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Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

Job in Washington, District of Columbia, 20022, USA
Listing for: Jobtailor
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-09-12
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, SRE/Site Reliability, Unix/Linux, Systems Administrator
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 140000 - 185000 USD Yearly USD 140000.00 185000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
  • Support technical operations in development and production systems
  • Deliver infrastructure engineering projects supporting company initiatives
  • Collaborate with research and development teams to deliver software quickly and reliably
  • Secure platform infrastructure and harden on-premise builds
  • Work with engineering teams to set, measure, and achieve SLIs and SLOs for SLAs
  • Execute the roadmap in sprints and follow SCRUM best practices
  • Introduce and implement technologies and best practices in Info Sec, Dev Ops, and Site Reliability
  • Support self-managed customers on-site
  • Build highly reliable software systems across bare-metal Linux deployments and commercial GCP and AWS deployments
  • Continuously improve multi-region configuration and help expand into new regions
  • Support new and ongoing products
Requirements
  • Active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph, maintained throughout employment
  • Satisfy other security-related requirements
  • Minimum 3 years of experience as a Linux System Administrator, Dev Ops Engineer, or similar
  • Solid understanding of Docker
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes
  • Strong knowledge of at least one scripting language, such as Python or Bash
  • High proficiency with at least one configuration management/infrastructure as code tool, preferably Terraform
  • Experience with GCP services such as Compute Engine, shared VPC, and data analytics, or equivalent services from other vendors
  • Expertise in monitoring and alerting and maintaining high production availability
  • Experience with CI/CD tools and concepts, such as Git Hub Actions
  • U.S. citizenship is a precondition of employment
Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in Linux System Administration, Dev Ops practices, and infrastructure engineering, with a strong focus on security clearance and compliance. Proficient in implementing and managing cloud services, configuration management, and CI/CD processes to ensure high availability and reliability of software systems.

Highest-signal resume keywords
  • Active TS/SCI Security Clearance
  • Linux System Administration
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
ATS Optimization Keywords Hard Skills
  • Linux System Administration
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Python
  • Bash
  • Terraform
  • GCP Services
  • CI/CD Tools
  • Monitoring and Alerting
  • Infrastructure as Code
Industry Keywords
  • Dev Ops
  • Site Reliability
  • Infrastructure Engineering
  • Info Sec
  • SLIs
  • SLOs
  • SLA
  • Multi-Region Configuration
Tools & Technologies
  • GCP
  • AWS
  • Git Hub Actions
  • SCRUM
Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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