Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

Jobtailor; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in the United States is seeking a Linux System Administrator / DevOps Engineer to support development and production systems, deliver infrastructure projects, and collaborate with R&D teams to ship software quickly and reliably.

The role emphasizes securing platform infrastructure, implementing SRE practices, and expanding multi-region deployments on GCP and AWS, with a focus on SLIs, SLOs, CI/CD (GitHub Actions), and SCRUM-driven roadmaps.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph, maintained throughout employment.
• Minimum 3 years of experience as a Linux System Administrator, DevOps Engineer, or similar.
• Solid understanding of Docker and hands-on Kubernetes experience.
• Strong scripting with Python or Bash; infrastructure as code (Terraform) experience.
• GCP services such as Compute Engine, shared VPC, data analytics, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Support technical operations in development and production systems.
• Deliver infrastructure engineering projects supporting company initiatives.
• Collaborate with R&D teams to deliver software quickly and reliably.
• Secure platform infrastructure and harden on-premise builds.
• 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 InfoSec, DevOps, and Site Reliability.
• Support self-managed customers on-site.
• Build highly reliable software systems across bare-metal Linux deployments and GCP/AWS deployments.
• Continuously improve multi-region configuration and expand into new regions.
• Support new and ongoing products.

Skills

Linux System Administration

DevOps practices

Security clearance management

CI/CD concepts

Monitoring and alerting

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Bash

Terraform

GCP Services

AWS

GitHub Actions

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

• 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 InfoSec, DevOps, 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, DevOps 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 GitHub Actions
• U.S. citizenship is a precondition of employment

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in Linux System Administration, DevOps 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

• DevOps
• Site Reliability
• Infrastructure Engineering
• InfoSec
• SLIs
• SLOs
• SLA
• Multi-Region Configuration

Tools & Technologies

• GCP
• AWS
• GitHub Actions
• SCRUM