Sr. DevOps Engineer (TS/SCI)

Maxar is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to help our team in Herndon, VA, or at a Northern VA Government customer site to support a program that will deliver a testbed for the development and integration of automated intelligence and machine learning capabilities. The candidate will become a member of a project team responsible for designing and maintaining multiple DevOps pipelines integrating and deploying numerous components into the larger system infrastructure. The deployment will be across multiple networks into hybrid architectures consisting of both local and cloud infrastructures. The ideal candidate is passionate about technology and able to learn quickly.

Why us?

• We build advanced algorithms to gain analytic insights from a large range of open source and government data

• We enable machine learning systems, automate workflow, and design and develop custom applications for unique national-security mission

• We operate an end-to-end predictive analytics platform unlike any other within the US Government

• We provide training to expand your skills and challenges to develop them

• Our client’s missions are vital to national security, so we’re mission-first always

• Our work environment is relaxed business casual

• At our core, we believe and practice social responsibility

What would you be doing?

• Design, implement and maintain multiple DevOps pipelines

• Implement CD & CI solutions to support rapid development and integration

• Integrate static code analysis and other security mechanisms into the pipeline

• Design and apply a hybrid deployment strategy (cloud and local virtualized)

• Work with software and system engineers to apply automated test and documentation processes

• Troubleshoot and resolve network, automation pipelines, and infrastructure issues

• Build, maintain, and monitor configuration management of release products

Minimum Requirements:

• Must be a US Citizen with a current/active TS/SCI and willing and able to obtain a CI Polygraph

• A Bachelor's degree; or 3 years and a Master's degree; or a Ph.D. without experience; or equivalent work experience.

• 5+ years of related experience

• Experience with source configuration management tools such as Git

• Experience administering automated build environments such as Jenkins or Hudson

• CI & CD development experience with technologies like Bash, Jenkins, or GitLab

• Experience with automated deployment technologies such as Cloud Formation, Ansible, Puppet or Chef

• Open-source application deployments and maintenance

• Custom source application deployments and maintenance

• AWS-based cloud deployment experience

• Basic LINUX system administration experience (RedHat and/or CentOS)

• Working knowledge of Linux and Windows operating systems, web services, and SQL databases

• Experience working in an Agile environment

• Willing to work onsite in Herndon, VA or Government customer sites in Northern Virginia

Preferred Skills:

• Security+ or a comparable certification for privileged user access

• Experience with distributed processing methods and tools, such as REST APIs, microservices, IaaS/PaaS services

• Experience developing and deploying web services

• Experience supporting software in a production environment

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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.