{"id":3247732,"url":"https://alion.io/job/viasat-senior-cloud-platform-engineer","title":"Senior Cloud Platform Engineer","company":{"id":1758272,"name":"Viasat","domain":"viasat.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/viasat-com","size_band":"201-500","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Jibe","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":80,"open_postings":34,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":1,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":8,"computed_at":"2026-10-27T05:46:45Z"}},"role":"DevOps","role_family":"DevOps","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Carlsbad, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":121000,"max":191000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":191000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Agile","optional":false},{"name":"Ansible","optional":false},{"name":"ArgoCD","optional":false},{"name":"AWS","optional":false},{"name":"Azure","optional":false},{"name":"CI/CD","optional":false},{"name":"Claude Code","optional":false},{"name":"Copilot","optional":false},{"name":"DNS","optional":false},{"name":"GitHub","optional":false},{"name":"GitHub Actions","optional":false},{"name":"GitOps","optional":false},{"name":"Helm","optional":false},{"name":"Kubernetes","optional":false},{"name":"Kustomize","optional":false},{"name":"Linux","optional":false},{"name":"PKI","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"Scrum","optional":false},{"name":"Terraform","optional":false},{"name":"TypeScript","optional":false},{"name":"Bash","optional":true},{"name":"PowerShell","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-20T22:01:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-25","last_verified_at":"2026-10-27T11:06:29Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":6,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":6},"description":"About usOne 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.\nWhat you'll do\nThe Global IT Transformation team drives innovation and transformation in how Viasat engineers build and deliver our diverse portfolio of products. As a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer, you won't just maintain the\nplatform; you'll help reinvent it. You'll work closely with other technical disciplines to design, develop, and deliver automation and reusable cloud solutions that let teams at Viasat scale quickly and operate securely and efficiently.\nWe're looking for someone who brings real software engineering rigor to infrastructure work, is fluent with modern AI-assisted development tools and constantly sharpens that workflow, and spends real time looking ahead, anticipating the problems our operations teams will face in 6-12 months and prototyping solutions before we need them.\nThe ideal candidate brings a solid cloud engineering foundation, strong software engineering instincts,\ngenuine initiative, and the curiosity to explore new tools, technologies, and ways of working, along with the judgment to bring promising ideas through our approval process rather than around.\nThis is a site-based role, employees work 3+ days (60%+) per week from a Viasat office or work location within a standard five-day workweek.\nUS Citizenship required\nThe day-to-day\n Build: Ship reusable Terraform modules, Ansible roles, and GitHub Actions workflows adopted by multiple teams each quarter, with versioning and tests. Apply software engineering practices (modular design, code review, automated testing) to infrastructure code and internal tooling, not just application code.\nAutomate: 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.\nEnable: Write task-focused docs and run short enablement sessions. Participate in escalation for services we own.\nStandardize: Maintain reference architectures and guardrails for networking, identity, and security across AWS and Azure. Review designs and contribute PRs.\nIntegrate: Wire secrets management and security scanning into CI. Align Kubernetes delivery with GitOps practices.\n Accelerate: Use AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and similar) as a core part of your daily workflow. Regularly evaluate and refine your setup, including skills, plugins, prompts, and agents, and share improvements with the team. Stay current on which AI tools are approved for use, and if you identify a promising new one, drive it through the compliance/approval process.\nInnovate: Spend dedicated time looking 6-12 months ahead to anticipate platform and workflow problems before they become urgent. Run proofs-of-concept on emerging tools and approaches, and bring findings back to the team. Actively collaborate with teammates to brainstorm and pressure-test new ideas.\nTechnical Stack:\nAWS and Azure, Terraform, Ansible, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, Argo CD, Vault, Python/Typescript, Linux, Bash /PowerShell, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code.\nWhat you'll need\nBachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent.\n6+ years building cloud platform capabilities in AWS or Azure.\nStrong Terraform skills and experience with at least one CI system.\nProficiency in at least one general-purpose programming language (Python, TypeScript, or Go), with solid software engineering fundamentals: version control workflows, code review, and automated testing.\nKubernetes fundamentals: container build, Helm or Kustomize, deploying to clusters. Cluster operations not required.\nFamiliarity with GitOps delivery patterns (e.g., Argo CD) and integrating secrets management into CI/CD pipelines.\nCloud networking basics: CIDR, routing, security groups/NSGs.\nWorking knowledge of PKI and DNS for app delivery.\nComfortable on Linux and fluent in at least one scripting language.\nDaily, hands-on use of AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code), with a track record of tailoring your AI workflow through custom skills, plugins, or configurations.\nDemonstrated curiosity for evaluating new tools and technologies, with experience prototyping or running small proofs-of-concept to test ideas before proposing them broadly.\nComfort working within an organization's tool-approval or compliance process to introduce new software, rather than working around it.