Maxar's DeepCore Development Team seeks a DevOps Engineer with a software development background as a critical contributor in continually updating our cloud infrastructure with the latest technology stacks, architectural best practices, and CI-strategies. Our team researches, designs, develops, integrates, and maintains a platform for object detection and analysis in support of national security intelligence priorities.

Note: US citizenship and an active TS/SCI clearance is mandatory for this position and required for consideration. Must be willing to submit to a CI Polygraph upon customer request.

Location: Northern Virginia (Herndon or Springfield)

What You'll Do:

• Work closely with software development, mission, and data science teams, using Docker to build, secure, maintain, and support applications.
• Actively seek ways to improve CI/CD performance and streamline the DevSecOps process.
• Using metrics and logs, identify opportunities to improve performance and reliability of our applications and systems.
• Use your experience with microservices to offer suggestions around architectural improvements in our applications.
• Ensure applications meet security control requirements.
• Support software development activities as needed.

Minimum Requirements:

• US citizenship with active TS/SCI clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field with minimum 8 years’ experience.
• Comfortable with Java Microservices, Docker, and Python.
• Knowledge of SQL databases (in particular, PostgreSQL)
• Moderate Linux system administration experience (RedHat, Ubuntu, and/or CentOS).
• Understanding of modern architecture paradigms such as microservices, pub/sub, event-driven, RESTful APIs
• Troubleshoot and resolve network, automation pipelines, and infrastructure issues.
• Build, maintain, and monitor configuration management of release product.
• Passion for implementing self-healing systems and automation.
• Strong communication skills, an endless appetite to learn, and a bias to action.
• Ability to learn new software and technologies quickly.
• Identify manual processes that can be automated and help automate them.

Nice to Haves:

• Experience hardening systems including container images, client-server applications, and web applications.
• Background in software development, preferably Java and/or JavaScript.
• Experience with GIS data, systems, and concepts.
• Experience with Kubernetes or other cluster management services.
• CompTIA Security+ or comparable certification for privileged user access.
• Experience in data processing with the Department of Defense (DoD) and/or the IC.

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We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.maxar.com/careers/benefits

This position will be posted for a minimum of three business days, and will be posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. 

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