Senior Federal Forward-Deployed Engineer

Maltego Technologies; Washington; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

First-in-seat role

Direct access to leadership

Mission-critical programs

Health coverage

401(k)

Paid time off

International team

Job summary

Maltego Federal LLC is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to act as the primary technical interface between government stakeholders and internal engineering teams in the U.S. Federal environment.

You will own mission-critical relationships, lead design workshops, and deliver scalable integrations across SaaS, on-prem, and classified deployments. The role requires deep technical fluency, strong communication with analysts and engineers, and the ability to travel up to 40% including

Qualifications

• Active U.S. Government security clearance (Secret level or above)
• 5+ years in solutions architecture, forward deployed engineering, technical consulting, field systems engineering, or systems integration with government customers
• Demonstrated experience as the technical face of a product or program inside a government customer site
• Strong Python development skills and practical API integration experience
• Working knowledge of cloud hosting (AWS preferred), virtualization, containerization, and distributed systems
• Understanding of secure system architecture and deployment into regulated environments
• Ability to run a technical workstream end-to-end with minimal supervision
• Excellent written and verbal communication, translating between mission and engineering language
• Willingness to travel up to 40%, including overseas

Responsibilities

• Serve as the embedded technical lead and trusted advisor to government analysts, program managers, and technical stakeholders.
• Lead requirements discovery sessions, workflow design workshops, and operational reviews.
• Guide analyst adoption and ensure mission outcomes are achieved through platform utilization.
• Translate customer requirements into actionable engineering, product, and deployment priorities.
• Establish and maintain trusted technical relationships across customer organizations.
• Design and implement end-to-end integration architectures connecting Maltego into customer systems, enclaves, and third-party technologies.
• Develop and guide custom transforms, automations, and integrations; support data-source onboarding and identity resolution workflows.
• Deliver scalable technical solutions that extend platform capabilities within customer environments.
• Support deployment activities across SaaS, government-hosted, and classified environments; contribute to ATO and accreditation efforts.
• Validate solution performance, security controls, and operational readiness; support pilot deployments and enterprise rollout.
• Evaluate AI classifier performance and analyst workflows; measure outcomes and convert feedback into prioritized requirements.
• Identify opportunities for account expansion and development of forward-deployed engineering methodologies.

Skills

Python development

API integration

Cloud hosting (AWS)

Virtualization

Containerization

Distributed systems

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Maltego Federal LLC is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to act as the primary technical interface between government stakeholders and internal engineering teams in the U.S. Federal environment.

You will own mission-critical relationships, lead design workshops, and deliver scalable integrations across SaaS, on-prem, and classified deployments. The role requires deep technical fluency, strong communication with analysts and engineers, and the ability to travel up to 40% including