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Maxar is currently seeking a Sr. Software Engineer to join the Business Systems team within 2D Engineering. We don’t create typical software and we aren’t solving the same old problems that a hundred other companies are solving. Business Systems provides the services and applications that manage customer orders. We make a difference, and we always seek to harness our capabilities “For A Better World.”
Maxar has been continuously recognized as a top place to work. We take care of our employees with a robust benefits package including flexibility in the workplace and generous time-off policy. Visit our careers page to see benefits offered, testimonials from employees, and our Top Places to Work recognitions.
This is a hybrid role where someone can work remotely but must be local and able to commute to the Westminster, CO Maxar location as required to provide support of the software. Specifically, this role must have a Secret level security clearance in order to support our SecOps2.0 Program.
What you will do with your team
In this role you will assist in the proof of concept, design, execution, and delivery of all of our applications that provide ordering capabilities to our customers. You will work collaboratively with our technical delivery teams to ensure that the solutions meet the business need and align with the overall technical direction of the Business Systems team and Maxar as a whole. The work this role performs helps to bring our customers in the door and helps our customers to work with Maxar with ease. Without this group, Maxar would not be able to provide the excellent service required to support the needs of our high-profile clients in the space and satellite industry.
If you enjoy working collaboratively to encode complex cloud-native services supporting world-class satellite operations this would be an excellent opportunity for you to explore. An ideal candidate will love to apply best-practice software engineering disciplines and bring a quality first mindset to work every day. We are a development partner with AWS and adopt cloud-native solutions where they make sense for our business.
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Design and Develop services and user interfaces to exceed our customer expectations. We write world class code, embrace test automation, and achieve stability and reliability through CI/CD practices.
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Foster and support the on-going growth and practices of agile cloud development within the organization.
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Pioneer new and innovative solutions leveraging the newest offerings from AWS
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Provide Tier-3 level support of the software you and your team own
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Own multiple services and user interfaces that make up part of our complex ground system.
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Establish service SLAs and SLOs and measure service performance against those goals
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Collaborate with motivated and highly skilled teammates. To us, this means being empathetic, being a good listener, sharing your knowledge and co-creating an environment where great ideas can rise from anyone in the organization.
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Establish and adhere to secure coding practices
Minimum Requirements for this Position:
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Must be a U.S. citizen and be willing and have a current Secret security clearance
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BS in a technical discipline (Computer Science preferred). Four additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree
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8 or more years of experience programming in Java or Python
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1+ year experience building and supporting solutions in cloud technology (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, etc.)
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3+ years agile software development lifecycle experience
These skills would be amazing
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Experience with:
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RESTful APIs
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Relational and Nonrelational databases
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Service Oriented Architectures
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Javascript/React/Angular experience.
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Software containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud Foundry)
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AWS Associate or Professional Certification
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Experience utilizing serverless software architectures
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Active DoD security clearance
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Demonstrated ability to drive cross team collaboration
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Strong verbal, written, and organizational skills
In support of pay transparency at Maxar, we disclose salary ranges on all U.S. job postings. The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the salary range provided below and is determined based on job-related factors, including, but not limited to, the experience, qualifications, knowledge, skills, geographic work location, and market conditions. Candidates with the minimum necessary experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skillsets for the position should not expect to receive the upper end of the pay range.
● The base pay for this position within Colorado is: $119,000.00 – $199,000.00 annually.
For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.
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
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.
The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.
The date of posting can be found on Maxar’s Career page at the top of each job posting.
To apply, submit your application via Maxar’s Career page.
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.
