Software Engineer, Infrastructure Automation

Simplesense

April 27, 2025

03:57 PM

Simplesense Brooklyn, New York

Company size : 11-50 employees
Job Type & Title : Remote
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About Company:
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
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

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