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Viasat · 12 hours ago

DevOps Engineer

Germantown, MD

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$139K/yr - $208K/yr

3+ years exp

Viasat is on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world, and they are seeking a DevOps Engineer to support a cloud native global satellite communication network. The role involves collaborating with software development and network engineering teams to automate software updates and manage system configurations.

InternetOptical CommunicationTelecommunications

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Building, deploying, and testing Helm Charts, ArgoCD applications, and/or Terraform configurations files

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

Building software packages and deploying / testing them in containerized environments

Deploying automation for Linux operating system updates and patches

Deployment and Maintenance of AWS Infrastructure

Qualification

Deployment automationConfiguration managementCI/CD toolsPythonLinux administrationContainerization technologiesNetworking knowledgeVirtualization technologiesSQL database systemsSoft skills

Required

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

3+ years work experience in systems engineering, software engineering, or development operations

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

Experience working with deployment automation and configuration management tools such Ansible, Puppet, Chef, or Terraform

Good working knowledge of software build process and automation principles

Familiarity with software development tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, Artifactory, Make etc

Good working knowledge of Linux operating systems and being able to Administer a Unix/Linux servers

Working knowledge of the TCP/IP protocol and networking stack

US citizenship required

Must be able to travel in to a Viasat office as needed

Preferred

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

Some experience with virtualization technologies such as ESXI, OpenStack etc

Work experience with containerization technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, and/or OpenShift, etc

Some experience using and/or administrating SQL database systems

Benefits

Additional cash or stock incentives may be provided as part of the compensation package

A range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits

Company

Viasat

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Viasat is a global communications company that offers satellite services.

Founded in 1986

Carlsbad, California, USA

5001-10000 employees

http://www.viasat.com

Funding

Current Stage

Public Company

Total Funding

$3.16B

Key Investors

UK Space AgencyNASA

2025-11-21Grant· $1.15M

2024-09-09Post Ipo Debt· $1.98B

2023-09-13Post Ipo Debt· $733.4M

Leadership Team

Andy Lincoln

Chief Engineer

Don Buchman

President Aviation

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