Senior Automation Engineer

ZipRecruiter; City Of London; On-site; GBP 77,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading space technology company is seeking a Senior Automation Engineer to write playbooks and optimize automation tools for a resilient infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have strong Linux and scripting skills, with a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience. Benefits include robust medical coverage, flexible working hours, and a substantial retirement plan. This position offers a competitive annual salary between $104,000 and $174,000.

Benefits

Robust medical, dental, and vision coverage

Flexible hours

Tuition reimbursement

Qualifications

• At least two years of software development or infrastructure engineering experience.
• Ability to be on call on a rotating basis.
• Experience implementing compliance standards.

Responsibilities

• Write playbooks and modules for hardening controls.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues with automation tools.
• Monitor operational system performance.

Skills

Linux system administration

Bash

Python

Terraform

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Ansible

Satellite

AWS

Job description

Overview

At Maxar Intelligence, we unlock the promise of space intelligence to help governments and businesses solve problems on earth and beyond. Since humans first explored our solar system, we have been supporting space missions with our tools. Maxar partners with innovative businesses and more than 50 governments to monitor global change, deliver broadband communications and advance space operations with capabilities in Space Infrastructure and Earth Intelligence. Now is your chance to amplify your impact, working to solve the world’s most pressing challenges. 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 implementation, 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 align timeliness with efficient costs.

Minimum Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen and willing to obtain Secret Security clearance.
• At least two years of software development or infrastructure engineering experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or two additional years of experience may substitute for a degree.
• Ability to be on call on a rotating basis.
• Linux system administration experience.
• Experience using and/or administering a variety of open-source technologies.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation).
• Familiarity with Bash, Python, Perl, or Ruby.
• Experience with Ansible Tower or AWX writing Ansible playbooks and roles.
• Experience with Satellite and Puppet.
• Windows system administration experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Secret or TS/SCI U.S. security clearance.
• PowerShell training.
• SCCM and Group Policy experience.
• Imaging baselines and OS repositories familiarity.
• Experience implementing compliance standards (e.g., STIG, CIS, NIST 800-171).
• Cloud environment experience (AWS, Azure, GCP or others).
• Experience using Ansible, Satellite, Ubuntu Landscape or equivalent technologies.
• CI/CD experience and Git experience.
• Agile development experience.

Life with Us

There is a reason we boast awards like Best Employer, Best Place to Work, Top Employer, and candidate experience winner. Our strength is in our people. Each team member makes a unique contribution to our collective mission, and we recognize that with best-in-class benefits you would expect from a leading employer such as:

• Robust medical, dental, and vision coverage for affordable monthly premiums.
• Family-friendly benefits like maternity and paternity leave, adoption reimbursement, flexible hours, hybrid work options.
• Programs to help you grow, such as tuition reimbursement, hackathons, and career development.
• Student loan repayment.
• Generous time off and career growth opportunities.
• 401K plan with matching and immediate vesting.

Salary information: The base pay for this position within Colorado is $104,000.00 - $174,000.00 annually. For all other states, salary ranges are market-driven based on location. The application window is three days from posting and remains open until a qualified candidate is identified for hire. More information on benefits is available at: https://www.maxar.com/careers/benefits

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 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.