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# Travel Deployment Engineer

- **Company:** ASGN Incorporated
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $135,200.0 - $176,800.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Centers, Linux, VMware ESX Servers, Virtual Machines, Containerization, Kubernetes, Vmware
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9142639/travel-deployment-engineer

## About the Role

* Active DoD Secret or Top Secret clearance required
 * 5+ years of hands-on, keyboard-level experience
 * Expert Linux experience (5+ years strongly preferred)
 * Strong VMware background, with ESXi as the primary virtualization platform
 * Experience deploying and building virtual machines
 * Familiarity with STIG processes
 * Experience with Kubernetes or other container platforms

Travel & Engagement Details

 * 70% onsite / 30% remote
 * Onsite travel includes 1-2 week stays to fully stand up systems
 * All travel-related costs covered by client

## Description

We are seeking an expert-level Deployment Engineer Consultant to support hands-on infrastructure builds and platform deployments within classified data center environments. This role focuses on standing up client platforms from the hardware up, requiring deep Linux and VMware expertise, comfort working directly on systems, and the ability to travel extensively to customer sites., * Travel with hardware to customer locations to perform connectivity, installation, and platform setup

 * Install, patch, and configure virtualization and software stacks on client hardware
 * Deploy and build virtual machines using VMware ESXi
 * Support OS image lifecycle management, including build, configuration, and updates
 * Implement and remediate STIGs in secure environments
 * Work with container platforms such as Kubernetes
 * Troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure issues during system stand-up


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