Overview

At Maxar Intelligence, we unlock the promise of space intelligence to help governments and businesses solve problems on earth and beyond. We are hiring immediately for a Senior Automation Engineer to join our team in Westminster, CO.Responsibilities

Write playbooks and modules to implement hardening controls and manage configuration tools in a variety of 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 implementations, recommending and implementing changes to enhance, stabilize, and secure ongoing operation.Enable Maxar infrastructure teams to deploy and maintain compliant systems using standards and configuration state management tools tailored to compliance requirements.Continuously monitor operational system performance and usage, and refine tools to reduce complexity, increase reliability, and balance timeliness with cost efficiency.Minimum Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen and willing to obtain Secret Security clearanceAt least two years of software development or infrastructure engineering experienceBachelor’s degree in a related field or two additional years of experience may be substituted for a degreeAbility to be on call on a rotating basisLinux system administration experienceExperience using and/or administering a variety of open-source technologiesKnowledge of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation)Familiarity with Bash/Python/Perl/RubyAnsible Tower or AWX writing Ansible playbooks and rolesSatellite and PuppetWindows system administration experiencePreferred Qualifications

Active Secret or TS/SCI U.S. security clearancePowerShell trainingSCCMGroup policyImaging baselinesOS RepositoriesExperience implementing compliance standards (e.g., STIG, CIS, NIST 800-171)Cloud environment experience (AWS, Azure, GCP or other)Experience using Ansible, Satellite, Ubuntu Landscape or equivalent technologiesCI/CD experienceGit experienceAgile development experienceLife with Us

There is a reason we boast awards like Best Employer, Best Place to work, Top employer, candidate experience winner. Our strength is in our people. Each team member makes a unique contribution to our collective mission. We recognize that with best-in-class benefits that you would expect from a leading employer such as:Robust medical, dental and vision coverage for affordable monthly premiumsFamily-friendly benefits like maternity and paternity leave, adoption reimbursement, flexible hours, hybrid work optionsProgram to help you grow like tuition reimbursement, hackathons, and career developmentStudent loan repaymentGenerous time offCareer growth opportunities401K plan - matching and immediate vestThe 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, it will remain posted three days from the date of reposting 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 in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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