Please review the job details below.Maxar is looking for an enthusiastic Staff DevOps Engineer or Senior Staff
DevOps Engineer to join our Data Intelligence team. We are looking for someone
energetic and talented to further our mission of delivering a high-quality
analytics environment and platform to enable successful data intelligence at
Maxar. This position is hybrid with several days a week on-site with your
colleagues in Westminster, CO.Life with Us
Your Project: The Data Intelligence team owns and maintains a variety of
infrastructure and services in AWS, including new full-stack data lake
houses (commercial & government) intended to allow for more Maxar teams
to build analytics solutions. Your primary focus will be to maintain and
improve upon the data lake houses, with a secondary focus on the team's
existing AWS infrastructure.What you'll do day-to-day (with your colleagues):
Support the deployment and management of solutions in AWS.
Work and communicate with Maxar employees as well as external consultants.
Follow and establish best practices for coding standards and software
architecture.
Responsible for the 'ilities': availability, scalability,
maintainability, reliability, and securability of our tools and
environments. We embrace SRE principles.
Actively identify opportunities for improvement in our infrastructure and
propose solutions to realize them.
Collaborate with a team of skilled DevOps Engineers, Data Engineers, and
Business Intelligence Developers.Minimum requirements for this position:
Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related
engineering field. 4 additional years of experience may be substituted for a
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Minimum of 5 years related work experience for a Senior Software Engineer
Minimum of 8 years related work experience for a Senior Staff Software
Engineer
Proficiency with Python, Java, Bash
General understanding of key AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, EKS, IAM, lambda)
Prior experience with infrastructure-as-code, especially Terraform
Prior experience with Kubernetes
Prior experience with Helm
Prior experience with Git
Active U.S. Government security clearancePreferred qualifications:
Must be a U.S. citizen and be willing and able to obtain a U.S. Government
security clearance.
Prior experience with CI/CD technologies such as Jenkins
Prior experience with any of the following: Trino/Starburst, dbt (core
or cloud), Apache Superset, OpenMetadata, Apache Airflow, Tableau.
Prior experience with RDS databases, or Postgres.
Agile software development lifecycle experienceThese skills would be amazing:
Holds any AWS certification, or other cloud provider's certifications.
Success delivering and maintaining complex software systems in production
environments.
Experience automating infrastructure with zero downtime deployments.
Intellectually curious, problem solver, never stops learning.
Strong verbal, written, and organizational skills. Experience working
directly with stakeholders.
Self-starter with the ability to stay organized while balancing multiple
priorities.
Ability to apply critical thought to problems and come up with solutions that
meet Maxar requirements.Our salary ranges are market-driven and set to allow for flexibility.
Individual pay will be competitive based on a candidate's unique set of
knowledge, skills, and geographic diversity, with earnings potential
commensurate with experience. The range for this position is:$98,000.00
- $164,000.00 annually.Additionally, this position is incentive eligible with a target based on
contribution, company performance, and/or individual results achieved;
the specific incentive plan and target amount will be determined based on the
role and breadth of contributions.Maxar employees must follow all applicable Maxar policies and COVID-19
requirements as well as those of Maxar customers and third parties. Individual
job requirements may var , and Maxar reserves the right to modify its
policies and requirements as it deems appropriate in accordance with
applicable law.MAXAR Technologies values diversity in the workplace and is an equal
opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will
receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender
identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national
origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other
characteristic protected by law.