Software Engineer – Ground Systems / Operations
About The Position
MDA Geospatial Services is strengthening the software development team in support of satellite operations and is seeking an experienced and versatile Software Engineer to join our team in St. Bruno, QC. The Software Engineer will work under the supervision of the Lead Software Engineer and specific Component Lead/Product Owner to participate in the development, integration, testing and maintenance of user interfaces and web services, using established software engineer principles and software configuration management techniques. The Software Engineer will also be interacting with the operations team to help find and prevent operational issues as well as maintain/improve the development environment for the systems he will be working on. The Software Engineer will support CHORUS-C and/or Radarsat-2 (R2) and/or Radarsat Constellation Mission (RCM) if needed. R2 is a Canadian commercial satellite and provides high-resolution SAR imagery to customers around the world. RCM is a constellation of three satellites, which provides high-resolution SAR imagery. CHORUS-C is the next MDA generation commercial Earth observation (EO) mission. This position is located in MDA control center, in St Bruno QC.
Requirements
- Completed post-secondary education (B.Sc., M.Sc. or equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related discipline. IT Diploma and relevant experiences will also be considered.
- Minimum 5 years related experience in software development
- Experience with React.js and typescript
- Experience with Python including Django framework
- Experience with SQL (SQL server, PostgreSQL)
- Experience with Java using maven (including Spring framework and Hibernate)
- Experience with Agile processes and issue tracking tools like JIRA
- Experience with containerization and CI/CD processes
- Knowledge of Windows and Linux OS
- Able to solve problems and ability to work in an operational environment that might have important time, procedural and security constraints.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with XML, JSON, SVN, Git, Jira and Jenkins.
- Knowledge of Cybersecurity as it relates to web applications
- Knowledge of C++ development, standards and specifications
- Experience with Kafka messaging system
- Experience with AWS or other cloud infrastructure
- Knowledge of MongoDB
- Attention to detail and desire to probe further into data
- Prior satellite related knowledge (e.g., ground system, operation, orbit ...) is an asset
Responsibilities
- Perform software engineering to develop, integrate, test and maintain ground system applications
- Contribute to the product roadmap in collaboration with the team and Product Owner
- Interact with operation teams to support application integration and testing within operational and development environments.
- API lifecycle release management
- Work closely with our operations and production teams to provide Level 3 support.
- Document the various software development phases (e.g., test and maintenance plan).
- Maintain, update and improve the development environment as well as all the needed systems (database, file transfers etc …)
- Manage and document bugs and issues including CVEs
- Tools development to support system maintenance and automation
- Support investigation and fix of database and system issues.
Benefits
- competitive compensation and benefits packages
- comprehensive level of protection through competitive health care including; extended healthcare and flexible drug plans, dental and vision benefits, disability income protection, life insurance, group retirement savings plans; and an employee and family assistance program.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
