Senior Forward-Deployed Engineer | AI Platform & DevSecOps

Doist; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401K plan with 4% match

Company paid short‑term disability

Company paid long‑term disability

Company paid AD&D and life insurance

Annual bonuses

Job summary

Fortreum is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with federal customers and deploy the Kovr AI Platform across cloud, hybrid, and classified environments. You will build integrations with customers’ DevSecOps toolchains, automate evidence collection, and configure RMF/ATO workflows to accelerate compliance and authorization processes.

You will serve as a hands-on technical bridge between customers and Kovr’s engineering team, solving complex deployment challenges and translating customer

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope Poly
• 5+ years of software engineering, systems engineering, or DevOps experience in enterprise or federal IT environments
• Hands-on experience deploying and integrating software across cloud platforms (AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, GCP) and hybrid/on-premises environments
• Strong proficiency with DevSecOps pipelines, CI/CD workflows, and containerized deployments (Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, ArgoCD)
• Proficiency in programming or scripting languages (e.g., Python, Go, Bash) for building integrations and automation
• Experience with API development and integration patterns across enterprise systems
• Experience deploying or operating software in classified environments supporting IL2-IL6
• Knowledge of NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, RMF, FISMA, and CMMC, including ATO processes
• Strong troubleshooting and communication skills

Responsibilities

• Deploy Kovr AI Platform in customer environments (cloud, hybrid, on‑prem) supporting IL2‑IL6
• Build and maintain integrations between platform and customer DevSecOps toolchains
• Develop automation for evidence collection, continuous monitoring, and RMF/SSP workflows
• Write and maintain code and infrastructure‑as‑code (Terraform, Helm) to provision components
• Customize platform workflows to meet customer RMF/NIST/FedRAMP requirements
• Troubleshoot deployment, integration, data ingestion, and performance issues
• Bridge customers and Kovr engineering with clear requirements and feedback
• Collaborate with DevOps for secure, reliable operation of deployments
• Lead onboarding and enablement for customer engineering teams
• Produce deployment guides and runbooks for repeatable implementations

Skills

DevOps experience

Cloud deployments

Kubernetes

Terraform

Go

Python

Bash

CI/CD

Communication

Tools

ArgoCD

Helm

Terraform

Job description

Fortreum is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with federal customers and deploy the Kovr AI Platform across cloud, hybrid, and classified environments. You will build integrations with customers’ DevSecOps toolchains, automate evidence collection, and configure RMF/ATO workflows to accelerate compliance and authorization processes.

You will serve as a hands-on technical bridge between customers and Kovr’s engineering team, solving complex deployment challenges and translating customer