Staff SRE, DNS Specialist, Platform Engineering(Gerald)
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About Netskope
Today theres more data and users outside the enterprise than inside causing the network perimeter as we know it to dissolve. We realized a new perimeter was needed one that is built in the cloud and follows and protects data wherever it goes so we started Netskope to redefine Cloud Network and Data Security.
Since 2012 we have built the market-leading cloud security company and an award-winning culture powered by hundreds of employees spread across offices in Santa Clara St. Louis Bangalore London Paris Melbourne Taipei and Tokyo. Our core values are openness honesty and transparency and we purposely developed our open desk layouts and large meeting spaces to support and promote partnerships collaboration and teamwork. From catered lunches and office celebrations to employee recognition events and social professional groups such as the Awesome Women of Netskope (AWON) we strive to keep work fun supportive and interactive.Visit us atNetskope Careers. Please follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter@Netskope.
Sr. Systems Engineer DNS Platform Engineering
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About the role
The Platform Engineering organization builds observability infrastructure and tooling to ensure the resiliency efficacy and performance of Netskopes security cloud infrastructure and networking.
We are seeking a highly skilled senior level Systems Engineer with a core specialty in DNS. This role is critical to the design maintenance and reliability of our global DNS infrastructure. You will be responsible for managing authoritative and recursive DNS services implementing DNSSEC and contributing to the overall scalability security and performance of our environment.
Whats in it for you
As a Systems Engineer specializing in DNS on Netskopes Platform Engineering team you will have an opportunity to exercise and expand your skills in DNS at a rapidly growing business with a global data center footprint and have a chance to build and improve the infrastructure that powers Netskopes security cloud. This is an ideal role for candidates who have the desire to learn new technologies concepts and architectures the curiosity and desire to dig into interesting technical challenges and the belief that good enough is not enough.
What you will be doing
- Architect deploy and manage authoritative and recursive DNS infrastructure using BIND and PowerDNS
- Implement and maintain DNSSEC RPZ zone transfers and performance tuning
- Develop and maintain configuration management using tools like SaltStack and Ansible
- Automate operational tasks reduce manual toil and ensure infrastructure as code is reproducible and version-controlled
- Collaborate with security network and development teams to support DNS-related integrations and requirements
- Monitor DNS health and performance using Prometheus custom exporters and alerting pipelines
- Troubleshoot complex DNS resolution caching and propagation issues across internal and external environments
- Assist in migration efforts including consolidating or modernizing DNS platforms and tools
- Write and maintain internal documentation diagrams and runbooks
- Participating in an on-call rotation to organize responses to production incidents
- Conducting non-functional testing to validate infrastructure and software performance and resiliency requirements
Required skills and experience
- 5 years of hands-on experience managing DNS infrastructure in production environments
- Strong expertise with BIND and PowerDNS. Experience with DNSdist is a plus
- Deep understanding of DNS protocols (AXFR/IXFR TTLs caching recursion DNSSEC etc.)
- Solid Linux systems engineering experience
- Proficiency with SaltStack Ansible Chef or similar configuration management tools
- Experience with Prometheus including exporters and custom metrics for DNS monitoring
- Strong scripting abilities (Python Bash etc.) for automation and tooling
- Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and CI/CD pipelines is a plus
- Clear written and verbal communication with a focus on documentation and collaboration
- Prior experience in a high-availability multi-datacenter or CDN-style environment preferred
Education
- BSCS or equivalent required MSCS or equivalent strongly preferred
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The application window for this position is expected to close within 50 days. You may apply by filling out the below information or visiting ourNetskope Careers site.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Key Skills
- React Native
- AI
- Enterprise Software
- React
- Node.js
- Redis
- AWS
- Software Development
- IOS
- Team Management
- Product Development
- Mobile Applications
About Company
Netskope, a global cybersecurity leader, is redefining cloud, data, and network security to help organizations apply zero trust principles to protect data.
