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At ObjectSpectrum, we don’t just build tech – we create magic out of ones and zeroes, solve problems other people avoid, and make each other laugh in the process.

You’ll work alongside absurdly talented humans who genuinely like each other, care about the work, and treat “collaboration” as more than a buzzword. We don’t do ego trips or red tape. We do ideas, momentum, and delivering results that make clients grin like kids on Christmas.

If you want to clock in, zone out, and collect a paycheck, this is not the place. If you want to roll up your sleeves, push boundaries, and high-five people you actually enjoy, keep reading.

Senior AWS Platform Administrator

Reports to CEO/CTO
Overview
This role is responsible for the operation and evolution of Prism, our IoT software platform, and the systems that support it. This involves planning, design, monitoring, management, and troubleshooting of the infrastructure that hosts our customers’ large-scale IoT applications, ensuring availability, scalability, security, and performance. Success in this role means our platform consistently meets its 99.999% uptime goal, incidents are resolved within SLA requirements, and the infrastructure scales economically with customer growth.

It merges traditional network and infrastructure engineering and management knowledge with a focus on IoT applications with a “five nines” availability target. Subject domains include the core network fabric, both cloud and on-prem, Linux servers, software like Postgres, Redis/Valkey, RabbitMQ, node.js, and others, common IoT protocols and technologies like MQTT, CoAP, WebSockets, and LoRaWAN, monitoring and management tools like Ansible, Zabbix, and log aggregation and analysis.

Summary

  • Manage, monitor, and troubleshoot the Prism platform and infrastructure, and the hosted customer applications it supports.
  • Management, planning, and deployment of software, security patches, and updates.
  • Analyze, recommend, and implement infrastructure changes and enhancements based on evolving application requirements, updated technologies, and cost optimization.
  • Review and recommend security measures and strategies.
  • Design and deploy sandbox environments to test and evaluate new software and simulate failure scenarios.
  • Collaborate with project managers and developers to plan, test, and implement new platform capabilities to support new customer applications.
  • Collaborate with software engineers and developers to troubleshoot system issues and optimize application performance and availability.
  • Tier 3 troubleshooting of customer application questions and issues.
  • Utilize a variety of tools for monitoring, automation, and capacity planning.

Key Responsibilities

  • This role owns the uptime and operation of the Prism platform and its supporting infrastructure and services.
  • Ensure that Prism and the customer applications it hosts are running optimally.
  • Troubleshoot issues to determine their root cause and implement short- and long-term solutions to minimize future occurrences.
  • Monitor Prism and the customer applications it hosts to understand how to improve its reliability, availability, security, and performance.
  • Monitor network performance and troubleshoot connectivity issues to ensure minimal downtime and high availability.
  • Recommend, design, test, and implement changes, upgrades, and enhancements.
  • Serve as a knowledge resource on capabilities and limitations of the platform for engineers, developers, project managers, and customers.
  • Design, implement, and regularly test backup, failover, and disaster recovery procedures for all critical systems and data.
  • Provide Tier 3 support to internal stakeholders and customers to assist in troubleshooting reported anomalies.
  • Collaborate with software engineers, software developers, device integrators, and product teams to align platform functionality with application requirements.
  • Design and conduct simulations, feasibility studies, and capacity planning to support application scaling.
  • Monitor and ensure the security and integrity of the platform through encryption, device authentication, segmentation, intrusion detection, and other security measures.
  • Define and track reliability metrics (uptime, SLOs/SLAs, MTTR, etc.) and report on platform performance against these targets.
  • Research, evaluate, and recommend emerging technologies and tools to continuously improve the platform and infrastructure.
  • Identify, design, and implement ways to improve processes, increase efficiency, and automate manual processes.
  • Maintain network documentation, diagrams, and configuration details.
  • Be part of the on-call rotation for after-hours monitoring and incident response.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Direct experience (typically 5+ years) with network infrastructure and systems management, with a focus on IoT or similar environments.
  • Direct experience (typically 5+ years) with AWS
  • Solid understanding of networking protocols, services, and technologies (TCP/IP, MQTT, CoAP, HTTP, AMQP, DNS, DHCP, load balancers, LoRaWAN, etc.).
  • Hands-on experience with network hardware and cloud services: configuration, installation, monitoring, management, and troubleshooting.
  • Experience with and/or knowledge of security frameworks (SOC2, ISO27001, PCI DSS).
  • Excellent problem-solving and skills, proven ability to collaborate in cross-functional teams, and communicate effectively with developers, project managers, and customers.

