Simplesense

Title: Platform Engineer, Windows Infrastructure 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. Platform Engineer, Windows Infrastructure Location: Denver, CO (Hybrid), San Antonio, TX (Hybrid), Brooklyn, NY or Remote (US Based) About the Role: As a Platform Engineer, Windows Infrastructure, you will play a critical role in building and maintaining the Windows-based infrastructure that underpins Simplesense’s operational platform helping to secure critical infrastructure. You will support the implementation, automation, and ongoing improvement of Windows domain infrastructure and partner closely with the Platform, Security, and Operations teams to ensure our systems remain resilient, secure, and mission-ready. Work Model: We prioritize candidates in the Denver, CO, San Antonio, TX, and Brooklyn, NY area, but are open to remote talent. - Locals: 2 days/week onsite. - Remote: Quarterly travel for team meetings. What Success Looks Like: - 30 Days: Onboard into the platform environment, gain familiarity with Windows infrastructure, IaC workflows, and internal tools. - 60 Days: Develop and deploy Windows automation scripts and infrastructure updates and begin contributing to tasks following the development workflow. - 90 Days: Take ownership of small- to medium-sized infrastructure tasks, contribute to system reliability and automation efforts, and collaborate cross-functionally to support operations and platform enhancements. What You’ll Do - Implement Infrastructure-as-Code solutions: Deploy features, fixes, and updates to Windows infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code (IaC) practices, ensuring reliability, performance, and security. - Automate Windows environments and processes: Develop, test, and maintain automations for system configuration, deployments, and operational workflows, including CI/CD pipelines. - Collaborate across teams to improve systems: Partner with Platform, Security, and Operations teams to troubleshoot issues, integrate new assets, and continuously improve system performance and resilience. - Contribute to technical delivery and growth: Actively participate in code reviews, follow engineering best practices, and contribute to solving technical challenges while continuing to build your skillset. What You Bring Required Qualifications: Experience: 3+ years of experience using software development and Infrastructure-as-Code practices to manage Windows infrastructure. Technical Skills: - Strong experience with self-hosted Windows Server environments, including Active Directory, Group Policy, and system performance tuning - Proficiency in PowerShell scripting for automation (modules, system configuration, networking, services) - Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps) - Familiarity with version control (Git) and infrastructure deployment workflows - Experience with monitoring and logging tools, including analyzing Windows Event Logs and system metrics Familiarity with AWS infrastructure tools (e.g., CloudFormation, Systems Manager) - Domain Knowledge: Understanding of secure system configuration, automation best practices, and infrastructure reliability in mission-critical or regulated environments. - Travel: Quarterly travel required for team planning and collaboration. Clearance & Eligibility: - Must be a U.S. Citizen - Must be able to obtain a DoD NIPR network account and Common Access Card (CAC) - Must have, or be able to obtain, a Secret Clearance - Security relevant certification (e.g., CompTIA Security+, Cloud+) or willingness to obtain Preferred Qualifications: - Based in Denver, CO, San Antonio, TX, or Brooklyn, NY - Experience working within DoD, Air Force, or Federal contractor environments - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience) - AWS certification (e.g., AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner) - Experience with PowerShell DSC - Experience using Ansible for Windows configuration and automation - Hands-on experience with Windows domain administration Our Culture At Simplesense, we value high-trust autonomy. We look for people who can navigate ambiguity and are driven by the mission. - Safety & Innovation: You embed security and reliability practices into daily work to drive continuous improvement and mitigate risk. - People & Communication: You invite vigorous debate and offer "kindly blunt" feedback, always maintaining empathy and assuming noble intent. - Integrity & Ethics: You build trust by honoring commitments, acting ethically, and resolving conflict through direct, honest communication. - Strategic Problem Solving: You focus on high-priority issues to create documented, and scalable solutions—avoiding shortcuts. - Agility: You move quickly to fix small problems, learn from the past, and pivot transparently when the mission requires it. Compensation and Benefits Pay Range: $115k-$145k per year. Compensation is determined based on experience, skill level, and location. We review ranges regularly to ensure market competitiveness. Competitive Benefits - Equity - Medical, Life, Short-Term Disability, and AD&D insurance - Medical travel coverage - Dental coverage - Vision coverage - 401k matching Our Typical Hiring Process - Find Your Fit: Your journey starts here. Explore and apply to our open positions to find the right role for your skills. - Initial Chat: A brief call with our recruiting team to learn about your background and answer your initial questions about Simplesense. - Values & Vision: A conversation with a hiring manager to discuss how your aspirations align with our mission and goals of the team. - Show Your Skills: Complete a technical assessment that reflects the work you’d be doing. - Team Interview: Interview with the team to discuss your experience and see if we’re a great match. - Final Handshake: A final conversation to ensure we’ve answered all your questions before making a decision. - Welcome to Simplesense! Simplesense is an equal opportunity employer committed to a policy of merit-based employment. All employment decisions—including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, benefits, training, and termination—are made based on individual qualifications, performance, and business needs. We strictly prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind on the basis of protected characteristics as recognized by federal, state, or local law. As a U.S. government contractor, Simplesense complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity laws, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA). If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete the application or take part in the interview process, please contact People Operations

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. [paste job description here] Competitive Benefits - Equity - Medical, Life, Short-Term Disability, and AD&D insurance - Medical travel coverage - Dental coverage - Vision coverage - 401k matching Our Typical Hiring Process - Find Your Fit: Your journey starts here. Explore and apply to our open positions to find the right role for your skills. - Initial Chat: A brief call with our recruiting team to learn about your background and answer your initial questions about Simplesense. - Values & Vision: A conversation with a hiring manager to discuss how your aspirations align with our mission and goals of the team. - Show Your Skills: Complete a technical assessment that reflects the work you’d be doing. - Team Interview: Interview with the team to discuss your experience and see if we’re a great match. - Final Handshake: A final conversation to ensure we’ve answered all your questions before making a decision. - Welcome to Simplesense! Simplesense is an equal opportunity employer committed to a policy of merit-based employment. All employment decisions—including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, benefits, training, and termination—are made based on individual qualifications, performance, and business needs. We strictly prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind on the basis of protected characteristics as recognized by federal, state, or local law. As a U.S. government contractor, Simplesense complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity laws, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA). If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete the application or take part in the interview process, please contact People Operations at careers@simplesense.io.

