Simplesense

Control System Integration Specialist

Denver, CO (Hybrid) · Senior · Contract

No sponsorship$100k-$125kDetected 15 days ago

PowerShellAlgorithmsCloud PlatformsDevOpsPlatform EngineeringCustomer SupportSystems EngineeringControlsCommunicationProblem Solving

About the role

30 Days: Audit our current Control System baselines, take ownership of the technical escalation queue, and jump directly into the OS to identify immediate areas of configuration drift.
60 Days: Stand up highly representative lab sandboxes for issue reproduction.
Successfully execute your first end-to-end patch validation cycle in this environment, catching application conflicts before they hit production.

Surgical Patch Execution & Lab Testing: Build and govern representative lab sandboxes. Use these environments to safely deploy, execute, and validate monthly OS updates, configuration changes, and third-party patches against fragile OT applications.
Monitor and optimize the underlying Windows OS configurations, using your hands-on expertise to know exactly where to look to correct configuration drift before it degrades mission capability.
Process Design & Enablement: Establish the strict protocols for STIG implementation and monthly patch validation.
While you execute the complex integrations, you will write the detailed runbooks that enable Technical Support to safely handle routine maintenance.
Autonomously troubleshoot complex OS-to-application failures, translate those fixes into frontline runbooks, and serve as the trusted advisor to Engineering streams as they design and tune new CS data ingestion algorithms.
Build and govern representative lab sandboxes.
Use these environments to safely deploy, execute, and validate monthly OS updates, configuration changes, and third-party patches against fragile OT applications.
You embed security and reliability practices into daily work to drive continuous improvement and mitigate risk.

Hands-on Internals Expertise: Strong practical ability to troubleshoot at the OS level (services, registry, permissions, deep log analysis) and resolve strict STIG compliance conflicts via CLI/PowerShell.
Clearance: Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain a DoD NIPR account and Common Access Card (CAC)
must have or be able to obtain a Secret Clearance.
Provide the deep Control System expertise required to help them build robust ingestion algorithms, understand legacy protocol quirks, and enable rapid tuning of the data.
Strong practical ability to troubleshoot at the OS level (services, registry, permissions, deep log analysis) and resolve strict STIG compliance conflicts via CLI/PowerShell.
Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain a DoD NIPR account and Common Access Card (CAC)
Required Qualifications:
Consultative Mindset: Proven ability to translate complex, legacy hardware/software limitations into actionable design advice for the engineering teams.
Lab/Test Environment Architecture: Experience building and using representative test environments to reproduce field issues and execute patch validation.

Proficiency in PowerShell for automating administrative tasks, log collection, or basic system configurations.
Experience working alongside DevOps or Tier 1 NOC teams in an escalation capacity.
Experience acting as a technical liaison between legacy hardware vendors and modern cloud/platform engineering teams.
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.
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Welcome to Simplesense!
Simplesense is an equal opportunity employer committed to a policy of merit-based employment.
Control System Integration Specialist
Act as the technical backstop for challenging Control System anomalies.
Your journey starts here.

$100k-$125k per year Compensation is determined based on experience, skill level, and location.

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.

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

Citizen with the ability to obtain a DoD NIPR account and Common Access Card (CAC); must have or be able to obtain a Secret Clearance

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