Overview
On Site
190k - 240k
Full Time
Skills
Management
Privacy
Security Clearance
Real-time
Operational Excellence
Cloud Computing
Scalability
Computer Science
DevSecOps
Continuous Integration
Continuous Delivery
Version Control
Microsoft Azure
DevOps
GitHub
Bitbucket
Microsoft TFS
Cloud Management
Orchestration
Kubernetes
Communication
Collaboration
SAP BASIS
Job Details
Forward Deployed Engineer
As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you'll serve on the front lines of our federal platform operations - driving reliability, performance, and observability across mission-critical systems that secure data sharing. You'll blend hands-on engineering with direct collaboration alongside government clients to strengthen the privacy, resilience, and scalability of the company's infrastructure.
The company is located in Columbia, MD and will be a hybrid model of 3 days onsite a week.
The candidate must have an Active TS/SCI Clearance.
What You Will Be Doing:
This position doesn't provide sponsorship.
As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you'll serve on the front lines of our federal platform operations - driving reliability, performance, and observability across mission-critical systems that secure data sharing. You'll blend hands-on engineering with direct collaboration alongside government clients to strengthen the privacy, resilience, and scalability of the company's infrastructure.
The company is located in Columbia, MD and will be a hybrid model of 3 days onsite a week.
The candidate must have an Active TS/SCI Clearance.
What You Will Be Doing:
- Monitor and optimize platform and containerized environments to ensure peak performance and uptime.
- Proactively detect, analyze, and resolve performance and reliability issues in real time.
- Build, refine, and automate core infrastructure components to support operational excellence.
- Collaborate daily with internal engineering teams and federal partners to align systems with mission needs.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in cloud engineering or SRE, focused on scalability, reliability, and automation.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline.
- Strong background in DevSecOps, including CI/CD pipelines and source control (Azure DevOps, GitHub, Bitbucket, or TFS).
- Proficient in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and cloud management best practices.
- Deep understanding of containerization and orchestration technologies (Kubernetes, OpenShift, Rancher, Helm).
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, capable of working independently and closely with on-site clients.
This position doesn't provide sponsorship.
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