Platform Site Lead - Forward Deployed Engineer

Clarity Innovations•Annapolis Junction, MD

About The Position

Serve as the customer site lead, representing Clarity and leading a multifunctional team while providing technical platform engineering and infrastructure stability in support of high-complexity cyber operations. The role combines technical leadership with hands-on individual contribution, including live Linux system triage, identity management integration using Authentik, Go and Python development, Terraform infrastructure automation, Docker builds, network and routing debugging, and deployment of emerging AI/LLM tooling into operational workflows. The work is varied and requires learning new best practices regularly and doing what is needed to support the mission. The role leads a technical capability team, advances domain expertise, guides technical practices and standards, supports workforce development, and helps implement technical strategies aligned with mission needs. It typically supervises experienced technical staff within a capability area. The position typically requires a university degree (BA/BS) or equivalent experience and at least 10 years of relevant experience.

Requirements

Typically requires a university degree (BA/BS) or equivalent experience.
Minimum 10 years of relevant experience.
Linux systems and command-line troubleshooting.
Infrastructure as Code using Terraform/HCL.
Go and Python systems development.
Networking and packet analysis, including TCP/IP, routing, and WireGuard.
Containerization and CI/CD, including Docker and GitLab.

Nice To Haves

Technical team management.
Security engineering fundamentals, including PKI, X.509 certificates, least privilege, and threat modeling.
Reverse engineering or vulnerability research basics, including debuggers, disassemblers, and binary tracing.
Kubernetes cluster deployment and pod networking.
Distributed system resilience, including retries, idempotency, and failure-domain handling.
Automated testing harnesses, including integration, regression, and system harness development.

Responsibilities

Serve as the customer site lead and represent Clarity.
Lead a multifunctional technical team and provide technical leadership to engineers and specialists.
Provide technical platform engineering and maintain infrastructure stability supporting high-complexity cyber operations.
Perform live Linux system triage and troubleshooting.
Integrate identity management using Authentik.
Develop systems using Go and Python.
Automate infrastructure using Terraform.
Build Docker containers and support CI/CD practices.
Debug networking and routing, including WireGuard and packet analysis.
Deploy emerging AI/LLM tooling into operational workflows.
Guide technical practices and standards and support workforce development within a capability area.
Contribute to the development and advancement of domain expertise and support capability improvements.
Help implement technical strategies aligned with mission needs.
Contribute as an individual technical expert when needed.