Geospatial Programmer
Company: Maxar Technologies
Location: Mc Lean
Posted on: October 22, 2024
Job Description:
Please review the job details below. Maxar is looking to for a
Geospatial Software Developer to provide support for an enterprise
geospatial data visualization application and support vital
analysis of various, unique data sets. If you are a developer who
likes to handle big data and engineer time saving solutions, we
need your skills! You'll have the unique opportunity to provide
support to two important missions supporting national security. One
project, we're identifying, obtaining, and analyzing various data
sets and providing quantitative analytic techniques to model
foreign adversaries' behavior in support of time-critical world
events. This utilizes large data sets manipulated with Python. In
the other project, you'll join an exciting team of software
developers building and maintaining a data visualization and
analytic web application with a wide and stable user base. The tool
is currently in the process of finalizing migration to a cloud
environment and will soon undertake several exciting new
development initiatives. Career: At Maxar we're 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 its 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. Day-to-day with your colleagues:
- Meeting with the customer to understand and refine the
requirements.
- Developing new tools and adapt existing tools.
- Recommending best practices for data storage and
manipulation.
- Reviewing current practices, identifying process improvements,
and implementing them.
- Supporting cloud migration activities.
- Modernizing workflows, interfaces and code base to include
containerization of existing code within the cloud.
- Supporting the further development of an existing web viewer
application in the ESRI JavaScript API and other related
technologies.
- Assisting the ingest of geospatial data including imagery,
maps, charts, GIS feature data and integrated GIS data to the
Sponsor's web applications.
- Creating methodologies for manipulation of large data sets to
derive answers to specific intelligence problems for which the data
can reveal insight. Minimum Requirements:
- Current/active TS/SCI security clearance with required
Polygraph.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Geography, or related
technical field.
- 5+ years of professional experience with software
development.
- Ability to automate workflows using Python.
- Experience using Python to manipulate spatial data. Creating
and modifying modules in Python.
- Experience with ElasticStack to include- analysis of large
datasets using ElasticSearch and Kibana, and the ability to
maintain Elastic clusters.
- Willingness to work onsite full timeLI-Onsite 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: $107,000.00 -
$229,000.00 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.
Keywords: Maxar Technologies, Tuckahoe , Geospatial Programmer, IT / Software / Systems , Mc Lean, Virginia
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