Verisign is a global provider of domain name registry services and internet infrastructure, enables internet navigation for many of the world’s most recognized domain names.  Verisign enables the security, stability, and resiliency of key internet infrastructure and services, including providing root zone maintainer services, operating two of the 13 global internet root servers, and providing registration services and authoritative resolution for the .com and .net top-level domains, which support the majority of global e-commerce.  Verisign world’s 4.5 billion Internet users to connect online with reliability and confidence, anytime, anywhere. Our global servers process more than 152 billion queries daily. Because these services underpin the online connectivity of the Internet, our products must remain reliable, scalable and available at all times.

The opportunity:

We are looking for enthusiastic and talented computer science/computer engineering undergraduate students to intern with our teams in the summer. This paid internship opportunity is available in our Reston, Virginia office just outside of Washington, DC.  These internships are within Verisign's Technical Services Group, responsible for engineering and maintaining our systems to the highest level of availability, highlighted by 23 years of 100% uptime of DNS.

The role:

As a Verisign intern, you will:

• Work as an active member of a small agile engineering team building or supporting product features for Internet services


• Have the opportunity to be involved in many phases of software development, systems engineering, architecture, systems and network administration


• Attend daily stand-up meetings and collaborate cross-functionally with team members at many levels from Product Management, Engineering, Operations, Customer Service, and other organizations

What’s great about interning here:

• Attend technical talks and speakers’ series about Verisign’s business, technology, and industry


• Gain or improve practical key technical skills through hands-on training sessions taught by subject matter experts


• Attend small talks with senior level company executives


• Resume review sessions


• Participate in fun networking events and activities with our broader Intern Class


• Partner with our Young Professionals Group


• Casual dress policy

Requirements:

• Computer Science or Engineering major who is a rising junior or senior at the undergraduate level, or graduate level


• An interest in the practice of software development, systems engineering or systems administration


• The ability to express your thoughts clearly and concisely both written and verbally


• The curiosity to troubleshoot issues and see them through to resolution


• Interested in new technologies with the aptitude to pick them up quickly


• Experience with programming languages such as Java or C/C++ and scripting languages such as Ruby or Python


• Familiarity with Linux/UNIX and the ability to get around using the command-line


• Networking roles would require familiarity with basic concepts, protocols and/or simple troubleshooting


• Available to work full-time(40 hour/week) for a minimum of ten weeks during the summer of 2021