Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Simplesense builds and operates an Installation Resilience Platform that supports defense users and protects critical infrastructure from cyber attacks. The Senior Cloud Ops Engineer leads the production reliability of cloud-hosted applications, owns cloud systems, designs automation and network infrastructure, and improves system stability and operational support.
Responsibilities
- End-to-End System Ownership: Own the health and performance of assigned production systems, defining Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and building the monitoring/alerting necessary to meet them
- Architect CI/CD & Automation: Design and maintain automated delivery pipelines (Infrastructure as Code) to ensure repeatable, secure feature deployments
- Network Infrastructure Design: Manage scalable cloud network topologies, including transit gateways, VPCs, subnets, security groups, and route tables, ensuring low-latency and secure communication between distributed services
- Eliminate Operational Toil: Proactively identify repetitive manual tasks and engineer automated solutions to prevent recurrence
- Tier 3 Support & RCA: Act as the second escalation point for complex incidents, leading thorough root cause analysis (RCA) and implementing systemic, long-term fixes
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with development teams to translate software requirements into robust operational designs, effectively communicating design decisions and resulting system trade-offs
Skills
- Experience: 5+ years in cloud operations, systems administration, or DevOps, with a heavy focus on managing production workloads in mission-critical environments
- Technical Mastery: Advanced proficiency in AWS (EC2, VPC, IAM), CloudFormation or Terraform, and CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions
- Cloud Networking: Deep understanding of VPC design, subnetting, Route53, and VPN/Direct Connect configurations; experience troubleshooting complex connectivity issues across multi-account or hybrid on-prem/cloud environments
- Software Development : Proficient in one or more software languages such as Node.js, Python, or Go
- Observability: Strong experience with observability stacks (e.g., Splunk, DataDog, or CloudWatch) including logging, tracing, and metrics tuning
- Travel : You will be required to travel quarterly to Product Increment planning
- 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
- Based in the Denver, CO, San Antonio, TX, or Brooklyn, NY area
- Experience working within DoD, Air Force, or Federal contractor environments
- AWS Certified SysOps Administrator or equivalent technical certification
Benefits
- Equity
- Medical, Life, Short-Term Disability, and AD&D insurance
- Medical travel coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- 401k matching
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