Simplesense

Simplesense

Senior Platform Engineer

Denver, CO (Hybrid) · Senior · Contract

No sponsorship$155k-$195kDetected 16 days ago
Node.jsGitAWSCloud PlatformsTerraformCI/CDDatadogDevOpsPlatform EngineeringCybersecurityAgileCommunicationProblem SolvingMentoring

About the role

  • As the Senior Platform Engineer, you are responsible for leading the production reliability of our cloud-hosted applications.
  • This position is a powerhouse focused on supporting application delivery and ensuring the cloud infrastructure is a "paved road" for our development teams.
  • We recognize that talent comes in many forms.

Responsibilities

  • Solution Ownership: Collaborate with operations team members and Principal and Staff Engineers to understand desired system level outcomes and operational requirements.
  • Investigate, design, test, deploy and support core cloud platform components, including networking, applications, security and resilience features, logging, monitoring, and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) features, to ensure success.
  • Network Infrastructure Design: Manage scalable cloud network topologies, including transit gateways, VPCs, subnets, security groups, and route tables, ensuring low-latency and secure communication between distributed services
  • Implement CI/CD & Automation: Design and maintain automated delivery pipelines (Infrastructure as Code) to ensure repeatable, secure feature deployments.
  • Technical Design: Provide technical input and guidance regarding responsible components during planning and design sessions with Principal and Staff Engineers to ensure the success of the larger integrated system (e.g., service and resource deployment patterns, security controls, cost optimization).
  • Individual Contributor: Provide hands-on technical contributions to the infrastructure design and deployment with a time allocation of approximately 80% on solving technical problems (coding IaC, system design, reviews, troubleshooting) and 20% mentoring, coordinating with Staff and Principal Engineers, and supporting operations.
  • Tier 3 Support & RCA: Act as the second escalation point for complex incidents, leading thorough root cause analysis (RCA) and implementing systemic, long-term fixes.
  • Design and maintain automated delivery pipelines (Infrastructure as Code) to ensure repeatable, secure feature deployments.
  • Provide technical input and guidance regarding responsible components during planning and design sessions with Principal and Staff Engineers to ensure the success of the larger integrated system (e.g., service and resource deployment patterns, security controls, cost optimization).
  • Provide hands-on technical contributions to the infrastructure design and deployment with a time allocation of approximately 80% on solving technical problems (coding IaC, system design, reviews, troubleshooting) and 20% mentoring, coordinating with Staff and Principal Engineers, and supporting operations.

Requirements

  • Technical Mastery: Advanced proficiency in AWS (EC2, VPC, IAM), CloudFormation or Terraform, and CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions.
  • Observability: Strong experience with observability stacks (e.g., Splunk, DataDog, or CloudWatch) including logging, tracing, and metrics tuning.
  • Travel: You will be required to travel quarterly to Product Increment planning.
  • Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to obtain a DoD NIPR network account and Common Access Card (CAC)
  • Must have, or be able to obtain, a Secret Clearance.
  • Advanced proficiency in AWS (EC2, VPC, IAM), CloudFormation or Terraform, and CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions.
  • Strong experience with observability stacks (e.g., Splunk, DataDog, or CloudWatch) including logging, tracing, and metrics tuning.
  • Required Qualifications:
  • Cloud Networking: Deep understanding of VPC design, subnetting, Route53, PrivateLink and related AWS technologies
  • experience troubleshooting complex connectivity issues across multi-account or hybrid on-prem/cloud environments.
  • Ownership: Demonstrated ability to take ownership of a problem and deliver a production-ready solution.
  • Software Development: Proficient in one or more software languages such as Node.js or Python.

Nice to have

  • Based in the Denver, CO area.
  • Experience working within DoD, Air Force, or Federal contractor environments.
  • Solutions Architect, CloudOps, DevOps or similar AWS certification.
  • We look for people who can navigate ambiguity and are driven by the mission.
  • People & Communication: You invite vigorous debate and offer "kindly blunt" feedback, always maintaining empathy and assuming noble intent.
  • Agility: You move quickly to fix small problems, learn from the past, and pivot transparently when the mission requires it.
  • We review ranges regularly to ensure market competitiveness.

Skills

  • Welcome to Simplesense!
  • Simplesense is an equal opportunity employer committed to a policy of merit-based employment.
  • Senior Platform Engineer

Compensation

  • $155k-195k per year.
  • Compensation is determined based on experience, skill level, and location.
  • All employment decisions-including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, benefits, training, and termination-are made based on individual qualifications, performance, and business needs.

Benefits

  • Medical, Life, Short-Term Disability, and AD&D insurance
  • Medical travel coverage
  • Dental coverage
  • Vision coverage
  • Competitive Benefits
  • Values & Vision: A conversation with a hiring manager to discuss how your aspirations align with our mission and goals of the team.

Company info

  • A conversation with a hiring manager to discuss how your aspirations align with our mission and goals of the team.

Equal opportunity

  • If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete the application or take part in the interview process, please contact People Operations at careers@simplesense.io.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Citizen and able to obtain a DoD NIPR network account and Common Access Card (CAC)
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