Forward Deployed Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton•Arlington, VA

9d•$77,600 - $176,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Forward Deployed Engineer will deploy and configure an enterprise defense against AI attackers, providing precise alerts of agentic threats and enabling denial of AI capabilities. The role works directly with customers to understand their technical environments, implement containerized components and playbooks, integrate with existing security tools, troubleshoot deployments, validate system performance, and translate customer feedback into product and operational improvements. The broader team develops and delivers commercial-grade AI platforms and applications for Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, civilian agency, and commercial missions. Work at the intersection of cyber and AI may involve shaping strategy, architecting solutions, integrating Booz Allen and commercial products into customer environments, supporting presales and customer success, and leading forward-deployed engineering activities to integrate AI solutions into production. The team also collaborates with industry leaders and develops reusable approaches for secure, scalable AI capabilities as shared services. The role is hybrid and based in Arlington, Virginia. Travel up to 20% may be required. Applicants must be able to obtain a Secret clearance.

Requirements

At least 4 years of experience designing, deploying, and troubleshooting DevOps infrastructure across cloud service providers such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, or in on-premises environments.
At least 4 years of experience with container technologies, container orchestration, virtual machines, and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) environments.
At least 3 years of experience with DevOps and automation platforms such as GitLab, GitHub, Jenkins, ArgoCD, or Flux.
Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD workflows and DevOps automation platforms.
Experience troubleshooting networks and systems in UNIX or Linux environments.
Experience in front-facing or forward-deployed engineering roles.
Knowledge of Python, SDLC, Bash scripting, and basic cybersecurity concepts.
Ability to travel up to 20% of the time.
Ability to obtain a Secret clearance.
Bachelor’s degree in a computer science or engineering field and at least 2 years of software engineering experience, or at least 6 years of software engineering experience in lieu of a degree.

Nice To Haves

Experience developing enterprise cloud-native solutions involving Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Jenkins, or Azure.
Experience creating and improving continuous automation across multiple technical stacks.
Experience creating and improving continuous deployment tools built on Kubernetes.
Experience triaging and resolving issues involving open-source and commercial tools in public cloud environments.
Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python and Linux Shell Script.
TS/SCI clearance.
Master’s degree.

Responsibilities

Deploy and configure an enterprise defense against AI attackers, including capabilities for precise alerts of agentic threats and denial of AI capabilities.
Work directly with customers to understand their technical environments.
Implement containerized components and playbooks and integrate them with existing security tools.
Troubleshoot deployments and validate system performance.
Translate customer feedback into product and operational improvements.
Contribute to strategy, solution architecture, integration of Booz Allen and commercial products, presales, customer success, and forward-deployed engineering activities supporting AI solutions in production.
Help establish reusable approaches for secure, scalable AI capabilities as shared services.