Data Engineering Manager

Job Description

Bigger challenges. Bolder ideas. Global impact. At Viasat, we’re on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world. We’re the company behind the world’s fastest satellite internet service, with technology that’s helping to bridge the digital divide and improve life for our customers around the globe. By providing powerful new ways for people to connect with one another, gain greater access to education, entertainment, medical research, commerce, and much more, our team is empowering millions of customers worldwide. We’re looking for passionate, innovative professionals to join our team and connect the world to more. You’ll work in a collaborative and inclusive environment that values diverse perspectives and continuous learning, and provides industry-leading benefits with unmatched opportunities for career growth. Our team is fearless in pursuit of new ideas and uncompromising in our quest to become the world’s first truly global Internet Service Provider. Interested in joining our mission? Take a look at career opportunities at Viasat today. Job Responsibilities

In this role, you will help build, lead, and manage a new team of cloud and data engineers responsible for architecting and operating a data and machine learning platform for Viasat’s Operations department. The team will own core components of a high-availability data ingestion and integration processing pipeline that intakes data from globally distributed sources. You will design and implement new features and enhancements to the data platform to advance component architecture towards strategic data governance/management objectives while providing ongoing support, monitoring, and maintenance of deployed products. You will work with data scientists and machine learning engineers to build and enhance a next generation machine learning platform to enable AI-powered applications impacting internal and external customers. You will work with full stack software engineering teams to design, develop, and deploy high availability systems relied upon by internal and external customers. Additionally, you will monitor and recommend emerging technologies/technology practices for potential use within the Company.

Requirements

• 8+ years proven software development experience
• 3+ Data Warehouse Experience with Oracle, Redshift, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, etc. and demonstrated strength in SQL, data modeling, ETL development, and data warehousing
• Experience in maintaining data warehouse systems and working on large scale data transformation using Hadoop, Spark, Hive, or other Big Data technologies
• Familiarity with at least one cloud provider such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Demonstrated experience in design, development, and implementation of highly scalable, high-volume software systems and components, web applications and systems as a full stack developer using two or more of the following: Java, Python, NodeJS, C, C++, or C#
• Exposure to continuous integration implementations that utilize DevOps style tools (such as Jenkins, Ansible, Docker, GitLab, etc.)
• Proven team player with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced dynamic agile work environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• Ability to travel up to 10%

Preferences

• 3+ years in a leadership position
• Understanding of distributed and parallel computing architectures
• Working experience in data ingestions including streaming, batch processing, and real-time data processing frameworks and storage (Kafka, Hadoop, Spark Streaming, Mesos or Kinesis)
• Experience with container orchestration services (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS KMS, etc.)
• Experience working with data across sensitivity levels (ITAR, PII, PCI, etc.)
• Experience with AWS GovCloud
• Strong networking knowledge (TCP, UDP, Multicast, IPv6)

“If the Federal Executive Order for Government Contractors becomes effective, this role may require vaccination. In such instance, absent an approved accommodation based on a religious or medical reason, employees in this role will be required to be fully vaccinated no later than applicable deadlines, which are unknown at this point. Viasat will strive to give individuals as much notice as practicable if a vaccine mandate becomes applicable to this role.”

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