Research Engineer
$108,900–$147,300 year
HybridReston, Virginia, United States
Job Summary
Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders on research and development opportunities based on long-term business strategy and objectives. Work with stakeholders to enhance the forward direction and innovative potential of your areas, while participating in requirements gathering, design, code, and test plan reviews. Develop real-world solutions to difficult technology problems through innovative yet programmatic approaches, creating compelling use cases and software prototypes. Represent Verisign in external forums to build industry reputation and publicize research results. This role focuses on identifying and developing novel, operationally relevant research concepts for Internet infrastructure applications and protocols. The position is based in Reston, VA with a hybrid schedule and offers a salary range of $108,900 - $147,300.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related technical field
- 5 or more years software development experience
- Experience in research engineering
- Experience with systems development research and/or prototype development
- Development background, ideally with C, C++, Java, and/or Python
- Experience presenting ideas and prototypes at public forums, such as technical conferences
- Authorship on one or more peer reviewed publication(s)
- This position is based in our Reston, VA office and offers a hybrid work schedule
Desired Qualifications
- Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related technical field
- PhD in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related technical field
- Experience with network security, including cryptography, privacy, identification, and authentication
- Experience with open standard Internet protocols and/or services (such as DNS, IP, RDAP, etc.)
- Experience with large scale data analysis and evaluation of network traffic data
- Hands-on technical skills combined with experience working in research teams on fast-paced, high impact projects
- Knowledge of *nix operating systems
- SQL, NoSQL, or equivalent data storage schema creation and use
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