Senior Systems Engineer – Safety Services

at  ViaSat

About us
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.
What you’ll do
Working in the Safety Systems Engineering team, part of Platform Engineering within the Network Operations function of COO, the Senior Engineer for Safety Services, is responsible for supporting the portfolio of safety services that Inmarsat deliver today and in the future. This includes the upcoming IRIS ATN service as well as the existing Swift-Broadband Safety and legacy services.
The successful candidate will be required to ensure that safety services are operating correctly at all times, responding to incidents, taking corrective action where needed, and proactively managing both the short-term (e.g. system faults, configuration changes, security vulnerabilities) and long-term (e.g. future enhancements) operation of these services.

WHAT WILL HELP YOU ON THE JOB

• Familiarity with our safety-related services and systems
• Knowledge of satellite communications principles
• Familiarity with ticketing systems, incident management and change control tools and processes
• Knowledge of networking technology and protocols including routers, switches, firewalls, TCP/IP, UDP, BGP, HTTP(S), SSL/TLS, SSH, SNMP etc.
• Knowledge of IT security practices and technologies including IPSec and PKI.
• Knowledge of Cloud Computing Services
• Knowledge of various operating systems usage and administration (Windows and Linux)
• Programming/scripting experience (e.g., C, C++, C#, Perl, python, java, HTML
  EEO statement
  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 here.

Please refer the Job description for details