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,