Software Engineer - Ground Systems​/Operations

Position: Software Engineer - Ground Systems / Operations
Location: Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville

Your Mission:
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.

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

Secondary responsibilities:

Tools development to support system maintenance and automation

Support investigation and fix of database and system issues.

Minimum Qualifications

Required:

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, Postgre

SQL),

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.

Preferred Qualifications:

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

Comments/Special Considerations:

Successful candidates must obtain and hold security clearance at the reliability status level

Upgrade to secret status level and security assessment for the Controlled Goods Program (CGP) might be needed depending on additional project being worked on

While there might be possibility for 1 day work from home, it is expected the candidate to work on site.

An equal opportunity employer prizing diversity, integrity and collaboration, we are committed to growing MDA’s and Canada’s leadership in this next golden age.

MDA provides competitive compensation and benefits packages for its employees at all locations. As a team member of MDA, you and your qualified dependents are eligible to participate in a benefit plan that ensures a 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.

MDA is proud to provide accommodation(s) during the recruitment process. Should you require any accommodations, please indicate this on your application/cover letter and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

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