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Software Engineer, Early Career

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.
Job Responsibilities 
We're looking for a Systems Engineer to join the Access Network DevOps team in Viasat’s Global Networks and Technology group. As a member of the team, you’ll work on the development of new system features and enhancements and troubleshoot issues and tackle problems for the existing ViaSat-2 and new ViaSat-3 satellite networks. In this exciting role, you will interact with members of several different teams and gain end-to-end experience in several areas of Viasat’s satellite network technology.
* Support network performance monitoring and troubleshooting
* Develop monitoring and alerting solutions and other automation to reduce manual effort and time required for network operations
* Production network support: monitoring and troubleshooting issues in the Access Network. Directing DevOps efforts among the various product teams. Periodic on-call support.
* Sustaining System Engineering for the VS2 ground system
* Support System Engineering and integration during the launch of the new VS3 satellite service
* Perform various System Engineering activities to support satellite network feature development
* Propose solutions to a variety of System Engineering problems in the Access Network
Requirements
* Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
* Ability to learn new skills and programming/scripting languages
* Willingness to engage as a DevOps engineer, who can handle the different stages of the feature development cycle from design, development, testing, to deployment and production support
* Problem-solving, and critical thinking experience
* Ability to work cross-collaboratively with internal stakeholders
* Ability to work on distributed remote agile teams with a high degree of self-motivation and ability to work independently
* Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Preferences
* Digital communications experience
* Satellite communications knowledge/coursework
* Previous software development internship experience with exposure to application/systems design
* Knowledge of TCP/UDP networking fundamentals

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