Overview
On Site
USD 89,000.00 - 189,000.00 per year
Full Time
Skills
Analytics
FOCUS
Migration
Data Lake
Adaptability
Design
COTS
Reporting
Collaboration
DevOps
Business intelligence
Computer science
SQL
SQL tuning
Python
Extract
transform
load
ELT
Data storage
Apache Parquet
Amazon EC2
Amazon S3
GitHub
Unstructured data
Security clearance
Software development
Geospatial analysis
Data
Streaming
PostGIS
Apache Hive
Apache HTTP Server
Terraform
Tableau
Amazon Web Services
Open source
Cloud computing
Scheduling
Docker
Kubernetes
Continuous integration
Continuous delivery
Jenkins
Recruiting
Insurance
Policies
Law
Job Details
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Maxar is looking for an enthusiastic Senior Data Engineer or Senior Staff Data Engineer to join our Data Intelligence team. We are looking for someone energetic and talented to further our mission of delivering high-quality analytics solutions at Maxar. This position is hybrid with several days a week on-site with your colleagues in Westminster, CO or Longmont, CO.
Your Role:
The Data Intelligence team owns and maintains a variety of infrastructure, services, and analytics deliverables today. We have recently developed & deployed a new full-stack data lake house environment intended to allow for more Maxar teams to build analytics solutions. Your primary focus will be to learn our existing solutions, assist in migrating them to the data lake house, and then use your skills to develop data-pipeline best practices while helping other departments on-board their data to this new environment . This will be a time of rapid change for the Data Intelligence team, being flexible and adaptable is essential to success in this role.
What you'll do day-to-day:
Minimum Requirements:
Preferred Qualifications:
#LI-AE1
In support of pay transparency at Maxar, we disclose salary ranges on all of our U.S. job postings. 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. To accommodate all locations, we have listed the bottom to the top of the possible range, and will share the target range for a specific location during the recruiting discussion. Individual pay will be competitive based on a candidates unique set of knowledge, skills, and geographic diversity, with earnings potential commensurate with experience. The range for this position is:
$89,000.00 - $189,000.00 annually.
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 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.
Maxar is looking for an enthusiastic Senior Data Engineer or Senior Staff Data Engineer to join our Data Intelligence team. We are looking for someone energetic and talented to further our mission of delivering high-quality analytics solutions at Maxar. This position is hybrid with several days a week on-site with your colleagues in Westminster, CO or Longmont, CO.
Your Role:
The Data Intelligence team owns and maintains a variety of infrastructure, services, and analytics deliverables today. We have recently developed & deployed a new full-stack data lake house environment intended to allow for more Maxar teams to build analytics solutions. Your primary focus will be to learn our existing solutions, assist in migrating them to the data lake house, and then use your skills to develop data-pipeline best practices while helping other departments on-board their data to this new environment . This will be a time of rapid change for the Data Intelligence team, being flexible and adaptable is essential to success in this role.
What you'll do day-to-day:
- Operate in a cloud-based AWS environment.
- Work and communicate with Maxar employees as well as external consultants.
- Gain exposure to one of the world's foremost repositories of geospatial data.
- Design, develop, and support scalable, reliable cloud data solutions using open-source and COTS tooling.
- Develop high-quality, resilient data pipelines and business solutions.
- Analyze and interpret data from diverse systems for reporting applications.
- Actively identify opportunities to improve our infrastructure and propose solutions to realize them.
- Collaborate with a team of skilled DevOps Engineers, Data Engineers, and Business Intelligence Developers.
Minimum Requirements:
- Must be a U. S. citizen and be willing & able to obtain a security clearance.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, geography, or related field. Four additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree.
- Minimum of 5 years of technical experience.
- Minimum of 5 years' experience with SQL including complex queries, SQL tuning, CTEs.
- Minimum of 3 years' experience with Python.
- Demonstrated experience building & orchestrating automated, production-level data pipelines and solutions (ETL/ELT).
- Experience with file-based data storage, including Parquet or Iceberg.
- Experience with data catalogs (ex. Hive, AWS Glue).
- General understanding of key AWS services ( e.g. EC2, S3, EKS, IAM, lambda).
- Experience building and/or using data APIs.
- Experience with Github .
- Experience with structured, semi-structure d , and unstructured data.
- Demonstrated history of exploring and learning new technologies quickly.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Active Secret clearance.
- Experience with software development.
- Experience with geospatial data.
- Experience building data-streaming processes.
- Experience using PostGIS .
- Experience with any of the following: Apache-Hive, Trino, Presto, Starburst, OpenMetadata , Apache- SuperSet , Terraform, dbt , Tableau, Fivetran , Airflow.
- Experience implementing resilient, scalable, and supportable systems in AWS.
- Experience using a wide variety of open-source technologies and cloud services.
- Experience developing multi-step ETLs including DAG creation and scheduling in tools such as Airflow.
- Experience using containerization systems like Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience with CI/CD pipeline tools such as Jenkins.
#LI-AE1
In support of pay transparency at Maxar, we disclose salary ranges on all of our U.S. job postings. 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. To accommodate all locations, we have listed the bottom to the top of the possible range, and will share the target range for a specific location during the recruiting discussion. Individual pay will be competitive based on a candidates unique set of knowledge, skills, and geographic diversity, with earnings potential commensurate with experience. The range for this position is:
$89,000.00 - $189,000.00 annually.
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 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.
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