Forward Deployed Engineer - Classified Environments

Lumbra; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) match

Unlimited PTO

HSA plan

Life insurance

Job summary

Lumbra is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer with TS/SCI clearance for on-site work in the National Capital Region. You will build and deploy Nebula inside government environments, collaborating with analysts and operators to implement connectors, integrations, and workflows in air‑gapped or restricted networks.

You will own engineering tasks, ensure platform reliability, and train users while feeding feedback to core engineering to shape the product roadmap. Travel to CONUS/OCONUS as required.

Qualifications

• 4 to 8 years of professional software engineering experience. Strong Python.
• Experience building and operating reliable integrations, including authentication, rate limiting, and error recovery.
• Working fluency in Kubernetes and containerized deployment.
• Demonstrated experience working directly with non-technical users.
• Willingness to work on client site 80 to 100% of the time in the National Capital Region, plus periodic CONUS and OCONUS travel to supported units.
• U.S. citizenship and an active TS/SCI clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy software in classified customer environments.
• Build integrations against customer data sources, including authentication.
• Operate platform workflows and configure agents with Deployment Strategist.
• Demonstrate the platform, deliver training, and gather feedback.
• Troubleshoot in air-gapped environments.
• Ensure test coverage for error cases and network failures.
• Provide feedback to core engineering to shape the roadmap weekly.

Skills

Python

Integrations

Kubernetes

User interaction

Travel readiness

Security clearance

Job description

Lumbra is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer with TS/SCI clearance for on-site work in the National Capital Region. You will build and deploy Nebula inside government environments, collaborating with analysts and operators to implement connectors, integrations, and workflows in air‑gapped or restricted networks.

You will own engineering tasks, ensure platform reliability, and train users while feeding feedback to core engineering to shape the product roadmap. Travel to CONUS/OCONUS as required.