Are you a System Administrator that likes working on important and high visibility projects? Then we need your help! We have an urgent and immediate need for a Systems Administrator to join our team at a customer-site in Chantilly, VA.
Life with Us
Project: This customer office Provides Geospatial Support across the Enterprise. You will have the opportunity to help support applications enabling critical missions. The job will allow you to be instrumental in developing new ideas and unique solutions to optimize large user bases for diverse applications as they grow to enterprise scale.
Your Career: We at Maxar are very serious about professional development and continuing education. We offer everyone the opportunity to define their own career trajectory. Our group has some amazing resources at our disposal specifically for this purpose. You will work with your direct supervisor and/or a mentor to set appropriate goals and design a plan to help you make consistent progress.
We Offer
Dedicated professional development time
Online learning platform access
Conference attendance
Corporate partner industry training
Peer groups
Paid certifications
Education reimbursement
Student loan forgiveness
Hackathons!
Flexible Time Off
Tenure bonus based on using required clearance on-site
Day-to-Day With Your Colleagues
Work with team members to deploy, optimize and maintain enterprise geospatial systems including databases, tools and applications
Support maintenance of user accounts and access across the enterprise
Maintain and optimize cloud architecture
Assist in security accreditation process
Minimum Requirements
US Citizen with active/current TS/SCI security clearance with required Polygraph
Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, etc. 4 years of relevant experience may be substituted for a degree.
Experience as a Systems Administrator to include account creation and monitoring and system architecture backup and recover plans
Desired Skills
Familiarity with geospatial tools and applications including Google Earth and the ESRI stack
Familiarity with Geospatial Databases
Experience with the Sponsor’s Security Accreditation Process
Knowledge of cloud migration approaches and patterns
Experience with AWS cloud services or cloud native application development processes
Experience deploying and maintaining services in the cloud
Familiarity with geospatial tools and applications
Shell scripting
Skills
Our salary ranges are market-driven and set to allow for flexibility. Individual pay will be competitive based on a candidate’s unique set of knowledge, skills, and geographic diversity, with earnings potential commensurate with experience. The range for this position is:
$114,000.00 - $191,000.00 annually.
Maxar employees must follow all applicable Maxar policies and COVID-19 requirements as well as those of Maxar customers and third parties. Individual job requirements may vary, and Maxar reserves the right to modify its policies and requirements as it deems appropriate in accordance with applicable law.
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.
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Information Technology
Industries
Defense and Space Manufacturing
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