Required Experience

These are some of the key domains and technologies you’ll work with every day. You should have expert-level or high-level working knowledge of these or closely related alternatives.

  • AWS (VPC, EC2, S3, CloudFront, SQS, SES, Route53, etc.)
  • Ubuntu Linux (Administration, shell scripting, monitoring, management, etc.)
  • Postgres Database Clusters
  • Redis/Valkey Clusters
  • RabbitMQ Clusters
  • eMQTT/eMQX Clusters
  • Security Frameworks (SOC2, ISO27001, PCI DSS)
  • Backup and Disaster Recovery Planning
  • Integration with third-party systems/services via APIs

Beneficial Experience

These are some of the other domains and technologies we currently use or may use in the future. Familiarity with or exposure to these will be beneficial to you in this role.

  • Ansible (or similar)
  • Zabbix (or similar)
  • Log Aggregation (Graylog, ELK, or similar)
  • CI/CD Pipeline and Release Management
  • Security Compliance and Audits
  • Docker/Swarm and/or Portainer
  • etcd Distributed Key-Value Cluster
  • Google Apps
  • Wireshark and tcpdump
  • Experience with scripting in JavaScript, Python, etc.
  • Familiarity with other Security Frameworks (OWASP, NIST, etc.)
  • Familiarity with Azure or Google Cloud Services

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Senior Hardware Test and Integration Engineer

Reports to CEO/CTO
Overview
This is a hands-on technical role that focuses on researching, evaluating, and testing IoT hardware (sensors, devices, etc.) to be integrated with Prism (our IoT software platform) and used for customer IoT applications. This will usually be customer-supplied or third-party hardware, but is also sometimes custom hardware that we design. The primary responsibilities include turning application objectives into requirements for target device functionality, interoperability considerations, and fitness for purpose, then using that information to source hardware for evaluation, designing suitable test plans and environments, and carrying out pre-integration functional testing and post-integration QA testing.

This role focuses on the solutions that reliably connect numerous edge devices – sensors, actuators, embedded controllers, etc. – to Prism. The main goal is to ensure that these devices interact seamlessly and securely within our ever-expanding IoT ecosystem, across a range of differing field conditions, using various data interfaces and communications technologies.

Key Responsibilities

Hardware Selection

  • Research, evaluate, and recommend IoT hardware suited to specific application requirements (e.g., sensors, gateways, actuators, controllers, etc.).
  • Compare features, data protocols, power requirements, environmental factors, security, integration feasibility, etc., of customer-supplied, third-party, and custom hardware.
  • Identify and document operational characteristics, strengths, and limitations of a device’s intended use scenario.

Evaluation

  • Design and document test plans and conduct evaluation testing of candidate hardware to validate suitability for its intended purpose.
  • As required, design and build test environments necessary to simulate field conditions.
  • As required, include tests for downstream components, data interfaces, and communications options.

Integration

  • Define and document integration requirements for use by application developers.
  • Plan and conduct hands-on validation of hardware setup, configuration, and functionality for use with Prism.
  • Test device connectivity, data flow, and reliability across functional and failure scenarios.
  • Set up and test devices in simulated lab environments that replicate real-world scenarios like network conditions, device interactions, and communications.
  • Work with communications vendors, like cellular MNOs or MVNOs to establish communications for devices and test reliability and failover scenarios.

QA Testing & Troubleshooting

  • Perform end-to-end testing of integrated hardware to ensure continued compatibility with application software and device firmware updates and enhancements.
  • Tier 3 troubleshooting of integration issues, working with developers, engineers, vendors, and customers as needed, both pre- and post-deployment.

Stakeholder Collaboration

  • Serve as a knowledge resource on capabilities and limitations of integrated hardware for engineers, developers, project managers, and customers.
  • Communicate findings, integration options, and potential risks to both technical and business stakeholders.
  • Document test plans, test environments, test procedures, and results.

Vendor & Technology Research

  • Monitor emerging device technologies, new product offerings, and industry trends, regularly updating candidate device lists and compatibility matrices.
  • Establish and maintain relationships with hardware and communications vendors to stay informed on product updates and development roadmaps.

