Software Engineer, Infrastructure Automation

Indiaabroad2; New York (NY); Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Software Engineer, Infrastructure Automation to join its remote team. In this role, you will develop infrastructure as code within a critical platform, focusing on automation and enhancing resilience in the face of cyber threats. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in cloud technologies, automation tools, and container orchestration. Join us to help protect crucial infrastructure while improving response times to incidents.

Qualifications

• Practical experience with cloud automation tools like Terraform and Ansible.
• Experience automating configuration with Python, Powershell, or Bash.
• Proficiency in AWS services and Ansible for infrastructure management.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates using Ansible.
• Automate deployment of containers using Docker and orchestrate with Kubernetes.
• Ensure IaC and configuration code is tested and documented.

Skills

Cloud automation

Configuration management

Scripting

CI/CD pipelines

Networking concepts

Security best practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub

Job description

Software Engineer, Infrastructure Automation

Simplesense builds, deploys, and sustains the Installation Resilience Platform that enables mission operators to rapidly adapt and respond. The Platform protects critical infrastructure from cyber attack while unlocking previously siloed information to monitor, diagnose, and improve response times to incidents. Our adversaries rapidly adopt the latest technology: we help defense users respond in kind.

• Skills:

Simplesense is looking for a Software Engineer, Infrastructure Automation to join our remote, US-based team. The primary responsibility for this role is developing infrastructure as code within the Installation Resilience Platform codebase - developing Ansible scripts, powershell automation, and integrating/maintaining both SaaS and standalone applications into our solutions.

Qualifications

• Practical experience working with cloud automation and configuration management tools, such as Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet
• Experience automating configuration with scripting languages such as Python, Powershell, or Bash
• Proven experience with CI/CD pipelines and development automation using tools such as GitHub, GitHub Actions, and version control workflows
• Proficiency in AWS services, CloudFormation, and Ansible for infrastructure provisioning and management
• Experience deploying infrastructure with containers and container orchestration using tools such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience in designing IAM solutions in both on-prem and in AWS with tools like Active Directory and Okta
• Knowledge of networking concepts, security best practices, and monitoring tools
• Comfortable performing operations with the Linux terminal
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or similar
• Must be a US Citizen and able to obtain a DoD NIPR account and Common Access Card (CAC)
• Ability to effectively use Simplesense IT Systems (Google Workspace, Slack, Jira, Confluence, Lucid for virtual whiteboards)
• Operational Technology(OT) or Industrial Control Systems (ICS) experience
• Experience generating artifacts for DoD RMF
• Security certifications such as Security+ or Cloud+
  

Core Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable and reusable Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates using Ansible
• Deployment automation of containers and container orchestration technologies using Docker and Kubernetes
• Automate provisioning, configuration, and maintenance of cloud and on-premises infrastructure and across hypervisor environments
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments using GitHub Actions
• Ensure IaC and configuration management code is properly tested, versioned, and documented
• Design and manage AWS resources (EC2, S3, RDS, VPCs, IAM policies, etc.) using IaC tools
• Configure, manage, and optimize virtualized environments using VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
• Implement disaster recovery solutions and backup strategies for virtualized systems
• Work closely with other engineering and operations teams to align infrastructure with business needs
• Create and maintain documentation for IaC code, system configurations, and operational procedures
• Implement security best practices for IaC, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure and integrate security scanning and compliance checks into pipelines
• Set up and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions for infrastructure health and performance

Simplesense

Brooklyn, New York

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