Network Engineer
ViasatIreland6 days ago
Full-timeRemote FriendlyEngineering
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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
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
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.
Viasat actively supports a diverse workforce and strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.
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
- Design and implement carrier-grade IP/MPLS networks, including core, aggregation, and edge layers.
- Lead engineering efforts across BGP, IS-IS/OSPF, LDP/SR, and EVPN/VXLAN architectures.
- Maintain and optimize Layer 2/3 transport, subscriber management, and peering infrastructures.
- Develop automation and telemetry for provisioning, monitoring, and fault detection (Python, Ansible, REST APIs).
- Drive network scalability and capacity planning aligned with traffic growth.
- Perform deep-dive troubleshooting of routing, forwarding, and optical transport issues.
- Work closely with NOC, architecture, and platform teams to maintain uptime and performance SLAs.
- Contribute to vendor evaluations, network migrations, and standards documentation.
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
- 7+ years in Service Provider or Carrier-grade networking roles.
- Strong operational expertise in BGP, IS-IS, MPLS (LDP/RSVP/SR), EVPN/VXLAN, and QoS.
- Hands-on with Juniper (MX, QFX, ACX), Cisco (NCS, ASR), or Nokia (SR) platforms.
- Experience with traffic engineering, route reflectors, and peering/transit management.
- Familiar with L3VPN/L2VPN (VPLS, VPWS), GRE, and tunnel architectures.
- Strong understanding of IPv6 deployment and policy design.
- Solid grasp of network monitoring systems (SNMP, Telemetry, Splunk, Grafana).
- Excellent documentation and communication skills.
- Experience with Cisco NSO, or similar SDN controllers.
- Proficiency in network automation (Python, Netconf/YANG).
- Knowledge of optical transport, DWDM, or segment routing traffic engineering.
- Familiarity with Datacenter architectures and technologies.
- Relevant certifications (JNCIP-SP, JNCIE-SP, CCNP/CCIE SP, or equivalent).
- Up to 15% travel
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.
Viasat actively supports a diverse workforce and strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.
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