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Viasat · 9 hours ago

Senior Cloud Engineer

Duluth, GA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$190K/yr - $284K/yr

7+ years exp

Viasat is a global communications company on a mission to deliver transformative connections. As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you will design, develop, and deliver automation and reusable cloud solutions, enabling teams to scale quickly and operate securely. Your role will involve mentoring team members and setting standards for cloud engineering practices.

InternetOptical CommunicationTelecommunications

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Build: Ship reusable Terraform modules, Ansible roles, and GitHub Actions workflows adopted by multiple teams each quarter, with versioning and tests

Automate: Use work tracking data to target high-effort work that can be made more efficient through automation. Set a return on investment goal for each project and report time saved and ticket reduction after launch

Enable: Write task-focused documents and run enablement sessions. Participate in resolving blocking issues for services the team operates. Mentor and train team members with acquired skills and knowledge to improve their skills in cloud engineering, CI/CD, and automation

Standardize: Maintain reference architectures and guardrails for secure infrastructure across major cloud providers. Set standards and procedures for Cloud Engineering; drive high-quality code design across the team and serve as lead peer review engineer

Integrate: Incorporate industry standard automation and CI/CD practices into infrastructure to drive efficiency and standardization

Drive: Work on and lead projects of complex scope to deliver cloud infrastructure solutions. Engage other teams and partners to analyze and define problems to be solved. Drive value by evaluating areas for improvement and adapting complex techniques and evaluation criteria to determine appropriate methods

Qualification

Cloud engineeringCI/CDTerraformKubernetesCloud networkingLinuxScripting languageAgile/ScrumClear communicationMentoringProblem-solving

Required

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent

7+ years delivering cloud platform capabilities to a major public cloud provider

3+ years mentoring and leading team members

Expert understanding of public cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and automation

Experience leading the design and delivery of solutions based on defined outcomes while incorporating stakeholder feedback throughout

Expert Terraform (or other IaC) skills and experience with at least one CI system

Substantial experience with Kubernetes: image and container build, Helm or Kustomize, managing applications, and employing related technologies such as Istio, CNI, etc

Cloud networking experience: CIDR, routing, security groups/NSGs, DDI

Experienced with Linux and fluent in at least one scripting language

Expert cloud infrastructure design and problem-solving skills

Clear written communication and documentation; experience engaging customers and stakeholders and discussing technical solutions with all levels of technical background

Experience working with the Agile/Scrum methodology, defining tasks, and acceptance criteria

Technical understanding of virtualization and hybrid infrastructure

US Citizenship required

Available to travel up to 10%