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.
What you'll do
Are you an expert at developing and implementing “cloud-first” solutions? We are looking for a Cloud Engineer that can collaborate with others in the development of automated solutions that drive functionality and lower manual efforts, making the team and product more effective. You 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 with others. Challenge excites you.
The day-to-day
You have a passion for educating, training, designing, building products for a diverse set of customers.
What you'll need
- 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
- May be required to 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.
- US Citizenship required
What will help you on the job
- 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.
Salary range
$161,000.00 - $255,000.00 / annually. For specific work locations within San Jose, the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, the base pay range for this role is $200,500.00- $300,500.00/ annually
At Viasat, we consider many factors when it comes to compensation, including the scope of the position as well as your background and experience. Base pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Additional cash or stock incentives may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered. Learn more about Viasat’s comprehensive benefit offerings that are focused on your holistic health and wellness at https://careers.viasat.com/benefits.
EEO Statement
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 here.
