Senior Specialist Field Engineer, Federal Security

What you'll do

• Serve as technical lead for federal customers, translating security and compliance needs into Kubernetes and GPU architecture and supporting ATO and accreditation efforts.
• Develop tailored solutions and proofs of concept, including in classified, air-gapped, and disconnected environments; assess workloads for optimization and compliance gaps.
• Represent customer needs to product and engineering teams, contribute to product direction, and advise stakeholders through meetings, workshops, and briefings.

What they ask for

• U.S. citizen with active Top Secret/SCI clearance or active Secret and ability to obtain TS/SCI; able to work in SCIFs and other secure facilities.
• B.S. in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of cloud infrastructure experience building distributed systems or HPC/cloud services, focused on securing Kubernetes workloads; 3+ years directly supporting federal or DIB customers in a customer-facing technical role.
• Hands-on experience delivering systems in accredited federal environments and fluency in at least one of FedRAMP authorization, DoD Impact Level accreditation, RMF/ATO packages, or CMMC readiness.

Nice to have

• Experience with DoD network environments (NIPR/SIPR/JWICS) or IC cloud programs; prior work at a Cloud Service Provider, defense prime, or federal systems integrator supporting an authorization boundary.
• Certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, CMMC RP, CCA, or equivalent; experience securing AI/ML workloads for national security missions.

Pay

$165,000 to $220,000 (base salary)

Tools

Kubernetes, NVIDIA GPUs, FedRAMP, FISMA, NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-171, CMMC, DISA STIGs

AI focus

Supports federal AI/HPC environments, including securing AI/ML training and inference workloads and prototyping emerging products and solutions.