Solutions Engineer (R&D Mission Platforms)

Location: Remote within the United States; U.S. citizenship required, with eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance. Approximately 15% travel is required for R&D events, technical demos, collaboration sessions, and mission engagements.

Company

Software consultancy building mission-critical systems for the U.S. government across cloud platforms, DevSecOps, AI/ML, distributed systems, and modern software engineering.

What you will do

• Support technical demos, R&D events, solution walkthroughs, and mission-focused engagements.
• Translate customer, user, and mission feedback into actionable technical requirements and prioritized improvements.
• Bridge operational needs with software and platform implementation in collaboration with R&D engineers and technical leadership.
• Assist with configuration, integration, testing, troubleshooting, and validation of prototype capabilities in cloud-native and containerized environments.
• Explain system behavior, technical concepts, and solution tradeoffs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Prepare documentation, demo materials, technical briefings, and post-event feedback summaries.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship and eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance.
• Background in solutions engineering, software development, systems engineering, platform engineering, DevSecOps, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience collaborating with engineering teams to deliver software, cloud, infrastructure, or platform capabilities.
• Ability to gather stakeholder needs, convert feedback into requirements, and explain complex concepts clearly.
• Familiarity with APIs, cloud services, containers, DevSecOps practices, and modern software delivery.
• Willingness to travel approximately 15%.

Nice to have

• Active Secret clearance or higher.
• Experience supporting DoD, Air Force, Platform One, mission planning, C2, ISR, autonomy, or defense software initiatives.
• Hands-on experience with Python, TypeScript, React, Go, FastAPI, Postgres, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, or CI/CD tooling.
• Exposure to AI-enabled systems, LLMs, automation-focused software, data-driven tools, or autonomy-related technologies.

Culture & Benefits

• Company-supported certifications in cloud, Kubernetes, DevSecOps, security, AI/ML, project management, and related areas.
• Clear advancement tracks and future leadership opportunities.
• 401(k) with 100% match up to 6%.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage, plus generous PTO and paid holidays.
• Home-office equipment plan, remote work support, fitness and wellness reimbursement, weekly pay, and team events.