Maxar is looking for a Systems Engineer to join our team in Herndon, VA. The candidate will work within a cross-functional Agile Scrum team as a jack-of-all-trades, maintaining applications running in Kubernetes, working as a Linux systems administrator, and working with the Information Assurance team to maintain systems documentation. This position is 100% on-site.
Required Qualifications
• A Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of relevant experience OR a Master’s degree with 3 years of relevant experience; an additional 4 years of experience maybe considered in lieu of a degree requirement
• 5 years deploying and maintaining systems running on Linux or other UNIX-like systems – including at least 2 years of Linux
• 5 years of software/system design and architecture
• 5 years maintaining systems documentation
• 3+ years of enterprise-level software development
• TS/SCI with current CI poly
Preferred Qualifications
• Security+ or equivalent certification and willingness to serve as a privileged user supporting deployed systems testing
• 2 years working with DevOps or DevSecOps teams in deploying and troubleshooting container-based systems
• 2 years’ experience with Kubernetes (Red Hat OpenShift or another variant)
• Experience with NiFi
• Experience with Requirements management
• Experience with cross-domain systems
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 the Washington, DC metropolitan area is: $108,000.00 - $180,000.00 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
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.
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