Clarity Innovations
Platform Site Lead - Forward Deployed Engineer
$146K–$248K
Annapolis Junction, MD +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026
- Location
- Annapolis Junction, MD
Columbia, Maryland, United States - Experience
- Minimum 10 years of relevant experience.
- Education
- University Degree (BA/BS) or equivalent experience.
About the job
Lead the customer-site platform engineering team, maintaining infrastructure stability and deploying technical capabilities for high-complexity cyber operations.
What you'll do
- Represent Clarity as site lead and lead a multifunctional technical team.
- Troubleshoot Linux systems, identity integration, networking, containers, and infrastructure automation; develop in Go and Python.
- Deploy emerging AI/LLM tooling into operational workflows and guide technical practices and capability improvements.
What they ask for
- Linux systems and CLI troubleshooting.
- Infrastructure as Code using Terraform/HCL.
- Go and Python systems development.
- Networking and packet analysis, including TCP/IP, routing, and WireGuard.
Nice to have
- Technical team management.
- Security engineering fundamentals, reverse engineering, Kubernetes, distributed-system resilience, or automated testing harnesses.
Pay
$145,900 - $248,000 (base salary)
Tools
Linux, Authentik, Go, Python, Terraform, HCL, WireGuard, Docker
AI focus
Deploying emerging AI/LLM tooling directly into operational workflows.
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