Company Overview
Maxar Intelligence delivers secure and precise geospatial insights using its advanced Earth observation satellite constellation and AI-powered software. We provide near real-time, very high-resolution imagery and services that empower users for critical missions on Earth and in space, aiding in national security, navigation, environmental protection, disaster response, and more.
Job Summary:
Join Maxar Intelligence as a Staff Network Engineer, where you’ll play a key role in maintaining and advancing our hybrid network architecture, integrating both on-premise and cloud resources. This position, based in Westminster, Colorado, or Herndon, Virginia, with up to 20% travel, focuses on ensuring the security and operation of our critical network infrastructure.
Responsibilities:
- Build, implement, and maintain firewalls and other network security devices.
- Manage firewall policies in line with cyber security guidelines.
- Develop and use centralized tools for monitoring and reporting policy compliance.
- Collaborate with Cyber teams on vulnerability analysis and remediation.
- Support the implementation and operation of WAN (point-to-point, multi-point, leased lines, VPN) and LAN infrastructure across datacenters, branches, and operations centers.
Minimum Requirements:
- U.S. Citizen.
- Willingness to obtain CompTIA Security + or equivalent certification.
- Willingness and ability to obtain Security Clearance and pass a CI Polygraph.
- 5+ years of experience administering complex LAN/WAN environments with high uptime needs.
- Strong knowledge of data/IP networking and protocols (e.g., VXLAN/EVPN, BGP, OSPF, GRE, TCP, FTP, DNS).
- 3+ years of experience with Palo Alto Networks firewalls and Juniper routers, switches, and firewalls.
- 3+ years of experience creating and maintaining technical documentation.
- Experience with network security principles and solutions.
- Experience with large-scale enterprise monitoring.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills (SOPs, diagrams, etc.).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Strong client focus.
- Participation in on-call rotation (minimum 3 days/week onsite).
Preferred Qualifications:
- Active security clearance with polygraph.
- Valid CompTIA Security + or equivalent certification.
- Experience with Juniper and Palo Alto Networks firewalls.
- Experience with Zabbix or similar monitoring solutions.
- Experience with Amazon VPCs, TGWs, DXGWs.
- Experience with centralized DNS/DHCP solutions, network automation, wireless technologies, and load balancers.
Salary Range:
- Colorado: $87,000.00 – $145,000.00 annually.
- Washington, DC metropolitan area: $96,000.00 – $160,000.00 annually.
- Salary ranges vary for other locations based on the cost of labor.
Benefits:
Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, health insurance, and 401(k). Details at: https://www.maxar.com/careers/benefits
Application Window:
Three days from the posting date and will remain open until a qualified candidate is identified.
Maxar is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer valuing diversity.