Network Engineer

Job Description

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

The Network Engineer provides technical support to our Tier 1 Service Provider customers in all aspects of the operation of their network. This includes participation in implementation, testing, and troubleshooting activities as well as network configuration, debugging, and optimization. As a member of the Global Connectivity team, you will work with the customer to understand their problems, reproduce them in the lab, and drive them to resolution. Your ability to troubleshoot and tune component hardware and software for secure and efficient network operation will be invaluable. Your skills in scripting, traffic generator setup and operation, and use of network tools are critical in the creation of test environments used to resolve customer issues. Your applied knowledge of Network protocols such as MPLS, VPN, BGP, VLAN, IS-IS, and Network-based Security practices is an essential skill for this role.

The day-to-day

You will lead teams in the troubleshooting of the most complex data network and hardware problems. You will be empowered to research technological advancements and evaluate complex data networking technologies to understand their potential and to recommend future direction.

This role will work with a Global Engineering team supporting a complex ground segment network and will be a hosted member of Hybrid Platforms Network Engineering.

What you'll need

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in implementing and troubleshooting complex IP/MPLS, Network routing, Network switching, and data centre technologies in a Service Provider environment.
• Experience with scripting (e.g., Python, Bash, TCL, expect) is an advantage.
• High-level knowledge of Network hardware and software.
• Experience in creating and building test environments, including developing test plans and procedures.
• Ability to understand end-to-end systems and troubleshoot issues.
• Ability to comprehend complex system architectures and find creative approaches to testing them.
• Experience with Traffic Generation tools setup and operation (including Spirent, IXIA, or similar tools).

What will help you on the job

• Manage network incidents by facilitating the acknowledgement, triage, and restoration of network functionality and performance.
• Some possible travel to field sites to implement, support, and maintain network systems.
• Support of networking systems operated and / or supported by Viasat outside of normal working hours as part of established on-call rosters.
• In-depth knowledge of Networking (switches, routers, firewalls).
• Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Science or equivalent experience.
• High-level knowledge of Network concepts like EVPN, VXLAN, Segment Routing, MPLS.
• Up to 15% travel