Cloud Engineer

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

The Cloud Services team provides cloud infrastructure used by Viasat engineers to develop and deliver our diverse portfolio of products. As a Cloud Engineer you will work closely with other technical fields to design, develop, and deliver automation and reusable cloud solutions that enable teams at Viasat to scale quickly, and operate securely and efficiently. Your contributions to this team will have a wide-reaching impact on how Viasat develops and delivers our products and services. The ideal candidate will bring a solid background in cloud engineering and the desire to expand their technical horizons by working with a diverse set of technologies and engineers.

The day-to-day

• Build: Ship reusable Terraform modules, Ansible roles, and GitHub Actions workflows adopted by multiple teams each quarter, with versioning and tests
• Automate: Use ticket/runbook data to target high-toil work. Set a ROI goal for each project and report time saved and ticket reduction after launch
• Enable: Write task-focused docs and run short enablement sessions. Participate in escalation for services you own
• Standardize: Maintain reference architectures and guardrails for networking, identity, and security across AWS and Azure. Review designs and contribute PRs
• Integrate: Wire secrets management and security scanning into CI. Align Kubernetes delivery with GitOps practices

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent.
• 3+ years building cloud platform capabilities in AWS or Azure.
• Strong Terraform skills and experience with at least one CI system.
• Kubernetes fundamentals: container build, Helm or Kustomize, deploying to clusters. Cluster operations not required.
• Cloud networking basics: CIDR, routing, security groups/NSGs.
• Working knowledge of PKI and DNS for app delivery.
• Comfortable on Linux and fluent in at least one scripting language.
• Excellent cloud infrastructure design and problem-solving skills.
• Clear written communication and documentation; good collaboration skills.
• Experience working with the Agile/Scrum methodology
• US Citizenship required
• Available to travel up to 10%

Technical Stack

• AWS and Azure, Terraform, Ansible, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, Argo CD, Vault, Linux, Bash or PowerShell.

What will help you on the job

• Experience designing, developing, deploying, and improving cloud infrastructure and related services.
• Experience with Policy as code and security tools such as GitHub Advanced Security
  Secrets management at scale
• Understanding of virtualization and hybrid environments
• Experience guiding teams migrating to Kubernetes
• Exposure to GitOps with ArgoCD
• One or more of Python, TypeScript, Go

Salary range

$129,000.00 - $204,000.00 / 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 $159,500.00- $239,500.00/ 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.