Cyber Security Engineer in Carlsbad, California | Viasat, Inc.

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 growing, 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 government projects helping to secure products and systems around the globe.

This is a multidisciplinary role spanning Cybersecurity and IA, Windows and Linux administration, network administration, security requirements analysis, and system integration testing. You will work with the product development team to ensure secure architecture and compliance with all security requirements. This role also includes responsibilities in the system test domain where you will validate system security and functionality.

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

Act as a central cybersecurity resource across multiple projects and programs, and act as a cybersecurity lead for larger efforts

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

Manage system security requirements

Manage and configure firewalls, routers, and switches

Validate and test security functionality

10+ years of experience in Cybersecurity Engineering, Information Assurance, secure systems/network administration, or similar discipline

Demonstrated experience creating and maintaining RMF packages, including designing and documenting security plans, policies, and procedures, and maintaining them in eMASS

Deep understanding of security compliance standards such as NIST 800-53, RMF, CMMC, CIS, or similar

Strong experience with cybersecurity defense and detection methodologies

Demonstrated knowledge of the DoD Zero Trust Framework

Good understanding of IT systems, centralized directory services, and IP networking

US citizenship and the ability to obtain a TOP SECRET security clearance is required

Ability to travel up to 20%

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineer, Cybersecurity, or related engineering discipline

CCNA, JNCIA, or similar certification

CISSP or similar certification

Familiarity with securing cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, and GCP

Experience using vulnerability scanning platforms such as Nessus

Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

Strong interpersonal skills

The ability to manage competing priorities and timelines

Strong self-motivation and independent work ethic

The ability to work across a geographically distributed team