Hire David F. - Forward Deployed Engineer

Forward Deploy Engineer focused on partnering with large enterprise clients to design and deliver observability solutions for highly complex, mission-critical environments. Specializes in deploying and integrating OpenTelemetry-based monitoring across hybrid infrastructures spanning cloud, on-prem, Kubernetes, and legacy systems, with an emphasis on scalability, reliability, and operational clarity. Leads hands-on implementations of advanced analytics and AI/ML-backed dashboards that transform high-volume telemetry into actionable insight, enabling anomaly detection, predictive performance analysis, and faster root cause identification. Works closely with customer platform, SRE, and architecture teams to align telemetry, dashboards, and alerting with critical SLIs and SLOs, while building repeatable, automated deployment frameworks and providing high-touch technical guidance from proof-of-concept through production.

Cloud Infrastructure Platform Team Lead focused on guiding and mentoring engineering teams responsible for designing and delivering secure, compliant automation pipelines. Specializes in cloud infrastructure across research and enterprise environments, with deep alignment to FISMA, FedRAMP, and NIST 800-53 requirements. Acts as a connective layer between development, security, and operations to drive high-impact, cross-functional cloud initiatives. Provides regular executive-level visibility into project status, communicating progress, key milestones, risks, and mitigation strategies. Contributes strategic insight on upcoming and prospective initiatives, advising leadership on feasibility, timelines, resourcing, and architectural direction. Leads the production of core deliverables including solution architecture, project management artifacts, infrastructure-as-code implementations, security controls, and DevSecOps practices, while fostering a collaborative, accountable, and results-oriented team culture.

Skills: Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) · Cloud Infrastructure · DevOps · System Architecture · Systems Engineering · Test Automation · Terraform · Technical Requirements · Cybersecurity · Infrastructure as code (IaC) · Azure API Management · Information Security · Identity and Access Management (IAM) · Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) · Node.js · Configuration Management · Storage Architecture · Continuous Integration (CI) · Cloud Computing