Key Facts

Remote From:

Canada, California (USA), North Dakota (USA), Oregon (USA), Rhode Island (USA), Vermont (USA), United States

Full time

112 - 208K yearly

English

Hard Skills

Other Skills

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Teamwork
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Collaboration
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Communication
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Analytical Skills

Roles & Responsibilities

Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field.
3+ years of work experience in systems engineering, software engineering, or development operations.
3+ years of experience in developing and testing high-level scripts, preferably in Python and/or Bash.
Experience with deployment automation and configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, Chef, or Terraform.

Requirements:

Building, deploying, and testing Helm Charts, ArgoCD applications, and Terraform configurations.
Developing procedures, scripts, and playbooks to automate updates of company software and COTS applications.
Building software packages and deploying/testing them in containerized environments.
Deploying automation for Linux OS updates and patches.

Viasat

Telecommunication Services

About Viasat

Viasat is a global communications company that believes everyone, and everything can be connected. For more than 30 years, Viasat innovations have helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments, and militaries around the world communicate — bringing connectivity when, where, and how it’s needed most. Viasat focuses on the connections that matter as we deliver bold results for our customers, partners, and shareholders worldwide. We provide internet to communities and families in places around the world where cable or fiber isn’t available so they can learn, laugh, and live just like everyone else. We deliver secure, resilient connectivity services and solutions to our military and allies that give them the information dominance they need to bring warfighters home safely. We ensure people on-the-go have access to the same quality of internet in the air or at sea as they have at home. And we give businesses of all sizes the freedom to keep their people, places, and things secure and connected — wherever opportunity takes them.

Company type: XLarge

Industry: Telecommunication Services

Founded: 2018

Company size: 5001 - 10000

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Job description

About us:

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:

We are looking for a DevOps Engineer to join our team! In this position you will be working with novel technology to develop and support a cloud native global satellite communication network. You will be working in an engineering team consisting of software, development operations, and systems engineers. You will be collaborating with software development and network engineering teams in analyzing, automating, and deploying software, operating system, and security updates to a large-scale satellite communications system. You will be responsible for software bug and security vulnerability life-cycle tracking as well as system configuration management, and deployment automation. Your work will include development and maintenance of automated software test, build and deployment processes including continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) of new software builds into both lab and cloud environments.

The day-to-day:

Building, deploying, and testing Helm Charts, ArgoCD applications, and/or Terraform configurations files.
Development of procedures, scripts, and playbooks to automate the update of company software and cots application packages.
Building software packages and deploying / testing them in containerized environments.
Deploying automation for Linux operating system updates and patches.
Deployment and Maintenance of AWS Infrastructure.

What you'll need:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field.
3+ years work experience in systems engineering, software engineering, or development operations.
3+ years of work experience using, testing, and developing high-level scripts preferably with python and/or bash languages.
Experience working with deployment automation and configuration management tools such Ansible, Puppet, Chef, or Terraform.
Good working knowledge of software build process and automation principles.
Familiarity with software development tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, Artifactory, Make etc.
Good working knowledge of Linux operating systems and being able to Administer a Unix/Linux servers.
Working knowledge of the TCP/IP protocol and networking stack.
US citizenship required
Must be able to travel in to a Viasat office as needed

What will help you on the job:

3+ years’ work experience working with software development, test automation, and/or CI/CD tools such as Ansible, GitHub, Jenkins, Artifactory, ArgoCD, Make etc.
Some experience with virtualization technologies such as ESXI, OpenStack etc.
Work experience with containerization technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, and/or OpenShift, etc.
Some experience using and/or administrating SQL database systems.

#LI-BBS

Salary range: $111,500.00 - $176,500.00 / 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 $139,000.00- $208,000.00/ 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.