Senior Automation Engineer

Employment Type: Full-time

Position Overview

Maxar Intelligence is a leading provider of secure, precise, geospatial intelligence, delivering disruptive value to government and commercial clients. We help customers monitor, understand, and navigate our changing planet through a unique combination of deep mission understanding and a proven commercial and defense foundation. We are hiring immediately for a Senior Automation Engineer to join our team in Westminster, CO.

Responsibilities

• Enable Maxar infrastructure teams to deploy and maintain compliant systems using standards and configuration state management tools.
• Continuously monitor operational system performance and usage, refining tools to reduce complexity, increase reliability, and match timeliness with efficient costs.
• Write playbooks and modules to implement hardening controls and manage configuration tools in various environments at different accreditation levels.
• Upgrade, support, and optimize automation tools to create a highly available, resilient, and self-healing environment.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues with automation tools and their implementation.
• Recommend and implement changes to enhance, stabilize, and secure ongoing operations.

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Ability to gain U.S. Secret Clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field or five years of relevant experience.
• 8+ years of software development and/or infrastructure engineering experience.
• Ability to be on call on a rotating basis.
• Demonstrated experience administering Red Hat Linux and its derivatives (CentOS, Rocky, etc.).
• Demonstrated experience writing Ansible playbooks and roles.
• Demonstrated experience in Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Demonstrated experience with Bash, Python, Perl, Ruby, or PowerShell.
• Demonstrated experience deploying and managing Red Hat Satellite infrastructures.
• Demonstrated experience with LDAP/AD authentication mechanisms.
• Demonstrated experience administering Ansible Tower/AWX/AAP.
• Demonstrated experience deploying Cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP, or other).
• Demonstrated experience using source code repositories (Git).

Preferred Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Experience administering Ubuntu and/or Amazon Linux.
• Experience administering Windows (Server and/or Desktop).
• Experience administering Microsoft SCCM.
• Experience managing Puppet infrastructures.
• Experience with AD Group policies.
• Experience implementing compliance standards (e.g., STIG, CIS, NIST 800-171).
• Experience working in a CI/CD environment.
• Agile development experience.

Life with Us

Maxar Intelligence is recognized for its exceptional work environment, with awards such as Best Employer, Best Place to Work, Top Employer, and Candidate Experience Winner. Our strength lies in our people, where each team member makes a unique contribution. We offer best-in-class benefits, including:

• Robust medical, dental, and vision coverage with affordable monthly premiums.
• Career growth opportunities.
• Family-friendly benefits: maternity and paternity leave, adoption reimbursement, flexible hours, and hybrid work options.
• Programs for professional development: tuition reimbursement, hackathons, and career development.
• Student loan repayment assistance.
• Generous time off.
• 401K plan with matching contributions that immediately vest.

Note: 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.

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