• Represent Simplesense to customers, partners, and subcontractors • Clearly distill customer requirements into understandable project concepts • Work directly with internal and external stakeholders to define projects • Manage a portfolio of projects that deliver results to the customer • Employ a pragmatic approach to balance deadlines/budgets with capacity • Identify prioritization and staffing constraints; work with leadership to resolve • Identify and manage risk for projects and initiatives across a portfolio • Communicate and report formal program status: schedules, budgets and risks • Collaborate with the Program Team for continuous improvement • Serve as a senior advisor to the Director of Programs and Company Executives concerning Major DoD Customers (e.g. US Army, US Air Force, etc.)

• Support the full RMF A&A lifecycle to achieve and maintain the system Authority to Operate (ATO) with DOD. • Develop, author, and maintain all core A&A documentation (e.g., SSP, system diagrams, ConMon plans) within the system’s eMASS record, ensuring all controls, artifacts, and package details are accurate. • Coordinate with key stakeholders, including Information System Owners, ISSMs, external assessors, and the Authorizing Official Designated Representative (AODR), providing strategic guidance and responding to data requests to ensure the success of all Authorization to Operate (ATO) processes. • Conduct security assessments, including vulnerability scans, DISA STIG validation, and security control testing. Work with engineering and support teams to facilitate the remediation of identified vulnerabilities and Plans of Action and Milestones (POAMs). In all phases of the RMF process, work to eliminate manual processes with automation. • Perform continuous monitoring and incident response by leveraging SIEM tools (e.g., Splunk) for log analysis and dashboard creation, conducting vulnerability scans, proactively investigating potential threats, and updating all compliance documentation. • Administer and maintain enterprise security tools and platforms (e.g., SIEM, EDR, vulnerability scanners), ensuring operational integrity, scalability, and alignment with organizational security policies. • Provide technical and procedural guidance to engineering and operations staff to ensure secure system design, operation and automation tooling. • Prepare for and support government cybersecurity audits by staying current on all evolving DoD policies, including DFARS, CMMC, and NIST guidance. • Executed end-to-end incident response (IR) for cyber events, from initial detection and containment to eradication and recovery.

• End-to-End Operational Ownership: Act as the single technical owner responsible for the operational success of critical cloud systems, defining System-Level Objectives (SLOs) and System-Level Indicators (SLIs). Work with other Staff and Principals Engineers to establish operational Infrastructure as Code (IaC) standards and best practices. • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Coordinate with development to ensure repeatable and reliable feature deployments into cloud environments using CI/CD pipelines and maintain infrastructure through IaC practices. • Ambiguity Navigation: Tackle vague and complex operational challenges by defining technical strategies and leading the team toward holistic, sustainable solutions. • Mentorship and Improvement: Elevate the operational maturity of the team through insightful reviews of operational runbooks, CI/CD pipelines, and automation scripts. Mentor operations engineers on troubleshooting, problem solving, and incident response. • Operational Execution: Focus on the health of critical systems, conducting root cause analysis (RCA) for major incidents and resolving complex, intermittent issues that span on-prem/cloud boundaries. • Active Operational Support: Participate in periodic help desk rotations and Tier 3 / Tier 4 on-call support, troubleshooting and resolving issues, fixing bugs and implementing solutions to enhance system reliability and performance. • CI/CD Development: Build automated delivery pipelines and develop internal self-service tools to enhance operational efficiency. • Stakeholder Collaboration: Work with product and development teams to define operational requirements and communicate system trade-offs effectively. • Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to engineers, with the ability to influence team direction, operational practices, and outcomes. Prior or potential experience supporting people leadership responsibilities (such as onboarding, coaching, or performance feedback) is a plus.

• Engage in proactive outreach, sitting side-by-side with our users to deeply understand their current data journey—from the data they care about and why, to the complex, manual steps required to accomplish routine tasks. • Quickly engineer and implement solutions, leveraging expertise in Grafana, data visualization, dashboards, and alerting to resolve workflow inefficiencies. Focus on creating force multipliers through reusable community resources and locally deployed operational solutions. • Define and drive the vision of a single, cohesive ecosystem for users, ensuring Simplesense applications, self-help resources, and technical support function as a unified system to increase usability and drive adoption. • Collaborate with users to facilitate adoption of new tools and drive mission effectiveness by developing and curating a comprehensive approach for both in-person deskside training and on-demand virtual videos and tutorials, accelerating onboarding to provide operational improvements quickly. • Cultivate a vibrant and active user community across facilities to promote best practices, facilitate peer support, and explore new ways to engage with data. Organize events, forums, and platforms to encourage user interaction. Serve as a key liaison conducting on-site training and integration support, adapting workflows to tap into IROC applications. • Identify and cultivate government champions who show interest in providing best practices to the larger community.