Site Reliability Engineer (TS/SCI) - Maxar Technologies : Job Details

Maxar is seeking Site Reliability Engineer to join a fast-paced, multi-faceted software developmentand systems administration team working to build and run large-scale, massively distributed, fault-tolerant systems.

In this position, you will ensure that services have reliability and up-time appropriate to customers' needs and a fast rate of improvement while keeping an ever-watchful eye on capacity and performance. You will have the mindset and a set of engineering approaches to run better production systems; ideally, building your own, creative engineering solutions to operations problems. Much of our software development focuses on optimizing existing systems, building infrastructure and eliminating work through automation.

You will focus on operational procedures, code fixes, increasing the automation, repeatability, and consistency of operational tasks. The successful candidate has a breadth of knowledge to solve for complex problems across the entire technology stack.

Responsibilities:

• Provide service acceptance by adopting new processes into operations; developing new monitoring, or exposure of events; training operations teams for action to be taken against those events; creating automated fix actions against repeatable corrective actions
• Monitor and report on service level objectives for system-wide application and infrastructure services. Work with service and product owners to establish KPIs to identify trends to quantify the system level of performance and make engineering recommendation to product owners on performance improvements
• Define standards for configuration, monitoring, reliability, and performance
• Provide deep troubleshooting for production issues
• Engage with service owners on root cause analysis for service interruption recovery and create preventive measures
• On-call resource to provide support duties for operations team when the need arises

Minimum Requirements:

• Current TS/SCI security clearance; willing to obtain/maintain a CI polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree in relevant area with 6 years of relevant experience; or years of experience can be substituted in lieu of a degree.
• Knowledge of Linux systems, with a high comfort level at the command line
• A knack for troubleshooting tough problems with a high level of ownership and curiosity to empower this skill
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code, and private cloud platform
• Effectively prioritize work and encourage best practices in others
• Meticulous and cautious with an ability to identify and consider all risks and balance those with performing the task efficiently
• Positive, flexible, and personable; adaptive to change
• Good understanding of networking fundamentals
• Make it happen attitude
• Organized with an ability to document and communicate ongoing work tasks and projects
• Receptive to giving, receiving, and implementing feedback in a highly collaborative environment
• Ability to learn rapidly in a fast-paced environment while being extremely curious about how things work

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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:

This position will be posted for a minimum of three business days, and will be posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.

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.