Senior Full Stack Engineer

Fortreum

Forward Deployed Engineer deploying and integrating Kovr AI Platform within customer environments. Involves working with enterprise and federal customers for implementation and compliance workflows.

Posted 6/22/2026full-timeFort Meade • Maryland • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $180,000 - $260,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudGoGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Deploy, configure, and operationalize the Kovr AI Platform within customer environments, including cloud, hybrid, and on-premises deployments supporting IL2-IL6 requirements
Build and maintain integrations between the platform and customers’ existing DevSecOps toolchains, CI/CD pipelines, and compliance workflows
Develop automation for evidence collection, continuous monitoring, and RMF authorization processes, including SSP generation, control mapping, and POA&M workflows
Write and maintain code, scripts, and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, Helm) to provision and configure platform components and customer integrations
Customize and extend platform workflows and data pipelines to meet each customer’s compliance framework requirements (NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, CMMC, RMF)
Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues across deployment, integration, data ingestion, and performance, often on-site or within classified environments
Serve as the hands-on technical bridge between customers and Kovr’s engineering team, translating real-world deployment needs into product requirements and feature requests
Partner with the DevOps team to ensure secure, reliable, and compliant operation of customer deployments, including monitoring, logging, and incident response
Lead technical onboarding and enablement for customer engineering teams to drive successful adoption and self-sufficiency
Produce technical documentation, runbooks, and deployment guides that support repeatable, scalable implementations

Requirements

What you’ll need

Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance with Full Scope Polygraph (required to support National Security and Intelligence Community customers at Ft. Meade)
5+ years of software engineering, systems engineering, or DevOps experience in enterprise or federal IT environments
Hands-on experience deploying and integrating software across cloud platforms (AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, GCP) and hybrid or on-premises environments
Strong proficiency with DevSecOps pipelines, CI/CD workflows, and containerized deployments (Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, ArgoCD)
Proficiency in one or more programming or scripting languages (e.g., Python, Go, Bash) for building integrations and automation
Experience with API development and integration patterns across enterprise systems
Experience deploying or operating software in classified or air-gapped environments supporting DoD Impact Levels (IL2-IL6)
Working knowledge of compliance frameworks such as NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, RMF, FISMA, and CMMC, including ATO processes, SSP development, and continuous monitoring
Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work directly with customer engineering teams
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to serve as a technical bridge between customers and product and engineering teams
Familiarity with LLM integration, prompt engineering, and RAG architectures, or other enterprise AI/ML implementation (preferred)
Cloud certification such as AWS Solutions Architect, AWS DevOps Engineer, or Azure/GCP equivalents (preferred)
Security certification such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, or Security+ (preferred)

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical insurance
dental insurance
vision insurance
401K plan with a 4% match
company paid short-term disability
company paid long-term disability
company paid AD&D and life insurance
flex time off
annual bonuses
training stipends
certification reimbursements
access to over 30,000 free online training courses
personal cell phone allowance
new hire and annual home office stipend
spot awards
eleven paid holidays

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Hard Skills & Tools

software engineeringsystems engineeringDevOpsDevSecOpsCI/CDinfrastructure-as-codeAPI developmentautomationprogramming languagescompliance frameworks

Soft Skills

troubleshootingproblem-solvingcommunicationtechnical onboardingcustomer engagementcollaborationdocumentation

Certifications

Top Secret/SCI security clearanceAWS Solutions ArchitectAWS DevOps EngineerAzure certificationGCP certificationCISSPCISMCISASecurity+