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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Sr. DNS Engineer - **Company:** Salesforce Inc. - **Location:** Indianapolis, IN, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $148,500.0 - $223,900.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Network Analysis, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Configuration Management, Continuous Integration, Data Structures, Software Design Patterns, Programming Tools, Domain Name System Security Extensions, Domain Name System (DNS), Hypertext Transfer Protocols (HTTP), Python (Programming Language), Linux System Administration, Network Architecture, Packet Analyzer, Object-Oriented Software Development, Open Source Technology, Ansible, Salesforce.Com, Spinnaker, SQL Databases, TCP/IP, Network Routers, Transport Layer Security, Load Balancing, Computer Network Technologies, Travis Ci, Grafana, Concurrency, Git, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Route53, Puppet, Terraform, Splunk, Network Server, Docker, Jenkins - **Published:** August 11, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.jobmonkeyjobs.com/career/27922885/Sr-Dns-Engineer-Indiana-Indianapolis-7447 ## About the Role Salesforce's DNS team seeks a Senior/Lead Engineer to join the DNS Operations team. This team is responsible for 24x7 support of the Salesforce public cloud environments. As a member of the DNS Operations team, you will be responsible for incident management on all aspects of the production DNS solution, including performing break/fix and proactive maintenance to resolve outages and minimize the potential for future impact. This includes building, upgrading, and decommissioning public cloud environments. You will support Hyperforce DNS-related customer issues and ensure thorough root cause analysis is completed on all the customer-impacting problems., * Minimum of 5+ years of work experience working with Cloud Architecture * In-depth, hands-on experience with Linux Systems Administration and Troubleshooting, servers, and Cloud architecture. Good knowledge of Linux internals. * Proven professional work experience with Python. In-depth understanding of OOP, design patterns, data structures, algorithms, and concurrency. * Public cloud engineering on GCP, AWS, and or Azure platforms. Cloud provisioning, infrastructure, and migration at cloud scale. * Use of AI assisted development tools to automate DNS and infrastructure management. * Solid understanding of configuring, deploying, managing, and maintaining large cloud-hosted systems. * Experience with container and orchestration systems like Kubernetes, Docker, etc. * Experience with infrastructure automation tools like Splunk, Puppet, Spinnaker, Terraform, git, etc. * Strong understanding of fundamental network technologies like DNS, Load Balancing, SSL, TCP/IP, SQL, HTTP, Switches, Routers. * CI/CD experience with tools like Jenkins, and Travis CI. * Implementation experience of large infrastructure projects. * A continuous learner, a critical thinker, and a team player with excellent communication skills. * Embrace a culture and work environment that promotes diversity and inclusion. * Configuration management with open-source tools, ideally Puppet, Chef, Salt, or Ansible. * Experience maintaining monitoring platforms like Grafana. Even Better If You Have: * Experience using AWS Route 53. * Working in high-availability, 24x7x365 large-scale multi-datacenter environment * Highly skilled in packet analysis, network analysis tools, troubleshooting, and analytical fault diagnosis. * Security hardening of network infrastructure, such as DNSSEC ## Description * Provide first-line customer support and technical expertise for Hyperforce DNS-related issues to determine the root cause of DNS outages to implement workarounds and permanent solutions. * Ensure all Hyperforce DNS issues are resolved promptly, with minimal customer impact. * Isolate server software problems and work with vendors to resolve issues as necessary. * Perform proactive maintenance, builds, decommissioning, etc. * Work collaboratively with engineering teams to identify ways to proactively improve the stability of the services and decrease the potential for future outages to occur. * Drive service ownership for the DNS Cloud; assist in streamlining problem and change management processes, improving alerting and incident handling, and increasing automation. ## Related Videos - [Remote Driving on Plant Grounds with State-of-the-Art Cloud Technologies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/251-remote-driving-on-plant-grounds-with-state-of-the-art-cloud-technologies) - [An Applied Introduction to eBPF with Go](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1075-an-applied-introduction-to-ebpf-with-go) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [Turning Container security up to 11 with Capabilities](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/718-turning-container-security-up-to-11-with-capabilities) - [Docker build without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100114-docker-build-without-docker) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Best Paying Jobs in Technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/256-best-paying-jobs-in-technology) - [How Much FAANG Companies Actually Pay Software Engineers in 2025](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/230-how-much-faang-companies-actually-pay-software-engineers-in-2025) - [What’s the Difference between a Junior, Mid, and Senior Developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/238-what-s-the-difference-between-a-junior-mid-and-senior-developer) - [Best US AI Conferences for CTOs in 2026: Build vs. Buy, Vendor Evaluation, and Peer Intelligence](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/736-best-us-ai-conferences-for-ctos-in-2026-build-vs-buy-vendor-evaluation-and-peer-intelligence)