Company Description

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.

Job Description

What you'll Do

The Platform Engineering team are looking for a motivated, passionate, and professional individual to join our Test and Verification Services team as a Integration Test Engineer. The Test and Verification Services team are responsible for the delivery of our Airline programmes.

Viasat is currently going through significant growth and this role will evolve to reflect the changing business needs. The role may require the ability to travel.

The day-to-day

• Execution of System Integration acceptance test campaigns
• Identify and raise defects, for escalation to the relevant parties and track the defects and the resulting remedial actions through to closure
• Developing, and improving, test procedures and test processes
• Produce concise technical and analysis reports from testing and effectively communicate results from testing activities to management
• Attend meetings involving developers, sub-contractors and customers
• Contribute to the development of test automation tools and scripts
• Develop flight test procedures and scripts and perform data analysis on test results

Qualifications

What you'll Need

• Bachelor's degree or technical diploma in a related technical field such as Computing Science or Telecommunications
• Have excellent knowledge of TCP/IP networking concepts (HTTP/DNS/DHCP/Network Routing)
• Extensive experience on Linux administration
• In depth knowledge of Scripting Languages (Python/Bash/Perl/etc.)
• Good technical writing skills
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• Able to identify and systematically analyze problems/issues/bugs
• Able to independently manage and prioritize their own tasks
• Experience using test management packages (JIRA)
• Excellent capacity at debugging complex systems, developing and implementing quick fixes as well as leading and delivering long term permanent solutions to problems

What Will Help You On The Job

• RHCSA certification or equivalent knowledge is a plus
• Communicate effectively, with excellent spoken and written English
• Produce clear, well-structured documentation
• Work well within a team
• Able to work autonomously and have a good attention to detail
• Able to adapt and learn quickly
• Diligently focus on and complete tasks with a sense of urgency

Additional Information

You must be eligible to work in this location advertised.

EEO statement

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, colour, 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.