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About the job

About us

At Viasat, the work you do helps people stay connected in ways that matter, from everyday moments to critical missions across air, land, sea, and space.

We’re a place for people who are curious, bold, and motivated by meaningful work. Here, you'll have the opportunity to make an impact, explore new possibilities, and grow your career in ways that align with your interests and goals. When you're ready to take on something new, you'll find leaders who support your development and help you turn your ambition into action.

What you'll do

We are looking for a Cybersecurity Engineer who is eager to contribute to a growing, fast-paced team! Our ideal candidate will have a background in Information Assurance (IA) and Cybersecurity frameworks, as well as IT infrastructure experience including route and switch, firewall, server provisioning, virtualization, and container architecture. In this role you'll support government projects helping to secure products and systems around the globe.

The day-to-day

This is a multidisciplinary role spanning Cybersecurity and IA, Windows and Linux administration, network administration, security requirements analysis, and system integration testing. You will work with the product development team to ensure secure architecture and compliance with all security requirements. This role also includes responsibilities in the system test domain where you will validate system security and functionality.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, build, and/or implement secure architectures

Create documentation to track vulnerabilities and remediations, populate security packages, and present program security status

Provide technical and policy guidance that will enable successful security accreditation efforts

Manage system security requirements

Manage and configure firewalls, routers, and switches

Validate and test security functionality

What you'll need

7+ years of experience in Cybersecurity Engineering, Information Assurance, secure systems/network administration, or similar discipline

Experience designing and documenting security plans, policies, and procedures

Familiarity with security compliance standards such as NIST 800-53, RMF, CMMC, CIS, or similar

Familiarity with cybersecurity defense and detection methodologies

Familiarity with defense-in-depth architecture

Good understanding of IT systems, centralized directory services, and IP networking

US citizenship and active TOP SECRET security clearance is required. Must be able to obtain a TS/SCI

Ability to travel up to 20%

What will help you on the job

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineer, Cybersecurity, or related engineering discipline

CCNA, JNCIA, or similar certification

CompTIA Sec+ CE, CISSP, or similar certification

Familiarity with the DoD Zero Trust Framework

Familiarity with securing cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, and GCP

Experience using eMASS to enter and maintain RMF accreditation packages

Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

Strong interpersonal skills

The ability to manage competing priorities and timelines

Strong self-motivation and independent work ethic

The ability to work across a geographically distributed team

Salary range

$140,500.00 - $221,500.00 / 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 $174,000.00- $261,000.00/ 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 .