Senior Systems Engineer

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

Your duties will include supporting server hardware, managing SAN storage, as well as coordinating VMware, Active Directory, LDAP, DNS, NTP, and syslog. As a main point of contact you will use outstanding customer service skills to help support lab environments as well as production data centers. You will apply your advanced Linux skills to bring up new infrastructure and applications to support our ever-growing needs across the enterprise.


This is a site-based role, employees work 3+ days (60%+) per week from a Viasat office or work location within a standard five-day workweek.

This is a contingent/contract position.


US Citizenship or Permanent Resident is required.


The day-to-day

Your daily duties will vary but will include supporting Viasat owned labs, providing advanced support for our customer, and developing infrastructure solutions for our customer's needs. Specific tasks will include:

• Administering VMware
• Administering Active Directory
• Administering SAN Storage
• Administering Backups
• Administering Linux servers
• Administering Windows servers
• Writing Puppet code
• Writing scripts in python and bash
• Supporting and collaborating with Viasat engineering teams
• Supporting customer engineering teams
• Writing and updating documentation
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work autonomously with minimal instruction, balanced with the ability to seek assistance when needed.

What you'll need

• BA/BS in an engineering field or equivalent experience.
• 5 or more years supporting enterprise server hardware.
• 5 or more years Administering Linux Systems
• 5 or more years Administering VMware
• 3 or more years managing SAN storage
• At least 3 years of experience supporting Active Directory
• Over 3 years of experience managing Windows Systems
• 3 our more years experience with configuration management tools like Puppet, Ansible, Chef, or Salt.
• Proficient in scripting languages like Bash, Python, and Perl
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Excellent networking fundamentals: Subnetting, VLANS, TCP, and UDP
• Ability to work autonomously with minimal instruction, balanced with the ability to seek assistance when needed.

What will help you on the job

• Ability to see the big picture when it comes to data center technologies and projects
• Being driven to excellence while understanding that perfection is the enemy of good.
• Good interpersonal skills
• Understanding customer needs even when they can't clearly explain them
• Life long learning

Salary range

$141,500.00 - $224,000.00 / annually.For specific work locations within San Jose, the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, the base pay range for this role is $176,000.00- $264,000.00/ annually


At Viasat, we consider many factors when it comes to compensation, including the scope of the position as well as your background and experience. Base pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Additional cash or stock incentives may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered. Learn more about Viasat's comprehensive benefit offerings that are focused on your holistic health and wellness at
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.