The Role
Deploys, hardens, and operates mission-critical multi-cloud platforms in regulated and classified government environments. Responsibilities include Infrastructure-as-Code, Kubernetes and OpenShift security, observability, incident response, Linux administration, automation, and Day 2 operations. Leads technical design reviews, mentors engineers, and supports customer-facing engagements. Requires expertise across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, accredited enclaves, and DoD environments, plus an active or eligible Top Secret/SCI clearance and U.S. citizenship.
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This is a remote position.
Position:Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Location: Remote
Experience: 10+ years
- 7-10 years of experience in systems deployment, DevSecOps, or platform engineering in regulated/classified government environments, including demonstrated ownership of complex, mission-critical deployments (not just support/execution).
- Multi-cloud, government-authorized infrastructure: Hands-on experience deploying and hardening workloads across AWS GovCloud/Commercial, Microsoft Azure Government, and Google Cloud, including Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent) tailored to DoD Impact Level 2–6 and JWICS environments.
- Container & orchestration security: Expertise securing Kubernetes/OpenShift or equivalent container platforms — image hardening, admission controls, network policies, and runtime security — within accredited enclaves.
- Observability & incident response: Skilled in implementing logging, monitoring, and alerting stacks (ELK, Splunk, Prometheus/Grafana) to support 24/7 incident response, penetration test remediation, and Day 2 operations.
- Expert level proficiency in Linux (Talos, RedHat) server administration, along with deploying and maintaining Kubernetes on cloud platforms and disparate compute hardware.
- Demonstrated leadership: experience mentoring engineers, leading technical design reviews, or acting as a technical lead on customer-facing engagements.
- Strong scripting/automation ability in Go, Rust, Python, or Bash, with a track record of building internal tooling to remove manual toil from security and operations workflows.
- Active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance (or eligibility, with active clearance strongly preferred); U.S. citizenship required.
Skills Required
- 7–10 years of experience in systems deployment, DevSecOps, or platform engineering in regulated or classified government environments
- Demonstrated ownership of complex, mission-critical deployments
- Hands-on experience deploying and hardening workloads across AWS GovCloud or Commercial, Microsoft Azure Government, and Google Cloud
- Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code such as Terraform or CloudFormation
- Expertise securing Kubernetes, OpenShift, or equivalent container platforms in accredited enclaves
- Experience with image hardening, admission controls, network policies, and runtime security
- Experience implementing logging, monitoring, and alerting stacks such as ELK, Splunk, Prometheus, or Grafana
- Experience supporting 24/7 incident response, penetration test remediation, and Day 2 operations
- Expert-level Linux server administration, including Talos or Red Hat
- Experience deploying and maintaining Kubernetes on cloud platforms and disparate compute hardware
- Experience mentoring engineers, leading technical design reviews, or serving as a technical lead
- Strong scripting and automation ability in Go, Rust, Python, or Bash
- Active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance or eligibility
- U.S. citizenship
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The Company
What We Do
Riva Scientific provides software solutions, validated systems, managed services, strategic consulting, and staffing for life sciences, pharmaceutical, biotech, chemical, and technology organizations. Its services include systems implementation, custom application and data-intelligence development, computer-system validation, testing, regulatory compliance assessments, remediation, business analysis, project management, auditing, and team augmentation, helping clients automate operations and meet requirements such as FDA GMP and 21 CFR Part 11.
