Cybersecurity 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.

We are looking for a Cybersecurity Engineer who is eager to contribute to a small, fast-paced team! Our ideal candidate will have a background in Information Assurance (IA) and Cybersecurity frameworks, as well as IT infrastructure experience including route and switch, firewall, server provisioning, virtualization, and container architecture. In this role you'll support government projects helping to secure products and systems around the globe.

This is a multidisciplinary role spanning Cybersecurity and IA, Linux administration, network administration, security requirements analysis, and system integration testing. You will work with the product development team to ensure secure architecture and compliance with all security requirements. This role also includes responsibilities in the system test domain where you will validate system security and functionality.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, build, and/or implement secure architectures
• Create documentation to track vulnerabilities and remediations, populate security packages, and present program security status
• Provide technical and policy guidance that will enable successful security accreditation efforts
• Manage system security requirements
• Manage customer firewalls, routers, and switches
• Validate and test security functionality

• 7+ years of experience in Cybersecurity Engineering, Information Assurance, secure systems/network administration, or similar discipline
• Experience designing and documenting security plans, policies, and procedures
• Familiarity with security compliance standards such as NIST 800-53, RMF, CIS, or similar
• Familiarity with cybersecurity defense and detection methodologies
• Familiarity with defense-in-depth architecture
• Good understanding of IT systems, centralized directory services, and IP networking
• US citizenship and the ability to obtain a SECRET security clearance is required
• Ability to travel up to 10%

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Cybersecurity or a related engineering field
• CCNA or similar certification
• CompTIA Sec+ CE, CISSP, or similar certification
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal
• Good interpersonal abilities
• The ability to manage contending priorities and timelines
• Strong self-motivation and independent work ethic
• Demonstrated skill in collaborating with a team that is geographically dispersed

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.