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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.\nWhat you'll do\nWe are seeking a highly skilled and expert Network Engineer specializing in networking and infrastructure systems in a rapidly growing environment. This role will support a team that plays a critical role in architecting, developing, securing and maintaining multiple networks and systems withing the Viasat Government organization.\nThe day-to-day\nThis 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.\nOperations & Corrective Maintenance: Perform complex troubleshooting across routing, switching, firewalls, compute, storage, virtual machines, and cloud environments. Participate in an on-call rotation to resolve incidents, conduct root-cause analyses (RCA) and implement upgrades or hardware replacements\nArchitecture, Design & Project Delivery: Lead infrastructure initiatives from concept to deployment. 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Build automation scripts for routine provisioning, configuration management and operational workflows\nVendor & Stakeholder Coordination: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, ISPs, and vendors for circuit delivery, hardware installations, and third-party support\nWhat you'll need\n5+ years' demonstrated experience with routing and switching protocols, firewall policies and virtual machines\nProven hands-on experience designing, implementing and supporting enterprise network environments\nStrong expertise in network security, including firewalls, segmentation, encryption (IPsec/TLS), secure remote access and intrusion detection/prevention systems\n\nDeep knowledge of routing and switching technologies\n\nSolid understanding of core networking protocols, such as TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, BGP, VRFs, VLANs, VPNs, NAT\n\nExperience with hybrid cloud networking and cloud-native network constructs (VPC/VNet design, routing, security groups, load balancers)\n\nFamiliarity with network monitoring, logging and observability tools (e.g., SNMP, NetFlow, Syslog, modern NPM tools).\n\nWorking knowledge of compute platforms and operating systems (Windows, Linux, virtualization such as VMware/Hyper-V)\n\nValidated expertise in end-to-end network and infrastructure troubleshooting, root cause analysis (RCA), and incident remediation\n\nExperience with high availability design, failover strategies, and disaster recovery planning\n\nSuperb communication, documentation, and multi-functional collaboration skills\n\nAbility to participate in after-hours maintenance, cutovers and incident response\n\nAssociates degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems or equivalent technical experience\nActive CCNA, CCIE, CISSP or equivalent professional-level certification\nCompTIA Security+ required (must be obtained within 45 days of hire)\nCapacity to engage in a regular on-call operational rotation as needed \nUS government position. US Citizenship required\nActive DoD Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility (TS/SCI)\nAbility to travel up to 15%\nWhat will help you on the job\nBachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology\n\nProfessional-level certifications such as Palo Alto Certifications or Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)\n\nPractical experience managing, securing, and maintaining enterprise virtualization platforms (VMware, Hyper-V) and Windows Server environments\n\nBroad experience configuring, administering, upgrading and securing multi-vendor hardware, OS platforms, and enterprise applications\n\nHands-on scripting and automation experience using Python, Ansible, PowerShell, or Terraform for network provisioning and operational tasks\n\nDemonstrated experience in cloud environments, including cloud-native firewalls, Web Application Firewalls (WAFs), and edge security platforms\n\nPractical experience implementing Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), SASE, or SSE modern security architectures\n\nFamiliarity with security compliance frameworks (e.g., NIST, CMMC, SOC 2) and secure-by-design principles\n\nHands-on familiarity with vulnerability assessment tools like Nessus and Tenable SecurityCenter\n\nStrong foundation in Identity and Access Management (IAM) systems\n\nExperience interfacing with ISPs to manage circuit delivery across diverse media\n\nSalary range\n$121,000.00 - $191,000.00 / annually.\nFor 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 $150,000.00- $225,000.00/ annually\nAt 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.\nEEO Statement\nViasat 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.\nThis 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.\nOperations & Corrective Maintenance: Perform complex troubleshooting across routing, switching, firewalls, compute, storage, virtual machines, and cloud environments. 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Execute quarterly STIGs and support routine Risk Management Framework (RMF) and Authorization to Operate (ATO) compliance activities\nDocumentation & Automation: Maintain accurate IP Address Management (IPAM), runbooks, network diagrams, rack elevations and System Change Control logs. 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