Cloud Platform Engineer: AWS, DevOps & Automation

Viasat; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 121,000 - 191,000; Full time

Job summary

Viasat is seeking a Cloud IT Engineer to design, deploy, and manage Linux-focused enterprise applications across on-prem and cloud environments. You will drive automation, security, and CloudOps practices while collaborating with IT Operations and project teams.

Ideal candidates bring strong Linux experience, AWS expertise, and a passion for automation. This role involves cross-functional teamwork and requires delivering high-performing cloud services across hybrid environments.

Qualifications

• Technical expertise in Cloud Engineering focusing on AWS.
• Proven track record of IT/Cloud service delivery.
• Strong infrastructure background (Linux/Windows) with automation experience.
• Hands-on automation leveraging tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Chef.

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

AWS Cloud

Linux/Windows admin

Automation scripting

Scripting (PowerShell)

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Chef

Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Job description

Viasat is seeking a Cloud IT Engineer to design, deploy, and manage Linux-focused enterprise applications across on-prem and cloud environments. You will drive automation, security, and CloudOps practices while collaborating with IT Operations and project teams.

Ideal candidates bring strong Linux experience, AWS expertise, and a passion for automation. This role involves cross-functional teamwork and requires delivering high-performing cloud services across hybrid environments.