Skills & Qualifications

  • In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience with technologies typically found in IoT: hardware (gateways, sensors, actuators, edge computing, etc.), device interfaces (RS-232, RS-485, Ethernet, Modbus, BACnet, USB, etc.), data protocols and formats (MQTT, CoAP, JSON, XML, raw TCP/UDP, etc.), wired and wireless communication technologies (satellite, cellular, LoRaWAN, WiFi, Bluetooth/BLE, etc.), test and emulation equipment and software used for monitoring, troubleshooting, and simulating these technologies
  • Experience with IoT hardware categories, capabilities, and communications protocols.
  • Experience integrating various kinds of hardware into IoT solutions.
  • Experience with routers, firewalls, and WiFi networks
  • Experience with RESTful APIs, device provisioning, security, authentication, and data interoperability.
  • Strong diagnostic, troubleshooting, and vendor communication skills.
  • Ability to review technical documentation, perform comparative analysis, and synthesize actionable recommendations for platform or application teams.
  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Electronics, Computer Engineering, etc.) or equivalent experience, with hands-on experience in IoT or systems integration.

Bonus Skills that will Come in Handy

  • Experience with scripting in JavaScript, Python, Bash, etc.
  • Familiarity with Test Automation and CI/CD
  • Familiarity with Linux systems
  • Familiarity with cloud computing services like AWS
  • Familiarity with log aggregation like Elastic Stack
  • Familiarity with Regulatory Compliance & Certifications (FCC, CE, UL, etc.)
  • Experience with 3D printing and/or CNC
  • Exposure to other IoT platforms

Some of the Tools, Equipment, and Technologies We Use

  • Wireshark and tcpdump
  • NE-ONE Software Defined Network Emulator
  • OpenWRT with netem
  • Digital Programmable Attenuators
  • Various emulators and simulators (for Modbus, MQTT, USB, 4-20mA, etc.)
  • Hundreds of IoT Devices
  • Wireless: LoRaWAN, cellular, BLE
  • Wired: Modbus, Ethernet, serial, 4-20mA
  • LoRaWAN Gateways
  • Cellular Routers
  • WiFi Routers
  • Edge Devices
  • Z-Wave & Zigbee Gateways
  • DC Power Supplies and Load Simulators
  • Power Profilers
  • Digital Oscilloscopes
  • Waveform Generators
  • Multimeters
  • 3D Printers

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About Object Spectrum (For the Bold, Curious, and Driven)

Are you someone who thrives on action, challenges the status quo, and loves to dive into new technology? At ObjectSpectrum, this is exactly the energy we look for. We build powerful, reliable Internet of Things (IoT) solutions with Prism, our platform, where creativity, curiosity, and a get-it-done spirit shape every project.

If you see problems as puzzles to solve, love tinkering with hardware and software, and see learning as a lifelong adventure, you’ll fit right in. We’re a remote-first, collaborative team of engineers, developers, and designers who believe progress comes from honest feedback, relentless curiosity, and the courage to try, test, and improve new solutions.

What drives us:

  • Bias for action: We value self-starters and innovators who take initiative and aren’t afraid to experiment with new ideas or tech.
  • Challengers welcome: Your voice matters—challenge how things are done, suggest better ways, and help us raise the bar.
  • Integrity & honesty: We build and deliver great products through open, transparent communication and trusting each other.
  • Growth mindset: Don’t just bring your skills—bring your curiosity and your hunger for learning. We support your growth with education opportunities, mentorship from seasoned engineers, and the freedom to explore new technology.
  • Real impact: Whether you’re crafting a new solution or directly shaping customer experiences, your contribution will make a difference.

Beyond the paycheck:

  • Flexible schedules and flexible PTO – work in a way that fuels your creativity.
  • Competitive pay, profit sharing, and comprehensive health plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, HSA).
  • Support for your home office, plus budgets for conferences and continuous learning.
  • A culture where diversity of thought and background is genuinely valued – we know innovation comes from many perspectives.

If you love to push boundaries, test innovative solutions, and are eager to make an impact in the IoT space with smart, kind teammates, ObjectSpectrum is where you’ll thrive. Join us and let’s build something amazing together.

Benefits

  • Competitive Salary & Bonus Plan
  • Annual Profit Sharing
  • Most Positions are 100% Remote
  • Cafeteria Health Plan (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, HSA)
  • Company-matched 401(k)
  • Flexible Schedules (flexible and adaptable schedules to meet individual needs)
  • Flexible PTO Plan (take the time off you need, when you need it, with no strict accruals)
  • Home/Remote Office & Computer Setup Allowance for Remote Positions
  • Conference/Convention Opportunities
  • Education Allowance