Senior Network Development Engineer

Simplesense•Denver, CO

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

As our Senior Network Development Engineer, you will play a critical role in securely and efficiently onboarding customer facilities into our hybrid-cloud platform services. You will design and implement software-driven network automation, reusable tooling, and configuration-driven workflows that make Connectivity infrastructure repeatable, secure, and scalable. You will partner closely with the Connectivity and broader engineering teams to automate how network infrastructure is provisioned, configured, validated, updated, and sustained across customer environments to ensure our platform remains mission ready.

Requirements

5+ years of experience building infrastructure, automation, or platform engineering solutions in complex environments.
Strong experience developing automation and tooling for infrastructure or network systems using disciplined engineering practices such as Git workflows, structured configuration data, scripting or programming, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and code reviews.
Strong hands-on experience with Linux operating systems, system configuration, package and service management, debugging, and scripting.
Solid understanding of network design, segmentation, VPNs, firewalls, encryption, and secure connectivity patterns.
Proven ability to independently solve ambiguous technical problems within a complex platform or infrastructure domain, drive solution design through implementation, communicate tradeoffs clearly, and support the growth of less experienced engineers.
Ability to travel quarterly for Program Management Reviews and team collaboration.

Nice To Haves

Strongly prefer candidates residing in the Denver metro area.
Prior experience working within DoD, Air Force, or Federal contractor environments.
Relevant technical certifications such as CompTIA Network+, CompTIA Security+, CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, AWS Advanced Networking, etc.
Experience with OT/ICS, critical infrastructure, industrial networks, facility-edge environments, and network automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Cisco DevNet, open-source routing tools).

Responsibilities

Lead the design and implementation of reusable automation, tooling, and configuration-driven workflows that manage the lifecycle of Connectivity infrastructure and reduce manual network operations.
Develop and maintain automation for Linux-based systems and network appliances, including secure configuration generation, system bootstrapping, software updates, network configuration, and automated validation routines.
Translate network onboarding and maintenance needs into scalable technical workflows for provisioning, secure channel establishment, configuration deployment, connectivity testing, monitoring, and sustainment across customer environments.
Build automation and infrastructure patterns that align with zero-trust principles, network segmentation requirements, access controls, and critical infrastructure security expectations.
Break down ambiguous infrastructure and workflow problems into clear technical designs, implementation plans, and well-scoped engineering tasks.
Produce clear design documentation, implementation guidance, and operational handoff materials.
Help reinforce strong standards for code quality, testing, and maintainability within the team’s Connectivity engineering work.
Provide thoughtful code and design reviews, mentor junior and mid-level engineers, and help grow the team’s software-driven and network-as-code approach to Connectivity engineering.