Maxar Technologies

Sr?Staff?DevOps Engineer?

Maxar Technologies$128K — $187K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
  • 8+ years in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or cloud operations with production systems ownership.
  • Demonstrated experience in cloud-based environments, improving operational systems.
  • Strong knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering practices and metrics.
  • Proficiency with AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, and infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
  • Scripting ability in languages like Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
  • Solid understanding of networking concepts.

Responsibilities

  • Lead reliability engineering efforts for Vantor Hub and its infrastructure.
  • Design and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines for delivery processes.
  • Build and improve cloud infrastructure automation using Terraform and AWS.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve complex deployment and operational issues.
  • Enhance service availability and overall operational readiness across environments.
  • Design secure and resilient infrastructure for both commercial and government AWS.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to optimize deployment and incident response processes.

Benefits

  • Competitive total rewards package including a robust 401(k) with company match.
  • Access to mental health resources and student loan repayment assistance.
  • Adoption reimbursement and pet insurance for personal support.
  • Incentive eligibility based on contribution, performance, and achieved results.
Full Job Description

To be eligible for this position, you must be a U.S. Citizen. This position requires an active U.S. Government security clearance, applicants who do not currently hold the required clearance will not be eligible for consideration. Employment for cleared roles is contingent upon verification of clearance status.

Export Control/ITAR: Certain roles may be subject to U.S. export control laws, requiring U.S. person status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

Please review the job details below.

Vantor’s PlatformDevOpsteam is growing and we’re looking for aSeniorStaff DevOps EngineerwithSiteReliabilityEngineering experienceto support the build, deployment,reliability,and operations of the Vantor Hub software suite.This teamis part ofVantor’sPlatform Infrastructureorganization, working on a unified platform powering applications used byVantor’scustomers. We’re looking for a candidate that is inspired by working with a talented group of world-class engineers, scaling our development,deployment, and operationsefforts.

This position is hybrid with three days a week on-site with your colleagues in Westminster, CO.

The Platform DevOpsteam designs, develops,secures, and operatesa wide range of custom and third-party software solutions deployed in AWS.The teamoversees dozens of AWS accounts between commercial and government environments, and guides DevOps, cloud infrastructure,and reliability engineeringbest practices.Wecollaboratewith hundreds ofVantorengineers to quickly and securely build, test, and release software changes intomanycommercial and government AWS environments. This software and adjacent services are critical to the overall velocity of the organization and allows our teams to introduce business value rapidly without sacrificing quality or security.

As aSeniorStaff DevOps EngineerforSite Reliability, you will play a key role in improving the reliability, scalability, observability, and operational maturity of Vantor Hub and its supporting infrastructure. You will work hands-on with AWS, Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD systems, monitoring platforms, and incident response processes while also influencing engineering standards and reliability practices across teams.

This role is intended for an experienced engineer who can operate independently, lead complex technical initiatives, mentor others, and help establish best practices for production readiness, service reliability, automation, and cloud operations.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead reliability engineering efforts for the Vantor Hub platform and related infrastructure services.

  • Design, implement, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines for software and infrastructure delivery.

  • Build, operate, and improve cloud infrastructure automation using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes, Docker, and AWS-native services.

  • Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, deployment, networking, performance, reliability, and production issues.

  • Improve service availability, scalability, maintainability, reliability, security, and overall operational readiness.

  • Design and operate highly available, resilient, observable, and secure infrastructure across commercial and government AWS environments.

  • Partner with engineering teams to improve deployment safety, rollback capabilities, observability, production readiness, and operational support.

  • Participate ina team on-call rotation, currently approximately one week every twelve weeks, supporting production reliability and incident response.

  • Leverage AI developmenttoolsas forcemultipliers for software design, implementation, testing, and documentationwhile maintaining reliability, security, and engineering quality.

  • Contribute to shared engineering standards for responsible AI-assisted development, including validation practices, documentation expectations, and review patterns.

  • Use AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate infrastructure automation, documentation, runbook development, test scaffolding, incident analysis, and repeatable operational workflows; validate outputs through peer review, testing, and security practices.

Minimum requirements for this position:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science,arelated engineering field, or equivalent experience.

  • 8+ years of experience in DevOps,PlatformEngineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or cloud operations, with demonstrated ownership of production systems.

  • Demonstrated experience owning, operating, and improving production systems in cloud-based environments.

  • Strong experience with Site Reliability Engineering practices, including service-level indicators, service-level objectives, error budgets, incident response, post-incident reviews, reliability metrics,and reliability-focused automation.

  • Strong proficiency with Amazon Web Services, including experience operating production workloads in multi-account AWS environments.

  • Strong proficiencywith containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.

  • Strong proficiency with infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools like TerraformorCloudFormation.

  • Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.

  • Solid understanding of networking concepts and protocols.

  • The ability to communicate and collaborate with team members and other colleagues.

  • Must be a U.S. citizen and be willing and able to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance.

Nice to Have:

  • Experience with high-availability systems, database replication, backup and restore, disaster recovery, and business-continuity planning.

  • Experience with zero-downtime or low-downtime deployment strategies, including blue/green deployments, canary releases, rolling deployments, feature flags, and automated rollback.

  • Experience with observability and incident management platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, ELK, PagerDuty, or similar tools.

  • Experience with secure cloud operations, least-privilege IAM, secrets management, vulnerability remediation, and audit-ready infrastructure.

  • Experience supporting government, regulated, or compliance-driven environments.

  • Practical experience using AI-assisted development or automation tools to improve engineering workflows, with a clear understanding of validation, review, privacy, and security considerations.

  • Active U.S. Government security clearance

Pay Transparency: To support pay transparency, Vantor includes salary ranges in all U.S. job postings. Starting pay for this role will fall within the listed range and will be based on factors such as experience, qualifications, skills, location, and market conditions. Candidates who meet the minimum requirements for the role should not expect to receive compensation at the top of the range. The listed range reflects the expected pay for this position, and final offers will be determined based on each candidates experience, expertise, and alignment with the role.

 The base pay for this position within Colorado is: $128,000.00 - $170,000.00 - $187,000.00 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.

Benefits: Vantor offers a competitive total rewards package that goes beyond the standard, including a robust 401(k) with company match, mental health resources, and unique perks like student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement and pet insurance to support all aspects of your life. You can find more information on our benefits at:https://www.Vantor.com/careers

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 Vantors Career page at the top of each job posting.

To apply, submit your application via Vantors Career page.

About Maxar Technologies

Maxar Technologies is a space technology company that provides solutions for Earth observation, space infrastructure, and geospatial intelligence. The company was formed in 2017 through the merger of DigitalGlobe and MDA. Maxar is headquartered in Westminster, Colorado and has operations in Canada, Europe, and Asia. The company has a diverse customer base that includes government agencies, commercial companies, and non-profit organizations.
Learn more about Maxar Technologies
Size
4,400 employees
Market Cap
$3.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
$303 million
Founded
1969
5 Year Trend
+2.6%
Revenue
$1.7 billion
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