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Principal Cyber Security Engineer, Strategy and Architecture at Viasat | LAYIQ

The Lead Cyber Security Engineer is a senior-level leader who supports the Security Engineering and Operations organization. They work closely with the Deputy CISO to implement security strategies and guide the security organization's overall direction to meet those strategies. This position will assist in leading the organization roadmap. It will also involve working with engineering authorities to resolve blockers. The role focuses on delivering technical solutions that advance strategic objectives.
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As our Principal Security Systems Engineer, you must be technically strong and comfortable working across socio-technical boundaries. You should be highly collaborative and hands-on when crafting and delivering improvements to Viasat’s security posture. This role will operate across multiple cybersecurity technical and functional groups to assist with translating the strategic vision into practical work. Will also assist the deputy chief information security officer by working closely with the engineering and operational security team. The ideal candidate is capable as a hands-on engineer, mentor, and multi-functional facilitator and can jump in on a program as a performer.
Strategic & Multi-Functional Leadership
Serve as a technical liaison between the CISO organization and other senior leadership domains to better ‘see ahead’ to where security needs to be.
Collaborate across security functions which exist in other parts of the company to ensure alignment, scalability, and efficiency.
Participate in enterprise security architecture discussions and translate outcomes into domain and project-specific engineering requirements and repeatable patterns.
Technical Leadership & Execution
Provide hands-on technical leadership in designing, developing, and validating secure system architectures, communications networks, and security controls.
Guide the implementation of secure network design, segmentation strategies, encryption mechanisms, identity and access controls, and monitoring systems.
Establish a robust methodology for documenting and describing technical decisions to ensure efficient maturation of security-impacting services.
Develop an understanding of the operational processes followed by Security to be able to identify difficulties and opportunities for improvement.
Maintain a degree of technical proficiency with the various tools used by the Security organization. This helps identify gaps in tooling coverage.
Help bridge the gap between security operations and security engineering by ensuring that operational realities inform engineering decisions, and that engineered solutions work under operational pressure.
Participate in encouraging the responsible adoption of AI capabilities across the wider Security organization.
Collaboratively develop mechanisms to enable the security department to enforce security policies, procedures, and ensure compliance with frameworks like NIST, ISO 27001, GDPR, and CCPA.
Team Development & Enablement
Mentor and develop security engineers across multiple teams, providing mentorship, training, and technical support.
Build productive, trust-based relationships with engineering teams, product owners, executives, and external partners.
Mentor junior and mid-level security staff not just on technical skills, but on judgment, communication, and professional growth.
Use critical thinking to navigate complex problem-sets (technical and non-technical) with real-world impacts to business and collaborators when prioritising system & network events.

Responsibilities

As our Principal Security Systems Engineer, you must be technically strong and comfortable working across socio-technical boundaries. You should be highly collaborative and hands-on when crafting and delivering improvements to Viasat’s security posture. This role will operate across multiple cybersecurity technical and functional groups to assist with translating the strategic vision into practical work. Will also assist the deputy chief information security officer by working closely with the engineering and operational security team. The ideal candidate is capable as a hands-on engineer, mentor, and multi-functional facilitator and can jump in on a program as a performer.
Strategic & Multi-Functional Leadership
Serve as a technical liaison between the CISO organization and other senior leadership domains to better ‘see ahead’ to where security needs to be.
Collaborate across security functions which exist in other parts of the company to ensure alignment, scalability, and efficiency.
Participate in enterprise security architecture discussions and translate outcomes into domain and project-specific engineering requirements and repeatable patterns.
Technical Leadership & Execution
Provide hands-on technical leadership in designing, developing, and validating secure system architectures, communications networks, and security controls.
Guide the implementation of secure network design, segmentation strategies, encryption mechanisms, identity and access controls, and monitoring systems.
Establish a robust methodology for documenting and describing technical decisions to ensure efficient maturation of security-impacting services.
Develop an understanding of the operational processes followed by Security to be able to identify difficulties and opportunities for improvement.
Maintain a degree of technical proficiency with the various tools used by the Security organization. This helps identify gaps in tooling coverage.
Help bridge the gap between security operations and security engineering by ensuring that operational realities inform engineering decisions, and that engineered solutions work under operational pressure.
Participate in encouraging the responsible adoption of AI capabilities across the wider Security organization.
Collaboratively develop mechanisms to enable the security department to enforce security policies, procedures, and ensure compliance with frameworks like NIST, ISO 27001, GDPR, and CCPA.
Team Development & Enablement
Mentor and develop security engineers across multiple teams, providing mentorship, training, and technical support.
Build productive, trust-based relationships with engineering teams, product owners, executives, and external partners.
Mentor junior and mid-level security staff not just on technical skills, but on judgment, communication, and professional growth.
Use critical thinking to navigate complex problem-sets (technical and non-technical) with real-world impacts to business and collaborators when prioritising system & network events.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field.
10+ years of experience in security engineering, systems engineering, network engineering, or similar roles.
Exercises impeccable judgment and ability to analyze risk in the application of security controls for the purpose of achieving real-world risk reduction.
Experienced in navigating trade-offs between security, performance, and reliability.
Knowledgeable in secure system design, communications networks, cybersecurity controls, and threat modeling.
Familiar with working across organizational boundaries including security, infrastructure, networking, and product engineering.
Familiarity with modern network protocols, routing, wireless communications, encryption, and network security architecture.
Experienced in the hands-on management and operation of enterprise security tools and technologies (e.g. firewalls, IDS/IPS, PKI, SIEM/SOAR, EDR/NDR, CSPM/CNAPP, zero-trust).
Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence collaborators at multiple levels.
US Citizenship required.
Ability to travel up to 20%.
This will be a hybrid role based out of Carlsbad, CA, Tempe, AZ, Reston, VA or Marlborough, MA.

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