Your role in shaping our future:
Intelsat Inflight has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Software Engineer - Site Reliability role who will help us develop and monitor our next generation airline services platform. You will be part of the team that is responsible for monitoring, creating alerts and dashboards using some best-in-class software technologies.
The ideal candidate for this role will have to pro-actively monitor the stability and performance of various applications and services within area of expertise and take appropriate corrective actions prior to an incident or problem occurring. The Senior Software Engineer will work with the enterprise monitoring team to implement and improve monitoring capabilities.
Are you up to the challenge?

• Design and develop globally deployed cloud based micro-services solutions with high availability.
• Perform day to day monitoring of applications and services , initiate troubleshooting/mitigation of issues reported from alerts, health check failures etc. configuring new alerts and creating new dashboards.
• Ensuring 24x7 availability of business-critical environment

You should have:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline
• At least 8 years of experience in supporting Java applications / services hosted in Linux based environment.
• Proficient in Java / J2EE technologies and related frameworks. Expertise in maintaining micro-services in high availability mode for a large enterprise.
• Strong Core JAVA Skills, Microservices, Rest API and Spring, web development skills.
• Strong hands-on experience with monitoring tools such as Dynatrace, ELK/Kibana or Sumo Logic, creating alerts, dashboards, debugging etc.
• Experience building service-oriented APIs (GraphQL and REST API) and cloud services (preferable against AWS)
• Understand application code, deep dive, and conduct root cause analysis of application problems to prevent future occurrence.
• Recommend architecture to increase resiliency in application, with special focus on 3rd party dependencies to prevent cascade failures.
• Further collaborate with development and operations team to ensure availability and reliability of the application and infrastructure.
• Serve as an escalation point for other Systems Administrators, Engineers, and other technology teams in the resolution of server and system problems.
• Willingness to learn new technologies and demonstrate commitment to excellence for the continuous improvement of our products, code base, processes, and tools.
• Working closely with End Users, Prod support team, Software - Frontend & Backend, Data, and DevOps Engineers.
• Provide weekend on-call rotation for production support.

It would be nice if you had:

• Experience in React JS, Redux, Modular CSS, Javascript is a plus.
• Knowledge of Python and shell scripting a plus

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer including Vets and Disabled
What it's like to work with us:
Intelsat is connecting the world and transforming the satellite and inflight connectivity landscape by reaching beyond the traditional satellite industry. We are defining new products that will open new, profitable markets. We connect the aviation industry and air travelers with innovative technology and applications, and we do it all in a high-energy environment that welcomes the next challenge. To help us reach this goal, you should be a bold thinker who will perform a key role in shaping Intelsat innovation for years to come.
• We emphasize personal and professional growth
• Awesome benefits including PTO, medical, tuition reimbursement, and training
• Flexible work arrangements
• Fun, diverse, and inclusive culture