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Viasat · 2 months ago

System Integration and Test Engineer

Carlsbad, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$101K/yr - $160K/yr

5+ years exp

Viasat is a global leader in satellite communications, dedicated to delivering connections that change the world. They are seeking a System Integration & Test Engineer to work within a systems integration and test team, collaborating with software development and network engineering teams to define and deliver test suites for hardware and software components of satellite systems.

InternetOptical CommunicationTelecommunications

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Developing and documenting test procedures for various systems

Performing manual and automated testing and documenting results

Identifying, analyzing, and verifying and reporting software bugs and system defects

Using configuration management and deployment automation tools to upgrade and patch Linux operating system and Network device patches in the lab and production environments

Development of configuration management tasks for operating system configuration changes to include security updates

Development of procedures, scripts, and playbooks to automate the update of company software and cots application packages

Building software packages and performing vulnerability and security scans on the software bundles

Qualification

Systems engineeringTest automationConfiguration managementLinux administrationTCP/IP knowledgeCI/CD toolsScripting bashScripting pythonTechnical documentationBug tracking toolsCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or a related technical field

5+ years' work experience in systems engineering, test, or development operations

Work experience in running manual and automated software test suites including unit, regression, performance, qualification, and acceptance testing

Work experience in the development of deployment automation and configuration management playbooks or scripts

Work experience in reporting, analyzing, and verifying software or hardware bugs/defects, and improvements

Work experience writing technical documentation including software deployment procedures, test procedures, test plans and test reports

Good working knowledge of software build process and automation principles

Good working knowledge of Linux operating systems and being able to administer a Unix/Linux server

Good working knowledge and understanding of the TCP/IP protocol and network stack

Good oral and written communication skills and ability to work effectively with both internal team members (e.g.,SW developers, network engineers, development operations, upper management) and customer representatives

Must be a US Citizen and have an ability to obtain a security clearance

Must be able to come into the Carlsbad, CA office

Preferred

3+ years' experience working with software development, test automation and CI/CD tools such as Ansible, GitHub, Jenkins, Artifactory, ArgoCD, Make etc

3+ years' experience or good working knowledge of using, developing, and testing high-level scripts preferably with bash and/or python languages

Some work experience with virtualization technologies such as ESXI, OpenStack etc

Some work experience working with HP and/or DELL servers, and Cisco network equipment

Some work experience working with satellite communication systems

Work experience or good knowledge of containerization technology structures such as Docker, OpenShift, etc

Some work experience with traffic testing and analysis tools

Some experience working with various test tracking and bug tracking tools such as Jama and Jira

Benefits

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.