• Coordination with other technical staff to deploy systems and software
• Performance of operational support functions, including problem isolation and resolution
• Documentation of processes, procedures, configurations, and deployment plans
• Provide critical technical leadership in the IBM/AIX realm
• Regularly report progress to management
• Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation with other team members as necessary
• Work with software developers and database administrators to plan and deploy services and software

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 8+ years of experience deploying and operating mission-critical systems
• Excellent understanding of IBM POWER systems
• Excellent understanding of HMC/NIM/VIOS setup and ongoing maintenance
• Strong automation experience - Not just developing automation, but knowing why we automate and what to automate
• Solid troubleshooting skills and the curiosity to drive to an answer
• Understanding of physical servers and the demands of maintaining them
• Fluency in the AIX operating system
• Fluency in the Linux operating system
• Strong understanding of and production experience with PowerVC
• Strong written and verbal communication skills – able to clearly and succinctly describe complex issues
• Familiarity with networking protocols and systems

Qualifications

• Experience with IBM POWER hardware and AIX operating systems
• Experience with ServiceNow
• Experience with a high-level scripting language such as Python
• Experience with network troubleshooting using such tools as ping, traceroute and dig
• Deployment automation experience using tools such as Ansible
• Experience working with teams using Kanban and/or Scrum
• Experience maintaining IBM hardware and software stacks in a demanding, always-available enterprise environment
• Experience with database systems running on the AIX operating system

Benefits

The pay range is $135,800 - $183,800. 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.

Pay

The pay range is $135,800 - $183,800.

Schedule

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