Lead Engineer

Maxar’s AMS Team seeks a Lead Engineer with a software development and DevOps background as a critical contributor in continually updating our cloud infrastructure with the latest technology stacks, architectural best practices, and CI-strategies. Our team integrates several external components to create a platform for object detection and analysis in support of national security intelligence priorities for research and mission customers.

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.

Job Profile Summary

• Lead an engineering team in the DevSecOps lifecycle of externally developed components- through security, deployment, operation and refinement – for research and mission applications.
• Additionally, lead the engineering team to build a system to enable users to leverage the components in a systematic, timely, and reproducible way. Identifies needed resources for projects from initiation through delivery, assigns major project roles to staff members, and communicates to leadership team milestones, deliveries, and impediments effectively.
• Must have experience with system integration in a research or mission environment, and be the main interface between the customers, Maxar engineering team, and a group of external vendors. Create, maintain, and extend build infrastructure including automated builds and automated verification testing.
• Manage allocation, configuration, and utilization of hardware and virtualized hardware assets in collaboration with the customer’s infrastructure team.
• Enable software and model development teams both in and outside of Maxar to reliably test, configure, and deploy services through CI/CD including the use of core AWS services.
• Monitor operational system performance and drive refinements to reduce complexity, increase reliability, and determine bottlenecks in an effort improve model production timelines throughout the research program. Troubleshoot and resolve issues within the pipeline stages.
• Having broad expertise or unique knowledge, uses skills to contribute to development of company objectives and principles and to achieve goals in creative and effective ways. Works on significant and unique issues where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangibles.
• Exercises independent judgment in methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
• Acts independently to determine methods and procedures on new or special assignments. May advise on the activities of others.

Minimum requirements for this position:

• Must have a current/active TS/SCI and be willing and able to pass a CI polygraph.
• A Bachelor’s degree with 9 years of relevant experience OR a Master’s degree with 7 years of relevant experience OR A PhD with 4 years of relevant experience; An additional 4 years of experience maybe considered in lieu of a degree requirement
• Must have prior experience for systems integration
• Must have prior experience leading an engineering team
• Experience with source configuration management tools such as Git.
• CI & CD development experience with technologies like Bash, Jenkins, or GitLab.
• Experience with automated deployment technologies such as Cloud Formation or Terraform.
• COTS application deployments, maintenance, and configuration experience.
• Custom application deployments and maintenance.
• Experience working in an Agile environment.
• Security+ or comparable certification for privileged user access.
• Experience in machine learning model development and application

Desired Skills:

• Experience with distributed processing methods and tools, such as REST APIs, microservices, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, and Openshift.
• Experience with Python, Groovy, Node.js and Shell Script development.
• Experience developing and deploying web services.
• Experience supporting software in a high-security research environment.
• Experience in implementing workflows to support machine vision model development

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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:
$155,000.00 – $259,000.00 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 vary, 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.