Field Engineer, Networking - Advanced Network Products

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.

As a member of our complex solutions engineering and technical account management team, you will use your networking and product experience to craft, implement, document, test, resolve and deploy Command and Control Network at the edge solutions.

In this role you will aid and assist in sophisticated demonstrations for current and future customers, diagnose and resolve sophisticated problems, provide critical architecture support, and maintain a variety of network communication protocols. You'll assist in resolving communication system issues, architect/integrate new solutions and influence emerging technology to address customer challenges. You'll be involved in a diverse number of communications programs and projects for US DoW customers as well as commercial applications and will collaborate closely with a broad spectrum of program managers, hardware/software/project engineers and various internal support organizations on a regular basis. Additionally, you'll research technological advancements and evaluate sophisticated data networking technologies to understand their potential and travel to participate in demonstrations and field work at customer sites domestically and internationally. You will be required to provide training classes on Command and Control Network products to customers.

• 3+ years' experience with Cisco Switch/Routers/ASA Firewalls
• 3+ years' experience in electronics integration, resolution and diagnostics
• Proven experience in network design including Layer 2/3 design
• Prior experience working with virtualization (ESXi, KVM)
• Experience with Linux based systems
• Proficient in resolving and tuning component hardware, software, networking and communications protocol problems
• Demonstrated expertise in protocol standards such as IPv4, 802.11b/g, GRE, ARP, MPTCP, MPVPN and IPSEC.
• Experience training in a formal classroom environment
• Excellent verbal and communication skills
• Bachelor's Degree in a technical subject area or equivalent experience
• CCNA Certification or equivalent experience
• Juniper Network Certified Specialist or equivalent experience
• US Government position. US Citizenship required
• Active DoD Secret Clearance
• Ability to travel up to 50% domestically and internationally

• CompTIA Network+ and Security+ certifications
• 3+ years' experience and hands-on knowledge in operating and maintaining military communications systems and their respective subsystems to include military networks, SATCOM, and tactical radio's
• Military Satellite Communications architecture experience
• Classified network enclave design, and high-assurance inline network encryptors
• Experience with automation scripting (Python, Bash, Ansible, etc.)
• Experience with network traffic generators (Spirent, Ixia, etc.)
• Knowledge/Experience of cloud platforms: Amazon, Openstack, Microsoft's Azure, Google Cloud Platform
• Domestic and international logistics and exercise planning
• CCNA Certification
• Juniper Network Certified Specialist certification

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.