Cloud 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:
We are looking for a Strong DevOps Engineer with expertise in Kubernetes, Rancher and Cloud Infrastructure to join our Container Services team. This role involves responsibility for administration, CICD, and Platform Operations.

The Container Services team provides a microservices platform used by Viasat engineers to develop and deliver our diverse portfolio of products. As an Engineer, your role will involve collaborating with other technical teams to build tools and cloud-native services. These will optimize our Kubernetes platform's performance, scalability, and customer experience. Your contributions on this team will have a wide-reaching impact on how Viasat develops and delivers our products and services.

The day-to-day:

- Manage infrastructure as Code: Develop and maintain automation scripts (Python, Bash, Shell, Go, JavaScript etc.) and tools (GitLab, Hashicorp Terraform, Hashicorp Vault, etc.) to streamline & improve infrastructure deployment, monitoring, and management processes, using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- Security: Implement standard methodologies for security and ensure the platform adheres to industry standards.
- Incident Management: Participate in out of hours on-call rota, help resolve platform related incidents and implement post incident improvements to prevent recurrent issues.
- Collaborate with multi-functional teams in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high-quality solutions.
- Automate the deployment, configuration, and maintenance of our OpenShift clusters through creation and deployment of custom pipelines
- Participate in the review of new cluster configurations and pipelines to ensure they achieve their intended result in a non-disruptive manner
- Identify, recommend, and implement upgrades and enhancements required to maintain system functionality and optimal performance
- Document any new services or infrastructure being deployed as well as ensuring that current documentation remains accurate and follows standard methodologies.
- Fix and conduct root cause analysis for Linux and Windows servers.
- Enhance monitoring and logging with Prometheus and ELK stack.
- Ensure compliance with security standards and implement robust monitoring and logging practices.

What you'll need:

- 5+ years of hands-on experience working with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), containerisation technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, Rancher, Fleet, and Cloudbees, etc.), and monitoring solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry, etc.).
- Knowledge of at least one of these programing languages: Python, Go, JavaScript
- Knowledge of at least one of these scripting languages: Bash, PowerShell
- Interest in designing, developing, deploying, and improving microservice infrastructure and related services
- Ability to pick up new software, frameworks, and APIs
- Excellent software design, problem solving, and debugging skills
- Experience using a Linux operating system
- Knowledge of TCP/IP network fundamentals
- Experience with CI/CD tools and methodologies such as: Jenkins, ArgoCD, AWX etc
- Proficiency with IaC tools like Terraform, Ansible, GitLab runners, etc.
- Proficient in fixing issues and experienced in Linux and Windows server environments.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Problem-solving and critical thinking abilities.
- Develop scripts for automating routine tasks (e.g., Bash, Python, PowerShell).

What will help you on the job:

- Knowledge or experience with CI/CD and tools like: Kubernetes, Ansible, Docker, Git, Artifactory, Jenkins, Puppet, CF Engine, Terraform, Heroku, GitHub Actions
- Knowledge or experience with security tools like: NeuVector, Twistlock, Nessus, Kali, Coverity/Fortify, AppSpider/Netsparker/Burp, metasploit, nmap, CIS Hardening
- Knowledge or experience with microservice platforms like: Rancher Labs, AKS, GKS, EKS
- Knowledge or experience with cloud platforms like: AWS, OpenStack, Azure, Google Cloud
- Knowledge or experience with databases like: MySQL, MongoDB, MSSQL, MariaDB, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, HBase, Hive, Amazon RDS, Impala
- Knowledge or experience with development frameworks like: Flask, Django, React, Ionic, Bootstrap, Semantic UI, Foundation, Angular, Polymer, VueJS
- Experience with Software Development Process: including planning, system integration, verification, and validation for a variety of technical solutions
- Experience working with the Agile/Scrum methodology
- Experience administering Windows or Linux operating systems

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