Software Automation Engineer

Viasat, Inc.•Tampa, FL

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Viasat Government - Secure Network Systems organization (SNS) is an interconnected series of small teams that allows for immediate visibility within the group, but maintains the resources support of a large company to solve technology needs. The Viasat Government - SNS team also supports security and cybersecurity needs across the company, in which physical products, tools, and initiatives can have impacts across world-wide usage. Be part of a software development team that designs, re-factors, and maintains code for existing and upcoming features across one or more product lines while meeting an exacting set of standards for security design and testing. As updated standards are released they are deployed across a variety of products and must take into account a variety of competing constraints.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or similar field
2+ years of experience using Java or Python
Ability to pick up new software, frameworks and APIs
Strong communication and collaboration skills
Excellent software design, problem-solving, and debugging skills
Experience with or desire to learn Linux
Active Secret Clearance required

Nice To Haves

Previous experience using C or C++
Previous internship experience
Courses in software architecture
Courses with practical software design usage
Experience with developing software, monitoring, and control software
Familiarity with configuration management tools (Perforce), development tools (Eclipse, Visual Studio, etc.) and agile development methodologies
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines
Knowledge of TCP/IP network fundamentals
Computer control of Ethernet devices over LAN and WAN experience
Experience, interest and desire to work on network-based products

Responsibilities

Work as part of a team that works with and helps clarify requirements while continuously supporting development, integration, automation, and test of the final product through certification.
Derive requirements at the software-level.
Perform high and low-level design.
Participate in Agile sprints for development, integration, and formal testing events.
Develop expertise in different areas as responsibilities on one product/project may differ from those on others.
Work on cybersecurity software & systems engineering.
Work on embedded systems software engineering.
Work as an embedded or applications developer.
Work on system infrastructure development scripting, automation, data visualization & dashboarding.