Forward Deployed Engineer
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Location: Remote
Compensation: Hourly
Reviewed: Thu, Oct 29, 2026
This job expires in: 27 days
Job Summary
To support modernization initiatives, the contract Forward Deployed Engineer will build scalable automation and platform engineering solutions remotely, focusing on infrastructure automation across network, compute, storage, cloud, and identity.
Key responsibilities
- Design and develop infrastructure automation solutions using modern software engineering practices
- Build and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code and configuration management to standardize provisioning and operations
- Develop APIs and integrations to connect infrastructure systems and enable automated workflows
Required qualifications
- 6-9 years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure automation, or similar roles
- Strong hands-on development skills with Java and Python
- Experience building Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform
- Experience with configuration management and automation using Ansible
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and systems integration via APIs
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