[Remote] Cloud Engineer, Temporary

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Viasat is a global communications company focused on delivering high-capacity connections for consumers, businesses, governments, and militaries. The Cloud Engineer will support the design, architecture, procurement, deployment, and operation of Linux- and Windows-based infrastructure across on-premises and public cloud environments, with a primary focus on AWS and Linux. The role will contribute to CloudOps, DevOps, infrastructure security, automation, platform enhancements, documentation, and technical support.

Responsibilities

• Provide subject matter expertise to project, delivery teams and IT Operations unit
• Contribute to the implementation of proactive infrastructure security features, patches, and upgrades using an Infrastructure-As-Code approach to achieve secure, stable, and reliable services
• Actively lead in the development and establishment of cloud services capabilities encompassing CloudOps / DevOps practices
• Document infrastructure and work instructions for systems and applications hosted under Cloud stacks
• Provide leadership and knowledge sharing across the team to support the ongoing development of cross team operational support functions
• Review and oversee platform enhancements
• Execute implementations to tight deadlines, working well both independently and as part of a team
• Taking ownership of projects gaining a personal satisfaction in achieving high performing environments
• Communicate technical concepts to non-technical staff and the business
• Govern our technologies to ensure security standards are met
• Working in a DevOps capacity with a desire to automate everything

Skills

• Technical expertise in Cloud Engineering role focusing on Amazon Cloud Services (AWS)
• Proven track record of overseeing IT/Cloud service delivery
• Strong infrastructure background (Linux/Windows) and hands on exposure to Cloud and automation technologies
• Hands-on Automation experience leveraging tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Chef Etc
• Professional scripting experience with languages such as PowerShell, Python, and BASH
• Continuous Integration/Delivery/Deployment & amp; Orchestration - Jenkins or one of its variant
• Experience with virtualization and containerization - VMware, Hyper-V, Docker, VirtualBox, Kubernetes
• Sound knowledge and experience in creating platforms using Kubernetes, EKS, OpenShift
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace
• Experience with log management tools such as ELK
• AWS certification is highly preferred
• Vendor certifications from Red Hat, Microsoft etc

Benefits

• 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.

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