Sr Systems Engineer- Linux

Overview In this role you will own the design, deployment, and security of Verisign’s application delivery and security platforms. You work with a skilled infra team to balance reliability with continuous improvement, communicating complex systems to stakeholders. You’ll shape CI/CD pipelines, security tooling, and enterprise platforms while contributing to a mission of a secure internet. This is a hands-on, cross-functional position that impacts production reliability and developer productivity. Compensation / Benefitsdynamic and flexible work environmentcompetitive benefitshybrid work schedulediscretionary bonusdiscretionary stock awardsopportunity for career growth ResponsibilitiesServe as SME in Linux systems administration, including tuning, hardening, and troubleshootingArchitect, install, configure, and maintain production and non-production systems for application delivery and security platformsDesign and optimize CI/CD pipelines (CloudBees Jenkins, GitHub Actions) and related automationAdminister and optimize enterprise platforms: Jira, GitHub/GitHub Enterprise, ArtifactoryManage software supply chain security and DevSecOps tooling (Nexus IQ, Xray, GHAS)Ensure security, audit, and SOX/SOC complianceDevelop automation for reliability and scalabilityLead incident response and long-term remediationMaintain Kubernetes workloads and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible)Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation Key requirementsBachelor’s degree or equivalent experience8+ years in systems engineering/SRE/ SysAdmin in enterprise environmentsExpert Linux/Unix administration in productionHands-on with CloudBees Jenkins and GitHub ActionsExperience with GitHub/GitHub Enterprise, Jira, ArtifactoryExperience with Nexus IQ, JFrog Xray, GHASStrong SOC/SOX knowledgeAutomation and IAC (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef)Scripting/programming (Python, Bash)Networking fundamentals and container platforms (Kubernetes, Docker)Monitoring/observability tools (Prometheus, ELK, Nagios)Troubleshooting cross-platform production issuesOwnership and accountabilityStrong communication with stakeholdersAnalytical troubleshootingCloudBees JenkinsGitHub ActionsGitHub/GitHub Enterprise