SWE/Cloud Engineer

One team. Global challenges. Infinite opportunities. At Viasat, we're on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world. For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the globe communicate. We're looking for people who think big, act fearlessly, and create an inclusive environment that drives positive impact to join our team.

Are you an expert at developing and implementing "cloud-first" solutions? We are looking for a SWE/Cloud Engineer who can collaborate with others in the development of automated solutions that drive functionality and lower manual efforts, making the team and product more effective. They will have a solid understanding of the SDLC methodologies and tools to automate all things to improve efficiencies within the platform. You identify problems early, clear roadblocks, build trust with other teams, and communicate clearly and concisely. You're knowledgeable. You love sharing your unique abilities and challenge excites you!

The successful candidate will integrate innovative software features from cloud-based collaboration applications.

7+ years of experience as a DevOps Engineer

Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) or equivalent experience

Hands-on experience supporting deployment processes, patch management, encryption and security controls in an enterprise environment

Strong understanding of modern DevOps/SRE concepts, automation, configuration management, immutability, observability, site reliability.

Strong networking knowledge: TCP/IP, IPSEC, VPN, NAT, Routing Protocols, Firewalls, AAA

Proven technical expertise with Infrastructure-as-Code.

Cloud platform experience. Extensive experience with at least AWS, GCP, or Azure. Experience should be across multiple applications or projects.

Expertise with containers (K8s/Docker), Linux (Bash/CLI), Windows, CI/CD, log management (ELK or similar), message queues.

Prior experience in building automated solutions through tools and software that enable infrastructure to be remotely provisioned, configured and decommissioned.

Ability to lead systems deployment process including: concept, design, creation, test, installation, operation, maintenance, and disposal of systems and services.

Strong scripting/software proficiencies using multiple languages.

Ensures all responsibilities include proper documentation for creation, deployment, patching, securing, asset tracking, lifecycle and hardware/software support.

Understanding of role based access controls, identities, and authentication methods.

Practical Agile and/or DevOps experience with a technical team

Application administration and participate in an on-call rotation with the team to ensure 24x7 support of critical services.

Collaborates with the other product teams and staff to assist with technical analysis and problem resolution on system issues.

Up to 10% travel

US Citizenship required

Experience in writing software/scripting in one or more languages such as Java, Python, Go, JavaScript, C++ or similar

You have a general understanding of a wide array of open source technologies and how they fit together.

Experience in commercial and government cloud environments

Viasat is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, genetics, age, or veteran status or any other applicable legally protected status or characteristic. If you would like to request an accommodation on the basis of disability for completing this on-line application, please click .