Forward Deployed Engineer - Clearance Required
Logistics Management Institute17 hours ago
Arlington, VA, USASenior
Base Salary
$145k - $250k/yr
Responsibilities
- Integrate the LIGER GenAI platform into customers’ existing business processes and configure successful deployments.
- Build and deploy customer-specific features, enhancements, prototypes, and proof-of-concept solutions using full-stack technologies.
- Support customers for 60–180 days after sale before transitioning deployments to a long-term project team.
- Provide technical consulting, troubleshooting, deployment support, and guidance throughout integration and production delivery.
- Capture customer requirements and feedback and collaborate with product, engineering, and support teams on platform improvements.
- Engage directly with customers, including senior government and industry stakeholders, through onsite and other required formats.
- Travel occasionally to customer locations within the United States.
Requirements
- Active TS/SCI clearance is required; only U.S. citizens are eligible for the required security clearance.
- Advanced proficiency in Python and extensive experience with PostgreSQL are required.
- Hands-on experience with LLMs, NLP, and related AI technologies solving real-world problems is required.
- Experience with the MEAN Stack, TypeScript full-stack development, and Angular web applications is required.
- Knowledge of Docker, GitLab, cloud deployment models, AWS GovCloud, APIs, software development lifecycle practices, and security principles is required.
- Preferred qualifications include federal-government sales engineering, customer relationship development, DoD cybersecurity and vulnerability management, Kubernetes, MCP Server and MCP tools, Unix/Linux, AWS products, and leadership or expert guidance experience.
- Strong communication, stakeholder-management, prioritization, independent problem-solving, and customer-facing skills are required.
Benefits
- The role requires onsite presence at the customer location five days per week, with customer work potentially occurring in person, hybrid, or remotely as required.
- Occasional travel to customer locations within the United States is required.
- The position supports direct customer engagement and mission execution in federal, defense, space, healthcare, and energy environments.
Tech Stack
Categories
Forward Deployed
About Logistics Management Institute
Logistics Management Institute (LMI) provides consulting, software development, and analytics services to U.S. federal agencies, with strengths in supply chain, digital engineering, AI, and modeling and simulation. It builds and sustains government systems—such as Army acquisition and contract-writing platforms—while delivering data-driven modernization and program support across defense, space, healthcare, and energy. Founded in 1961 and headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, LMI operates as a privately held contractor to the public sector.