Technical Program Manager: Platform Deployments

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.

About the Role: As the Technical Program Manager: Platform Deployments you will play a critical role in developing, configuring and deploying our Installation Resilience Platform across multiple Department of Defense installations. You will establish and track to completion project/program deliverables, budgets and schedules; partnering closely with the Strategy, Product, Engineering Development and Operations Capability Teams you will ensure our platform remains resilient, secure, and ready for the mission.

Work Model: We prioritize candidates in the Denver, CO; San Antonio, TX; and Brooklyn, NY areas, but are open to remote talent.

Locals: 2-4 days/month onsite.

Remote: Up to 8 x 1-week trips for company, team or customer meetings.

What Success Looks Like: 30 Days: Onboard the company and begin to understand our processes

60 Days: Understand program scope, workflow, and make suggestions

90 Days: Assume responsibility for delivering your program What You’ll Do: Clearly distill customer requirements into actionable plans Work directly with internal and external stakeholders to define projects

Employ a pragmatic approach to balance deadlines/budgets with capacity Track underway projects to completion, including subcontractor work 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

Work with the Staff Technical Program Manager on continuous improvement

Orchestrate program-level ceremonies for cross-team dependency resolution

Manage customer relationships to ensure two-way understanding

Represent the company, as required, to customers, partners, and contractors What You Bring Required Qualifications: Experience: 5+ years with demonstrated success in managing project delivery

Technical Skills: Proficiency in Agile methodologies and demonstrated use of

Project Management Tools: Jira, Asana, MS Project, etc.

Project Communications Tools: Slack, MS TEAMS, etc.

Project Documentation Tools: Confluence, Google Workspace, etc.

Domain Knowledge: Extensive experience managing multiple concurrent interrelated projects, preferably within an enterprise software environment.

Travel: You will be required to travel up to 8 times per year for Deployment Site Visits, Customer Program Management Reviews and/or Company meetings. 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.

Preferred Qualifications: Based in the Denver, CO, San Antonio, TX, and Brooklyn, NY area. Demonstrated translation between traditional waterfall and agile models

T-shaped person (experience in many things, depth in a handful) with depth in one or more of the following is important:

Networking Development

Software Development

Cybersecurity, outage monitoring, and incident response

Network Operations, NOC/SOC day-to-day support and operations

Project Management of

Continuous improvement to optimize processes and procedures

DevSecOps

Set up, configuration and operation of project management tooling

Familiarity with small business and startup culture Department of Defense project experience is a bonus

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: $130K-$160K 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 at careers@simplesense.io.