Cybersecurity Engineer - Viasat Government

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 both government and commercial projects helping to secure products and systems around the globe.

This is a multidisciplinary role which provides great opportunities to learn and grow. In this role you will be the SME helping to guide multiple product and project teams to secure solutions that meet individual customer security requirements. This includes working with teams to interpret and apply security requirements while considering both technical and business impact. You will have the opportunity to work directly with teams and guide how they provision network and server architecture, often being hands-on with design, configuration, scanning, and remediation.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, build, and/or implement secure architectures for ground networks
• 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

• 5+ 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
• Ability to travel up to 10%
• US Citizenship required with the ability to obtain a US Secret Clearance

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity or related engineering discipline
• CCNA or similar certification
• CISSP or similar certification
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Strong interpersonal skills
• The ability to manage competing priorities and timelines
• The ability to work effectively with ambiguity
• Strong self-motivation and independent work ethic
• The ability to work across a geographically distributed team

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.