Senior Cloud Platform Engineer - Remote & DoD-Ready

SimpleSense Inc.; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 155,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Medical, Life, Short-Term Disability, and AD&D insurance

401k matching

Job summary

SimpleSense Inc. is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to lead the production reliability of cloud-hosted applications. The role emphasizes automating and optimizing cloud systems, promoting both stability and proactive support.

Key responsibilities include managing cloud networking, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and providing technical input during system planning. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in cloud operations with strong technical mastery in AWS and relevant tools.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience managing production workloads in mission-critical environments.
• Advanced proficiency in AWS core services.
• Deep understanding of VPC design and troubleshooting connectivity issues.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with operations team to ensure system outcomes.
• Manage scalable cloud network topologies.
• Design and maintain automated delivery pipelines.

Skills

Cloud operations/DevOps

AWS (EC2, VPC, IAM)

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Node.js or Python

Observability stacks (Splunk, DataDog, CloudWatch)

Education

5+ years in cloud operations or DevOps

Tools

CloudFormation or Terraform

CI/CD tools (e.g. GitHub Actions)

Job description

SimpleSense Inc. is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to lead the production reliability of cloud-hosted applications. The role emphasizes automating and optimizing cloud systems, promoting both stability and proactive support.

Key responsibilities include managing cloud networking, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and providing technical input during system planning. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in cloud operations with strong technical mastery in AWS and relevant tools.