Maxar Technologies

GIS Platform Back-End Engineer – TS/SCI

Maxar Technologies

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Colorado, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $120,000 - $200,000 per year

Job Level

SeniorLead

Tech Stack

AWSCloudJavaJavaScriptLinuxMicroservicesOpenShiftPostgresPythonTypeScript

About the role

  • We are seeking a Senior GIS Platform (Back-End) Engineer to design, build, and maintain the geospatial infrastructure for a modern analytics platform.
  • Design, implement and maintain solutions to support deployment, integration, and sustainment of GIS enterprise tools, specifically with Esri Enterprise capabilities.
  • Work with enthusiastic teammates to design, integrate, field new analytic capabilities.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve issues of the Esri Enterprise stack to include networking, automation pipelines, and infrastructure.

Requirements

  • U.S. citizen with active TS/SCI clearance; willing to work onsite 80% or as mission needs dictate.
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a technical field.
  • 8+ years of experience deploying and maintaining software capabilities for the intelligence community, geospatial applications, or big data analytics.
  • Demonstrated experience transitioning and maintaining software solutions with the Esri Enterprise or other GIS stacks in secure environments.
  • Proficient in Python, R, Java, JavaScript, and Bash, with hands-on Linux system administration and scripting experience.
  • Experience deploying and maintaining commercial, open-source, and custom applications, and capable of working effectively with geographically distributed teams.
  • Preferred: CompTIA Security+ or comparable certification for privileged user access.
  • Preferred: Familiarity with common industry software tools, DevSecOps practices, and concepts including data visualization, data management, data integration, user interfaces, and databases.
  • Preferred: Experience with Postgres database optimization, distributed processing (REST APIs, microservices, IaaS/PaaS), developing/deploying web services, and working with open-source and commercial resources in government environments.
  • Preferred: Familiarity with hybrid cloud/on-prem architectures, including AWS, C2S, and OpenShift.
  • Preferred: Military/intelligence analyst experience or familiarity with IC PED systems is a plus.
Benefits
  • 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

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Hard skills
PythonRJavaJavaScriptBashLinux system administrationGIS enterprise toolsEsri EnterprisePostgres database optimizationREST APIs
Soft skills
team collaborationtroubleshootingproblem-solvingcommunicationadaptability
Certifications
CompTIA Security+