Performance Engineer - Cloud Applications

Company: Maxar Technologies
Location: Herndon
Posted on: May 1, 2025

Job Description:

Please review the job details below.


Unlock your future with Maxar! We need -High -Performance Computing (HPC ) DevSecOps Engineer with LINUX and OpenShift or Kubernetes expertise to lead the charge in migrating and managing our services . We've got an exciting new effort happening to modernize and shift our existing syste m to brand new hardware and we'd love some extra hands . Join our tight-knit ops, software, and analytics team, where your skills - and mission-focused mindset will play a pivotal role in crafting solutions to enable others . Dive into a project that not only challenges you but allows direct interaction with users and technolo gists that assist in national security operations. -

Note: US citizenship and an active TS/SCI clearance is mandatory for this position and required for consideration. Must be open to acquire CI Poly. -

Location: -
- Herndon, VA or Westminster, CO


Principal Responsibilities: -
Create and maintain automated, repeatable environment creation and configuration (Infrastructure as Code) scripts using ansible, chef, or similar tools -
Leverage OpenStack and Kubernetes to configure, monitor , and maintain this private cloud environment -
Create and maintain automated DevSecOps pipelines using leading open-source offerings, including Jenkins, SonarQube, Cucumber, JMeter, and Cypress.io -
Monitor, Predict, Update, and Resolve issues at all levels, from bare-metal operating systems to deployed applications -
Support compliance to ATO accreditation needs with tuning , patching or documentation, -
Communicate with multidisciplinary SAFe Agile teams and articulate technical concepts and ideas effectively. -

Position Requirements -
-8+ years of technical experience with DevSecOps and strong Linux experience required . - -
-4 years of experience with HPC (High Performance Computing) - -
-4 yearsof Openshift and/or Kubernetes - -

Open source and custom application deployments and maintenance experience. -
Capable of working effectively with a geographically distributed ops & development team - -
Communicates effectively with customers and team in written and oral forums -
Willingness to work 80% or as needed in a SCIF environment. -
Degree or equivalent demonstrated experience in a technical field. -
Active TS/SCI clearance and US citizenship -

Additional Skills Desired -
Some familiarity in the following other areas would be fabulous : -
An adaptable and solution centric mindset that embraces technology enablers. -
Experience with: - -
hardware and software sustainment with IC and DoD networks. - -
distributed processing methods and tools, such as REST APIs, microservices, IaaS/PaaS services. - -
developing and deploying web services -
working with open-source resources in a government computing environment -
Maintaining backend GIS technologies -
ICD 503 -
Big data technologies such as Accumulo , Spark, Hive, Hadoop , or ElasticSearch -
F amiliarity with : -
hybrid cloud/on-prem architecture, AWS, C2S, and OpenStack . -
concepts such as Data visualization; Data management, Data integration, User Interfaces, Databases - -
CompTIA Security+ or comparable certification for privileged user access. - -
Experience in/or supporting military/intelligence or knowledge of some T CPED systems is a plus! -

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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, including, but not limited to, the experience, qualifications, knowledge, skills, geographic work location, and market conditions. Candidates with the minimum necessary experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skillsets for the position should not expect to receive the upper end of the pay range.

--- The base pay for this position within Colorado is: $119,000.00 - $199,000.00 annually. --- The base pay for this position within the Washington, DC metropolitan area is: $131,000.00 - $219,000.00 annually.
For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.

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: -
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.
The 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 regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted 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 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.

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