Software and DevOPs Engineer, Early Career

Viasat, Inc. • Carlsbad, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

As a member of our Global Infrastructure Shared Services team, you will contribute to the design, architecture, and end-to-end deployment of applications primarily hosted on Linux. Your responsibilities will encompass a wide range of tasks such as automating deployment, solving issues, and developing deployment frameworks and pipelines for CI/CD managed systems. Your day-to-day will also include deploying and supporting global deployments of fundamental data center services like standardized system images, Red Hat Satellite 6, SMTP, NTP, Consul, and Syslog. You will develop and maintain a number of internal tools using Python, Ruby, Ansible, and Bash that automate our monitoring, pipelines, and processes. The products you will work on will merge traditional Linux System Administration skills with modern cloud methodologies, giving you tremendous insight into how networked computer systems work at a fundamental level. Your abilities will expand beyond the application layer you learned in school, giving you a deep understanding of why systems perform poorly or are insecure. As a point of contact, your exemplary customer service skills will help support lab environments as well as our global datacenters. This position is located onsite. Viasat embraces a flexible work environment and onsite/hybrid work is determined by individual roles and teams. Relocation assistance is available pending eligibility. As an Early Career hire, you will participate in our Graduate Development Program during your first 12+ months at Viasat. This program is designed to support your transition from university to the workplace through dedicated mentorship, building relationships with your cohort of new grad hires, technical upskilling, soft skills development and more to ensure you’re set up for success as you begin your professional journey with Viasat.

Requirements

• Completion of Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Mathematics or related field
• 0-3 years of full-time, relevant industry experience
• U.S. citizenship
• Previous experience with Linux and software programming languages such as Python, Ruby, JavaScript, or C/C++
• Previous experience with DevOps tools such as Git, Artifactory, Jenkins, Puppet, CHEF, Ansible, Docker
• Previous experience with cloud environments such as AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, and/or Kubernetes.
• Exposure to networking fundamentals, system security, and operating system design

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree or higher
• Experience with deploying applications in virtualized and container environments using automation
• Exposure to monitoring systems and their underlying applications
• Exposure to Machine Learning
• Knowledge of kernel compilation and tuning
• Previous Viasat internship experience

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design, architecture, and end-to-end deployment of applications primarily hosted on Linux.
• Automate deployment, solve issues, and develop deployment frameworks and pipelines for CI/CD managed systems.
• Deploy and support global deployments of fundamental data center services like standardized system images, Red Hat Satellite 6, SMTP, NTP, Consul, and Syslog.
• Develop and maintain internal tools using Python, Ruby, Ansible, and Bash that automate monitoring, pipelines, and processes.
• Support lab environments as well as global datacenters.

Benefits

• Relocation assistance is available pending eligibility.
• Graduate Development Program during your first 12+ months at Viasat.
• Dedicated mentorship.
• Building relationships with your cohort of new grad hires.
• Technical upskilling.
• Soft skills development.
• Comprehensive benefit offerings that are focused on your holistic health and wellness.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees