Senior Software Engineer - Site Reliability (Chicago US 60606-7205)

• Design and develop globally deployed cloud based micro-services solutions with high availability.
• Write clean efficient and well-documented code with best practices coding standards
• Be responsible for current software development practices and principles to identify and implement process improvements.
• Work with micro-services teams on RESTful API designs - assist with future scripted API's and web socket implementation and investigations

• Working effectively within cross-functional teams with developers system administrators and other stakeholders
• Identify bottlenecks in development workflows and suggest improvements
• Evaluate and recommend new tools and technologies.

• What skills are required to perform the job adequately? What specific behavioural requirements are key for delivering this role?

• Bachelor's degree in computer science engineering or related discipline
• 7-10 years of experience in systems implementation with a focus on both custom web/mobile application development and commercial software systems with exposure to multiple technical disciplines including development QA and DevOps.
• Strong Core Java skills with hands-on experience in Microservices REST APIs Spring Boot Hibernate and WebSockets.
• Proven experience building traditional and serverless applications on AWS (EC2 Lambda DynamoDB S3 CloudWatch CloudFormation etc.). Solid experience with SQL/NoSQL databases and cloud-native architectures.
• Hands-on expertise in CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins GitHub Actions or AWS Code Pipeline; strong alignment with DevOps deployment practices.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure as code using Terraform AWS CloudFormation or similar tools.
• Experience implementing monitoring observability and alerting using tools such as Dynatrace Prometheus Grafana CloudWatch or ELK stack.
• Proven ability to manage incident response root cause analysis (RCA) and post-incident reviews ensuring continuous reliability improvements.
• Knowledge of reliability and performance metrics (SLOs SLIs SLAs) and the ability to engineer systems that meet or exceed them.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes (EKS).
• Familiarity with security best practices for cloud-native and distributed systems including IAM secrets management and data encryption.
• Ability to work independently or as part of a global agile team preferably in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment.
• Demonstrated willingness to learn new technologies continuously improve systems reliability scalability and automation.

• Experience in containerization with Docker or Kubernetes will be an advantage and bonus.
• Experience in React JS Redux Modular CSS JavaScript is a plus.
• Working knowledge of AI frameworks like copilot windsurf spring AI and other model building tools.

What We Do

Intelsat and SES have joined forces uniting 100 years of combined innovation and leadership to create the world’s leading space solutions company. As a newly combined company we bring together talented teams with deep industry expertise to deliver integrated satellite and connectivity solutions for businesses and governments across the globe. With a powerful multi-orbit fleet an expansive ground network and strong financial backing we’re entering an exciting phase of growth investing in next-generation technologies that will enhance our competitive position in the rapidly-evolving satellite communications landscape For future team members this means more opportunity more innovation and more impact. At SES you won’t just join a company—you’ll help shape the future of global connectivity.

Why Work With Us

When it comes to your career you are the author of your own story. At SES we believe you should have the freedom to drive new opportunities in any direction you want them to go – unlimited by geography technology or even gravity.

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