Cybersecurity Engineer, Early Career

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.

As a Viasat Offensive Security Engineer, you will be responsible for simulating real-world cyberattacks against Viasat's hardware, service network infrastructure, satellite ground stations and related systems. You will conduct comprehensive technical cybersecurity risk assessments and report your findings to technical and executive teams, providing clear, actionable improvements to team practices and activities.

• Network Penetration Testing: Perform gray-box and black-box penetration tests on the Viasat network infrastructure, encompassing customer-facing networks, firewalls, and core ISP systems.
• Vulnerability Exploitation: Develop and execute custom exploits to demonstrate the impact of identified vulnerabilities and combine multiple weaknesses into chained attack scenarios.
• Reporting and Communication: Create high-quality, comprehensive reports that detail vulnerabilities, risk levels, and recommendations for engineering teams.
• Threat Research: Stay current with the latest security trends, exploits, and methodologies.
• Tool Development: Develop custom scripts and tools to automate testing processes and improve the efficiency of security assessments.

Additional:

• This position is located onsite. Viasat embraces a flexible work environment and onsite/hybrid work is determined by individual roles and teams. Relocation assistance is available pending eligibility.

• As an Early Career hire, you will participate in our Graduate Development Program during your first 12+ months at Viasat. This program is designed to support your transition from university to the workplace through dedicated mentorship, building relationships with your cohort of new grad hires, technical upskilling, soft skills development and more to ensure you're set up for success as you begin your professional journey with Viasat

Requirements:

• Education: Completion of a Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity or related engineering discipline.
• Experience: This role is intended for someone with 0-3 years of full-time, relevant industry experience
• Citizenship: This position requires U.S. citizenship
• Additional:
  • Familiarity of networking concepts, protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP), and operating systems (Linux, Windows, RTOS)
  • Familiarity with penetration testing methodologies such as OWASP or Penetration Test Execution Standard.
  • Familiarity with programming languages (JavaScript, Python, Ruby, RUST, C, C++)
  • Strong communications skills, the ability to write detailed reports, and deliver technical briefings

• Experience with penetration testing through bug bounties or Open Source contributions
• The ability to manage competing priorities and timelines
• The ability to work effectively with ambiguity
• Strong self-motivation and independent work ethic
• The ability to work across a geographically distributed team

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.