Senior Platform Engineer, Connectivity

Simplesense•Denver, CO

About The Position

As the Senior Platform Engineer on the Connectivity team, you will design and build the automation, tooling, and infrastructure components that enable Simplesense to securely and efficiently onboard customer facilities into our cloud-hybrid platform services. You will lead complex work across platform engineering, Linux systems, networking, and infrastructure automation to turn operational needs into scalable workflows, reusable components, and maintainable systems. In this role, you will own ambiguous technical problems within the Connectivity engineering domain, drive solutions from design through implementation, and help less experienced engineers deliver with quality and consistency.

Requirements

5+ years of experience building infrastructure, automation, or platform engineering solutions in complex environments.
Strong experience building infrastructure automation and tooling using disciplined engineering practices such as Git workflows, structured configuration data, CI/CD pipelines, 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.
Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to obtain a DoD NIPR network account and Common Access Card (CAC)
Must have, or be able to obtain, a Secret Clearance

Nice To Haves

Experience in DoW, Air Force, or Federal contractor environments
Experience supporting OT/ICS, critical infrastructure, industrial networks, or facility-edge environments
Certifications such as CCNP/CCIE, AWS Advanced Networking, or similar
Familiarity with network automation tools (ex. Ansible, Cisco DevNet, open-source routing tools)
Based in the Denver, CO, San Antonio, TX, or Brooklyn, NY area.
AWS Certified Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator or equivalent technical certification.

Responsibilities

Lead the design and implementation of reusable tooling and configuration-driven workflows that automate the lifecycle management of Connectivity infrastructure.
Develop and maintain automation for Linux-based systems and network appliances, including secure configuration generation, system bootstrapping, software updates, and validation routines.
Translate operational onboarding and maintenance needs into scalable technical workflows that improve delivery speed, consistency, and quality across customer environments, including provisioning, secure channel establishment, validation, monitoring, and sustainment.
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 reviews, mentor junior and mid-level engineers, and help grow the team’s software-driven approach to Connectivity engineering.