\nExcellent cloud infrastructure design and problem-solving skills, with demonstrated initiative and outside-the-box thinking.\nPrevious experience migrating workloads from on-prem to public cloud.\nClear written communication and documentation; a strong collaborator who enjoys brainstorming and cross-team ideation.\nExperience working with the Agile/Scrum methodology.\nWhat will help you on the job\nSecrets management at scale (e.g., Vault) across multiple teams or environments.\nProduction experience running GitOps delivery with Argo CD, beyond basic familiarity.\nExperience with policy as code and security tools such as GitHub Advanced Security.\nExperience with hybrid cloud connectivity or networking between AWS, Azure, and on-prem/virtualized environments.\nExperience guiding teams migrating to Kubernetes.\nA track record of proofs-of-concept that were adopted into production use, not just explored.\nHistory of championing new tools or processes org-wide (beyond your own team) through a formal approval/compliance process.\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.\n Build: Ship reusable Terraform modules, Ansible roles, and GitHub Actions workflows adopted by multiple teams each quarter, with versioning and tests. Apply software engineering practices (modular design, code review, automated testing) to infrastructure code and internal tooling, not just application code.\nAutomate: 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.\nEnable: Write task-focused docs and run short enablement sessions. Participate in escalation for services we own.\nStandardize: Maintain reference architectures and guardrails for networking, identity, and security across AWS and Azure. Review designs and contribute PRs.\nIntegrate: Wire secrets management and security scanning into CI. Align Kubernetes delivery with GitOps practices.\n Accelerate: Use AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and similar) as a core part of your daily workflow. Regularly evaluate and refine your setup, including skills, plugins, prompts, and agents, and share improvements with the team. Stay current on which AI tools are approved for use, and if you identify a promising new one, drive it through the compliance/approval process.\n Innovate: Spend dedicated time looking 6-12 months ahead to anticipate platform and workflow problems before they become urgent. Run proofs-of-concept on emerging tools and approaches, and bring findings back to the team. Actively collaborate with teammates to brainstorm and pressure-test new ideas.\nTechnical Stack:\nAWS and Azure, Terraform, Ansible, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, Argo CD, Vault, Python/Typescript, Linux, Bash /PowerShell, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code.\nBachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent.\n6+ years building cloud platform capabilities in AWS or Azure.\nStrong Terraform skills and experience with at least one CI system.\nProficiency in at least one general-purpose programming language (Python, TypeScript, or Go), with solid software engineering fundamentals: version control workflows, code review, and automated testing.\nKubernetes fundamentals: container build, Helm or Kustomize, deploying to clusters. Cluster operations not required.\nFamiliarity with GitOps delivery patterns (e.g., Argo CD) and integrating secrets management into CI/CD pipelines.\nCloud networking basics: CIDR, routing, security groups/NSGs.\nWorking knowledge of PKI and DNS for app delivery.\nComfortable on Linux and fluent in at least one scripting language.\nDaily, hands-on use of AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code), with a track record of tailoring your AI workflow through custom skills, plugins, or configurations.\nDemonstrated curiosity for evaluating new tools and technologies, with experience prototyping or running small proofs-of-concept to test ideas before proposing them broadly.\nComfort working within an organization's tool-approval or compliance process to introduce new software, rather than working around it.\nExcellent cloud infrastructure design and problem-solving skills, with demonstrated initiative and outside-the-box thinking.\nPrevious experience migrating workloads from on-prem to public cloud.\nClear written communication and documentation; a strong collaborator who enjoys brainstorming and cross-team ideation.\nExperience working with the Agile/Scrum methodology.","description_format":"text","description_chars":10594,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":true,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Satellite Communications","Mobile Networks"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-25T19:20:14Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 32 · green card filings: 19","filings_12m":32,"filings_prev_12m":42,"green_card_filings_12m":19,"median_offered_wage_usd":142500,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-15T11:24:14+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":21}],"liveness":{"score":45,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.604,"p_room":0.75,"age_days":6,"expected_fill_days":8,"reasons":["conf:3","stale_co","velocity","win:late","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-27T05:46:45Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":191000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/viasat-senior-cloud-platform-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/viasat-senior-cloud-platform-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-27T11:36:41Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":13756,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-28T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1758272},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1758272"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fviasat-senior-cloud-platform-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fviasat-senior-cloud-platform-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fviasat-senior-cloud-platform-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/viasat-senior-cloud-platform-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fviasat-senior-cloud-platform-engineer"}]}