Federal Deployment Engineer

About this role

Who we are:

BigID is an innovative tech startup that focuses on solutions for data security, compliance, privacy, and AI data management. We're leading the market in all things data: helping our customers reduce risk, drive business innovation, achieve compliance, build customer trust, make better decisions, and get more value from their data.

We are building a global team passionate about innovation and next-gen technology. BigID has been recognized for:

• BigID named one of Forbes America's Best Startup Employers 2026 - ranked #15 overall and #1 in Security

• BigID named Hot Company in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at the Global InfoSec Awards

• Citizens JMP Cyber 66 List of Hottest Privately Held Cybersecurity Companies

• CRN 100 list named BigID as one of the 20 Coolest Identity Access Management and Data Protection Companies (3 years running)

• DUNS 100 Best Tech Companies to Work for

• Top 3 Big Data and AI Vendors to Watch in the 2023 BigDATAwire Readers and Editors Choice Awards

• 2024 Inc. 5000 list for the 4th consecutive year!

• Shortlisted for the 2024 AI Awards in the category of Best Use of AI in Cybersecurity

At BigID, our team is the foundation of our success. Join a people-centric culture that is fast-paced and rewarding: you’ll have the opportunity to work with some of the most talented people in the industry who value innovation, diversity, integrity, and collaboration.

Location: Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia preferred (EST timezone considered) · Travel: 20–30% · Clearance: Active Secret minimum (required)

Clearance & Eligibility — Required
This is a cleared position; clearance is a hard requirement, not a preference.

• U.S. citizenship is required.

• Minimum requirement is an active U.S. Government Secret clearance. An active Top Secret clearance is strongly preferred and may be required for specific agency engagements.

• Clearance must be current and active at the time of application — lapsed clearances, clearance eligibility, and willingness to be sponsored do not meet this requirement.

• You must be able to maintain your clearance for the duration of employment.

Who We're Looking For
We're looking for a Federal Deployment Engineer who's equally comfortable leading a customer meeting and working in a codebase. You'll own the initial implementation of BigID for our Federal customers — running deployment meetings with stakeholders, and problem-solving the technical issues that come up along the way. Because government environments often carry their own requirements, you'll bring a development background and the confidence to modify our existing codebase to meet them, plus build product integrations using REST APIs. Your work doesn't stop at go-live: you'll remain the trusted technical partner for these customers as their needs evolve.

What You'll Do

• Automate deployment and configuration of BigID in restricted and air-gapped networks using Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and infrastructure-as-code.

• Build and ship custom integrations, connectors, and automation against BigID's REST APIs to meet agency-specific data sources, mission workflows, and system-of-record requirements.

• Debug at the source: read logs, trace services, reproduce issues, and either patch them or hand R&D a clean, reproducible bug report.

• Apply Agile/DevOps/CI/CD practices, test automation, and team leadership across multiple workstreams.

• Use Jenkins, Groovy scripting, and Bash/shell for build and deployment automation.

• Work across Jira, Confluence, Git, AWS, Docker, and relational/non-relational databases.

• Document technical work clearly and communicate effectively across engineering, customer, and agency stakeholder groups.

What You'll Bring

• An active U.S. Government Secret clearance or higher, held at time of application (see Clearance & Eligibility above).

• Minimum 5 years combined experience across pre-sales engineering and hands-on software development — you can point to both code you've shipped and deals you've won.

• Prior experience working with or within U.S. Federal agencies or defense-related organizations.

• Strong hands-on development skills in Python, plus at least one of Java, Node.js/TypeScript, or Go; fluency with Bash and REST API design and consumption.

• Production experience with Linux, Docker, and Kubernetes.

• Familiarity with federal compliance frameworks: FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, FISMA, ITAR, and CMMC.

• Broad understanding of enterprise data architecture, privacy, and security technologies.

• Experience with one or more of: RDBMS systems; NoSQL data stores (MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB); Hadoop technologies (HDFS, Hive, HBase); or cloud technologies (AWS GovCloud, EMR, S3, DynamoDB, Redshift, Azure Government, Azure file and blob storage).

• Comfort troubleshooting and building in air-gapped or restricted networks without vendor support tooling.

• Ability to plan, execute, and close out a proof of value with minimal assistance and oversight.

• Ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences — executives, business stakeholders, and technology practitioners.

• Composure and executive presence under scrutiny — able to stay credible and calm when challenged live by agency security architects or senior stakeholders, defending technical claims with evidence rather than deflection.

• Self-directed with high ownership — thrives with minimal oversight across long federal sales cycles, sets priorities across concurrent agency engagements, and follows through without being chased.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.

• Ability to exercise independent judgment with little or no oversight.

Nice to Have

• Federal procurement fluency — working knowledge of contract vehicles and buying paths (GSA MAS, SEWP, GWACs, OTAs), and experience partnering with system integrators, resellers, and channel teams.

• Experience building on or securing AI systems: LLM applications, RAG…