Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer
Simplesense3 hours ago
Denver, CO, USASenior
Base Salary
$155k - $195k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of reusable infrastructure automation, configuration management, and network infrastructure-as-code workflows.
- Automate Linux systems and network appliances, including bootstrapping, secure configuration, package and software management, network configuration, updates, and validation.
- Develop scalable workflows for infrastructure provisioning, secure connectivity, configuration management, validation, monitoring, upgrades, and sustainment.
- Build infrastructure patterns aligned with zero-trust principles, network segmentation, access controls, and critical infrastructure security requirements.
- Translate ambiguous infrastructure and workflow problems into technical designs, implementation plans, and engineering tasks.
- Create design documentation, implementation guidance, and operational handoff materials while supporting code quality, testing, and maintainability standards.
- Conduct code and design reviews, mentor junior and mid-level engineers, and help improve software-driven provisioning and network infrastructure management.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience building infrastructure automation, systems engineering, network infrastructure, or platform engineering solutions in complex environments.
- Strong experience automating infrastructure provisioning, configuration, or lifecycle management using Git workflows, structured configuration data, infrastructure-as-code or configuration management, CI/CD pipelines, testing, scripting, and code reviews.
- Hands-on expertise with Linux operating systems, system configuration, package and service management, debugging, and scripting.
- Solid knowledge of network design, segmentation, VPNs, firewalls, encryption, and secure connectivity patterns.
- Ability to independently solve ambiguous infrastructure problems, drive solutions through implementation, communicate tradeoffs, and support less experienced engineers.
- Ability to travel quarterly for Program Management Reviews and team collaboration.
- Denver metro residency is strongly preferred.
- Experience in DoD, Air Force, or federal contractor environments is preferred.
- Relevant certifications such as CompTIA Network+, CompTIA Security+, CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, or AWS Advanced Networking are preferred.
- Experience with OT/ICS, critical infrastructure, industrial networks, facility-edge environments, and network automation tools is preferred.
Benefits
- $155k-$195k per year base pay range.
- Equity.
- Medical, life, short-term disability, and AD&D insurance.
- Medical travel coverage, dental coverage, vision coverage, and 401k matching.
- Denver-area candidates work hybrid as needed with onsite collaboration; exceptional remote candidates are considered with quarterly travel to hub locations.
About Simplesense
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.