Software Engineer, Infrastructure Automation

SimpleSense Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 138,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

A non-traditional defense contractor, SimpleSense Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer specializing in Infrastructure Automation to join their remote team. The role involves developing infrastructure as code within the Installation Resilience Platform, focusing on automation tools like Ansible and CI/CD pipelines. Ideal candidates will have cloud automation experience, proficiency in scripting languages, and a bachelor's degree in a relevant field. This competitive role offers a salary range of $138,000 to $170,000 along with comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

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

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401K matching

Equity

Qualifications

• Practical experience with cloud automation and configuration management tools essential.
• Proven experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation.
• Must be US Citizen, able to obtain a DoD NIPR account.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code templates using Ansible.
• Automate deployment and infrastructure tasks using Python and Powershell.
• Optimize deployment pipelines with GitHub Actions.

Skills

Terraform

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

Python

Powershell

Bash

GitHub

GitHub Actions

AWS

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Active Directory

Okta

Linux terminal

Security best practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Bachelor's in Software Engineering

Bachelor's in Computer Engineering

Bachelor's in Information Systems

Job description

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.

Simplesense is a non-traditional defense contractor and prime on the Air Force's Installation Resilience Operations Command and Control (IROC) program, which is now expanding to five additional Air Force, Space Force, and Army installations from the one prototype installation, Tyndall Air Force Base.

Our team combines over 100 years of direct mission experience solving hard problems with 50 years technical expertise deploying DevSecOps, cybersecurity, and cloud infrastructure, giving us a deep appreciation for our customers’ mission and end users’ priorities. We build for scale, architecting and prioritizing technical work for long term sustainability.

Simplesense's engineering team drives innovation by developing and integrating advanced technologies to deliver real-time solutions that enhance security, operational efficiency, and data fusion into mission enabling common operating pictures. We design and implement secure infrastructure systems, including operational technology (OT) gateways, cloud-based analytics, and automated monitoring, to streamline data flow and enable actionable insights. By focusing on resilience, scalability, and continuous improvement, our engineering team creates robust platforms that empower decision-making and mission success. Collaboration across public and private systems ensures our solutions bridge critical gaps, optimize resource use, and meet the demands of our customers.

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.
• Develop scripts, code, and automation workflows using programming languages such as Python, PowerShell, or JavaScript to automate manual tasks and processes related to infrastructure deployment, application installation, and compliance configuration.
• 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.
• Optimize infrastructure deployment pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• 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.

Competitive benefits package including equity

• Medical, Life, Short-Term Disability, and AD&D insurance
• Medical travel coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• 401K matching
• Equity

Salary Range - $138,000-$170,000