Site Reliability Engineer

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.

• Contribute as part of a distributed team of Production Engineers that improve the reliability and performance of the production network
• Troubleshoot and debug the hardest problems, live, in our ever-growing large-scale distributed infrastructure and production environment

• Share an on-call rotation in a follow-the-sun 24x7 support model for the reliability of service
• Apply software engineering and networking knowledge to build tools and data platforms that reduce time to restore and eliminate toil
• Develop strong relationships with partner engineering teams to develop knowledge base and drive operational excellence

• 4+ years of software development experience
• Experience coding in one or more of the following programming languages: Python, C/C++, Java, and/or Go
• Understanding of communication protocol and networking fundamentals
• Experience designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems
• Systematic problem-solving approach
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• BS or MS in Computer Science, a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience

• Experience as a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) or Production Engineer (PE)
• Knowledge of satellite communication or wireless network technologies (WiMAX, LTE)
• Experience of Unix/Linux operating system administration
• Experience managing cloud infrastructure and developing operational processes
• Experience working with Kubernetes
• Experience in automation and machine learning (ML)
• Experience building operational runbooks and monitoring dashboards (e.g. Splunk, Grafana)
• Experience with Continuous Integration (CI) / Continuous Deployment (CD) / DevOps best practices
• Experience with cloud computing technologies such as AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure

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 E-Mail schreiben.