NordVPN
Technology
SeniorSiteReliabilityEngineer-VPNService
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“Senior Site Reliability Engineer - VPN Service at NordVPN. Skills: Site Reliability Engineering, VPN Services, Network Engineering, System Administration. Deploy VPN services. Manage VPN services”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver OKRs; Meet key commitments
Industry & Context.
Problem-solver; Root cause analysis; Bottleneck identification; Troubleshooting
Hybrid work, Work from anywhere
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Advanced networking, Linux at depth, Firewall management, Performance analysis, OSI model fluency, Security fundamentals, Authentication and authorization, Configuration management, Load balancing
Nice to Have
Python programming, C, Rust, or Go, Observability knowledge, On-demand bare-metal provisioning, EBPF, strace, Virtualization, Kubernetes networking, AI tooling interest
What You'll Do.
Ensure connection quality
Collaborate with application teams
Optimize VPN service performance
Manage security posture
Manage authentication infrastructure
Manage authorization infrastructure
Own configuration management
Own automated provisioning
Provide incident communication
Own critical VPN services
Raise engineering quality
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Application teams; Cross-functional teams
Communication Scope
Incident communication; Written communication
Process & Methodology
Agreed timelines
Full Job Description
THE WORLD’S MOST ADVANCED VPN, AND A WHOLE LOT MORE. If you’re a curious problem-solver who carves their own path, join the team behind Threat Protection Pro, the NordLynx protocol, and the fastest VPN on the planet—tools that put privacy, security, and control back in people’s hands. Your impact? Helping millions take back control of their online security, privacy, and data. MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES - Deploy and manage globally distributed VPN and DNS services - Ensure connection quality, stability, and performance across the entire node fleet - Collaborate with application teams on client connectivity and protocol behavior - Optimize VPN service performance - kernel tuning, flamechart analysis, profiling - Manage security posture - firewalls, PKI, certificate lifecycle, hardening - Manage authentication and authorization infrastructure - Own configuration management and automated provisioning of infrastructure - Clear written incident communication and postmortem ownership CORE REQUIREMENTS - Own critical VPN services end-to-end including architecture, scalability, security and monitoring - Deliver OKRs and key commitments within agreed timelines - Write RFCs/ADRs for new features, refactors, etc - Raises engineering quality through standards, design reviews, knowledge sharing and mentorship - Balances reliability, security and delivery speed with strong operational judgment - Advanced networking - VPN protocols, tunneling, routing, DNS - Linux at depth - kernel internals, tuning, module management - Firewall management - Performance analysis - flamecharts, profiling, bottleneck identification - OSI model fluency - L2 through L7, TCP/IP stack, SSL/TLS - Security fundamentals - PKI, certificate management, hardening - Authentication and authorization - RADIUS, access control - Configuration management and automated deployments - Load balancing and failover for distributed services - Docker BONUS POINTS FOR - Python programming - C, Rust, or Go - for lower-level servic
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