{"id":1332944,"url":"https://alion.io/job/verisign-principal-engineer","title":"Principal Engineer","company":{"id":1753436,"name":"VERISIGN","domain":"verisign.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/verisign-com","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":75,"open_postings":4,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":1,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":null,"computed_at":"2026-09-30T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"lead","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Reston, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":180700,"max":244500,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":244500},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":15,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":true,"technologies":[{"name":"AWS","optional":false},{"name":"Azure","optional":false},{"name":"BGP","optional":false},{"name":"DNS","optional":false},{"name":"GCP","optional":false},{"name":"MPLS","optional":false},{"name":"OSPF","optional":false},{"name":"SLI/SLO/SLA","optional":false},{"name":"TCP/IP","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-23T18:00:13Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-23","last_verified_at":"2026-09-29T19:54:55Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":7,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":7},"description":"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. \nWe 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.\nThe Principal Engineer is responsible for developing, managing, and optimizing the organization’s global Internet interconnection strategy. This role oversees settlement-free peering, paid peering, IP transit, Internet Exchange (IX) participation, traffic engineering, routing policy, and strategic relationships with network operators, content providers, cloud providers, carriers, and Regional Internet Registries (RIRs).\nThe ideal candidate possesses strong technical networking expertise, business negotiation skills, and industry engagement experience to improve network performance, reduce transit costs, increase resiliency, and support the company’s global connectivity objectives.\nResponsibilities:\nInterconnection Strategy\nDevelop and execute the global peering and interconnection strategy\nIdentify opportunities to expand peering relationships and optimize transit utilization\nDrive network growth through strategic partnerships with ISPs, cloud providers, content networks, CDNs, carriers, and hyperscalers\nEvaluate new IX opportunities and regional expansion initiatives\nEstablish KPIs for traffic offload, cost reduction, latency improvements, and resiliency\nPeering Management\nNegotiate and manage:\nSettlement-Free Peering\nBilateral Peering\nMultilateral Peering\nPublic Peering\nPrivate Peering\nMaintain peering policies and qualification requirements\nManage relationships through:\nPeeringDB\nIX communities\nIndustry forums\nNetwork operator groups\nCoordinate onboarding and operational support for new peers\nResolve peering disputes, routing issues, and traffic imbalances\nInternet Exchange (IX) Operations\nManage participation across global Internet Exchanges\nEvaluate IX performance and ROI\nCoordinate provisioning of:\nCross-connects\nPort upgrades\nNew exchange deployments\nDevelop business cases for new IX expansion\nMaintain relationships with IX operators and executive leadership\nIP Transit Management\nManage global transit providers and carrier relationships\nConduct transit capacity planning\nNegotiate contracts and pricing\nEvaluate transit performance and redundancy requirements\nDevelop strategies to reduce transit costs through increased peering\nMonitor traffic shifts between transit and peering environments\nRouting & Traffic Engineering\nDefine and maintain routing policies\nOptimize traffic flows across:\nPeering\nTransit\nIX fabrics\nPrivate interconnections\nManage traffic engineering initiatives using:\nBGP communities\nLocal Preference\nMED\nAS Path Prepending\nAnalyze traffic patterns and forecast growth\nImprove latency, packet loss, and path optimization\nIndustry Engagement\nRepresent the company at:\nNANOG\nRIPE\nAPRICOT\nLACNIC\nARIN\nAPNIC\nGlobal Peering Forum\nBuild executive-level relationships across the Internet ecosystem\nParticipate in policy discussions and industry working groups\nMonitor industry trends affecting interconnection and Internet governance\nCross-Functional Leaderships\nPartner with:\nNetwork Engineering\nInfrastructure Operations\nSecurity\nProduct Management\nLegal\nProcurement\nFinance\nDevelop executive reporting and dashboards\nPresent interconnection strategy and performance metrics to senior leadership\nRequired Technical Expertise\nRouting Protocols\nBGP-4 (Border Gateway Protocol)\neBGP\niBGP\nRoute Reflectors\nConfederations\nBGP Communities\nLarge Communities\nFlowspec\nCore Internet Protocols\nIPv4\nIPv6\nICMP\nTCP/IP\nUDP\nMPLS\nRouting Technologies\nOSPF\nIS-IS\nSegment Routing\nEVPN\nVXLAN\nInternet Infrastructure\nInternet Exchanges (IX)\nRoute Servers\nRoute Collectors\nCDN Architectures\nAnycast\nDNS Infrastructure\nDDoS Mitigation Architectures\nContent Delivery Networks\nRouting Security\nRPKI\nROA Validation\nASPA\nBGPsec\nMANRS\nIRR Databases\nRoute Filtering\nPrefix Filtering\nMonitoring & Analytics\nNetFlow\nsFlow\nIPFIX\nSNMP\nTelemetry\nTraffic Analytics Platforms\nCapacity Planning Tools\nCloud & Interconnection Platforms\nAWS Direct Connect\nAzure ExpressRoute\nGoogle Cloud Interconnect\nOracle FastConnect\nEquinix Fabric\nMegaport\nBusiness & Commercial Responsibilities\nPeering negotiations\nTransit contract negotiations\nCapacity planning and budgeting\nVendor management\nCost optimization initiatives\nSLA management\nRisk assessment and mitigation\nExecutive reporting and forecasting\nRequirements:\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunications, or related field\n15+ years related engineering experience\n7+ years of Internet networking experience\n5+ years of peering, transit, or interconnection experience\nExperience managing relationships with ISPs, carriers, cloud providers, and IX operators\nProven experience negotiating peering and transit agreements\nExperience operating large-scale global networks\nPreferred Certifications\nCCNP Service Provider\nCCIE Service Provider\nJNCIP-SP\nJNCIE-SP\nAWS Advanced Networking Specialty\nMANRS Certification Knowledge\nRPKI Deployment Experience\nThis position is based in our Reston, VA office and offers a hybrid work schedule.\nThe pay range is $180,700 - $244,500.\nThe 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.\nVerisign is an equal opportunity employer. That means we recruit, hire, compensate, train, promote, transfer, and administer all terms and conditions of employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected categories under applicable law.\nAdditional Information:\nOur Careers Page\nOur Benefits Summary\nVerisign in the Community\nOur EEO Statement\nOur Privacy Notice for Job Applicants/Candidates\nReasonable Accommodations\nStaffing agency policy: No fees will be paid for unsolicited resumes submitted to Verisign or our employees by third parties.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6448,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":15,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Flexible schedule","Hybrid work"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Domain Registrars & Registries","DNS Services"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-27T13:16:52Z"}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":6,"expected_fill_days":23,"reasons":["conf:9","velocity","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-09-30T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":244500,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/verisign-principal-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/verisign-principal-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-01T02:00:11Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1598,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":3402,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-02T00:00:00Z"}}}