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# Systems Engineer

- **Company:** Viasat, Inc.
- **Location:** San Jose, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $141,500.0 - $224,000.0
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Active Directory, Backup Devices, Bash Shell, Linux, Domain Name System (DNS), Perl (Programming Language), Subnetting, Python (Programming Language), Lightweight Directory Access Protocols (LDAP), Linux Servers, Windows Servers, Networking Basics, Network Time Protocols, Operational Databases, Ansible, Syslog, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), Virtual Local Area Networks, Scripting, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Hardware Infrastructure, Puppet, Vmware
- **Published:** June 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/5aecf535-40ec-4a3f-ab6d-c2ba92edf375

## About the Role

* BA/BS in an engineering field or equivalent experience.
 * 5 or more years supporting enterprise server hardware.
 * 5 or more years Administering Linux Systems
 * 5 or more years Administering VMware
 * 3 or more years managing SAN storage
 * At least 3 years of experience supporting Active Directory
 * Over 3 years of experience managing Windows Systems
 * 3 our more years experience with configuration management tools like Puppet, Ansible, Chef, or Salt.
 * Proficient in scripting languages like Bash, Python, and Perl
 * Excellent verbal and written communications skills
 * Excellent networking fundamentals: Subnetting, VLANS, TCP, and UDP
 * Ability to work autonomously with minimal instruction, balanced with the ability to seek assistance when needed.

What will help you on the job

 * Ability to see the big picture when it comes to data center technologies and projects
 * Being driven to excellence while understanding that perfection is the enemy of good.
 * Good interpersonal skills
 * Understanding customer needs even when they can't clearly explain them
 * Life long learning

## Description

Your duties will include supporting server hardware, managing SAN storage, as well as coordinating VMware, Active Directory, LDAP, DNS, NTP, and syslog. As a main point of contact you will use outstanding customer service skills to help support lab environments as well as production data centers. You will apply your advanced Linux skills to bring up new infrastructure and applications to support our ever-growing needs across the enterprise., Your daily duties will vary but will include supporting Viasat owned labs, providing advanced support for our customer, and developing infrastructure solutions for our customer's needs. Specific tasks will include:

 * Administering VMware
 * Administering Active Directory
 * Administering SAN Storage
 * Administering Backups
 * Administering Linux servers
 * Administering Windows servers
 * Writing Puppet code
 * Writing scripts in python and bash
 * Supporting and collaborating with Viasat engineering teams
 * Supporting customer engineering teams
 * Writing and updating documentation
 * Excellent verbal and written communication skills
 * Ability to work autonomously with minimal instruction, balanced with the ability to seek assistance when needed.


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