Network and Systems Engineer

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

Looking to take the next step in your career? This role could be an excellent fit. We are seeking a highly skilled and expert network engineer specializing in networking and infrastructure systems in a rapidly growing environment. This team plays a critical role in architecting, developing, securing, and maintaining multiple networks and systems withing the Viasat Government organization.

This is a high-impact role designed for an authority who balances visionary engineering with elite problem solving. You will design, build, and safeguard resilient, high-availability, and hardened network architectures across physical and virtual networks. Beyond standard operations, you will act as the final escalation point for sophisticated infrastructure anomalies, maintain standards, and mentor a talented team of engineers to elevate our overall operational maturity.

The successful applicant must be self-motivated and be capable of completing sophisticated tasks with minimum supervision and have the confidence and ability to promote improvements and introduce new technologies.

The role will require co-ordination with a wide range of other project teams both within and external to Viasat. The successful candidate will be required to represent Viasat as the technical expert in meetings and must be capable of dealing confidently with experts in similar and different fields. The role may require travel to support system integration activities.

The day-to-day

Corrective Maintenance. Troubleshoot complex failures involving: routing, switching, firewalls, virtual machines, storage, compute, etc.

Analyzing the root cause of failures. In the process of fixing the problem, hardware or software may need to be replaced, upgraded, reconfigured, etc. Once service is restored, a true root cause must be identified. Once root cause is identified, procedures are updated and training provided as mitigation.

Performing preventative maintenance of hardware, software, and networks. This is accomplished via routine inspection, backup, physical maintenance, etc. Collaboration with the other team members to ensure accuracy and thoroughness of pre, main, and post executuion work.

Managing Network projects. The team has numerous mid to long term initiatives underway at any given moment. The staff is assigned to a project, and they are expected to champion that project from start to finish.

Documenting procedure creation, corrective actions, configurations, diagrams, etc. The documentation consists of trouble tickets and logs, equipment configurations, wiring diagrams, block and level diagrams, logic diagrams, rack elevation drawings, physical interconnection diagrams, backhaul circuit information, System Change Control, Corrective Action Reports.

Cyber and Information Assuredness. You will work closely with the Cyber Security Operations Center, and the Security Engineering team to identify vulnerabilities, verify network impact, and remediate applicable components. You will perform STIGs on a quarterly basis along with other RMF/ATO activities on a routine basis.

What you'll need

5+ years' demonstrable experience with routing and switching protocols, firewall policies and virtual machines

Validated experience in the networking or systems field

Familiarity with STIG, POAM, IAVM, and other government security policies

Active CCNA, CCIE, CISSP or equivalent certification

Security+ (must obtain within 45 days)

Associates Degree in computing, electronic engineering, information systems, or equivalent experience

US Government position. US Citizenship required

Active DoD Secret Clearance or ability to obtain when administratively feasible

Ability to travel up to 15%

Ability to work an on-call rotation.

What will help you on the job

CCNP or CISSP

PaloAlto Certification

RedHat Linux RHCSA Certifications

Demonstrated experience in a Cloud environment

Active DoD Secret Clearance

Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology or equivalent experience

Artificial Intelligence basics

Automation using Python, Ansible, PowerShell, etc

Nessus, Security Center familiarity

Identity and access management

Experience configuring, administering, upgrading, and securing a wide variety of equipment and applications

Salary range

$147,000.00 - $232,000.00 / 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 $183,000.00- $274,000.00/ 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 .

Corrective Maintenance. Troubleshoot complex failures involving: routing, switching, firewalls, virtual machines, storage, compute, etc.

Analyzing the root cause of failures. In the process of fixing the problem, hardware or software may need to be replaced, upgraded, reconfigured, etc. Once service is restored, a true root cause must be identified. Once root cause is identified, procedures are updated and training provided as mitigation.

Performing preventative maintenance of hardware, software, and networks. This is accomplished via routine inspection, backup, physical maintenance, etc. Collaboration with the other team members to ensure accuracy and thoroughness of pre, main, and post executuion work.

Managing Network projects. The team has numerous mid to long term initiatives underway at any given moment. The staff is assigned to a project, and they are expected to champion that project from start to finish.

Documenting procedure creation, corrective actions, configurations, diagrams, etc. The documentation consists of trouble tickets and logs, equipment configurations, wiring diagrams, block and level diagrams, logic diagrams, rack elevation drawings, physical interconnection diagrams, backhaul circuit information, System Change Control, Corrective Action Reports.

Cyber and Information Assuredness. You will work closely with the Cyber Security Operations Center, and the Security Engineering team to identify vulnerabilities, verify network impact, and remediate applicable components. You will perform STIGs on a quarterly basis along with other RMF/ATO activities on a routine basis.

5+ years' demonstrable experience with routing and switching protocols, firewall policies and virtual machines

Validated experience in the networking or systems field

Familiarity with STIG, POAM, IAVM, and other government security policies

Active CCNA, CCIE, CISSP or equivalent certification

Security+ (must obtain within 45 days)

Associates Degree in computing, electronic engineering, information systems, or equivalent experience

US Government position. US Citizenship required

Active DoD Secret Clearance or ability to obtain when administratively feasible

Ability to travel up to 15%

Ability to work an on-call rotation.