Simplesense
SeniorCloudOperationsEngineer
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“Senior Cloud Operations Engineer at Simplesense. Skills: Cloud Operations, Kubernetes, AWS, Data Pipelines. Maintain Kubernetes edge clusters. Optimize Kubernetes edge clusters”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure platform resilience; Ensure platform security; Ensure platform readiness; Ensure maximum uptime; Ensure smooth local data extraction; Ensure seamless scaling; Maintain strict compliance; Proactively identify bottlenecks; Guarantee data stream health; Increase deployment velocity; Eliminate manual errors; Shorten feedback loops; Provide highly available infrastructure; Provide repeatable infrastructure; Provide scalable infrastructure; Accelerate onboarding timeline; Ensure zero data loss
Industry & Context.
Troubleshoot pipeline friction; Identify bottlenecks; Optimize data latency; Optimize reliability
Ability to travel, U.S. Citizen, Obtain DoD NIPR account, Obtain Common Access Card, Obtain Secret Clearance
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years DevOps/SRE/Systems Engineering, Manage production-grade infrastructure, Manage Kubernetes environments, Configuration management using Kustomize, AWS infrastructure provisioning, Manage AWS data/compute resources, Configure log aggregation/metrics dashboards, Container security scanning/patching, Maintain secure software supply chain, Write automation scripts, Troubleshoot pipeline friction, Understand hybrid networking concepts, Manage hybrid edge-to-cloud architectures, Automate and monitor data pipelines, Bridge physical OT to AWS, Travel quarterly for team planning, U.S. Citizen, Obtain DoD NIPR account, Obtain Common Access Card, Obtain Secret Clearance
Nice to Have
RKE2 or Rancher experience, Experience in DoD/Air Force/Federal contractor environments
What You'll Do.
Maintain Kubernetes edge clusters
Optimize Kubernetes edge clusters
Scale Kubernetes edge clusters
Ensure local data extraction
Remediate container security
Manage base image vulnerabilities
Harden edge-to-cloud infrastructure
Maintain compliance standards
Define pipeline SLIs/SLOs
Implement pipeline SLIs/SLOs
Monitor pipeline SLIs/SLOs
Guarantee data stream health
Integrate testing into GitHub Actions
Integrate security scanning into GitHub Actions
Integrate deployment into GitHub Actions
Increase deployment velocity
Eliminate manual errors
Shorten feedback loops
Architect AWS CloudFormation stacks
Build AWS CloudFormation stacks
Deploy AWS CloudFormation stacks
Provide highly available infrastructure
Provide repeatable infrastructure
Provide scalable infrastructure
Lead technical configuration
Execute technical configuration
Validate on-premise infrastructure
Validate logical replication pipelines
Accelerate onboarding timeline
Ensure zero data loss
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Data Insights Capability Team; Cross-functional teams
Communication Scope
Client Program Management Reviews
Process & Methodology
Agile
Full 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. Senior Cloud Operations Engineer Location: Denver, CO About the Team The Data Insights Capability Team manages an end-to-end ETL pipeline that bridges the gap from on-premise Operational Technology and Industrial Control Systems to our advanced AWS cloud environment. The pipeline processes mission-critical data, feeding into cloud databases, data visualization apps, and GenAI-powered analytics. About the Role As the Senior Cloud Operations Engineer, you will play a critical role in the operational excellence of our hybrid deployments. You will oversee edge and cloud operations as part of the Data Insights team to ensure our platform remains resilient, secure, and ready for the mission. What Success Looks Like: 30 Days: Successfully onboard, gain a deep understanding of our hybrid edge-to-cloud architecture, and take over routine patching and maintenance of the existing Kubernetes clusters. 60 Days: Enhance our GitHub Act
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