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# Forward Deployed Engineer

- **Company:** Equal IT
- **Location:** Greater London, UK
- **Salary:** £90,000.0 - £105,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer Engineering, SC Clearance, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Software Coding
- **Published:** September 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2820328290-forward-deployed-engineer

## About the Role

* You are highly adaptable and learn quickly. Potential and pace matter more than years of experience.
 * You genuinely enjoy infrastructure, operations and production ownership, not just writing code.
 * You already hold SC clearance or are eligible to obtain it. This is a requirement due to the nature of the work.
 * Experience within defence, national security or government environments is a strong advantage and will help you ramp up faster.
 * Kubernetes experience is beneficial but not essential.
 * A strong background in Computer Science or Computer Engineering is valued, but this isn't a box-ticking exercise.

They are looking for people who can solve difficult technical problems and continue learning quickly.

## Description

Equal IT are hiring an infrastructure-focused Forward Deployed Engineer to support our client with some of its most critical UK government deployments.

If you are early in your infrastructure or SRE career (roughly 1-5 years) and currently working at a defence contractor or government-adjacent organisation where everything feels slower than it should, this could be exactly the step you're looking for. The same applies if you are building and operating infrastructure at a big tech company and already hold (or have previously held) SC clearance.

As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you will build and operate the infrastructure that powers platforms across UK government environments. This isn't a role where you hand production over to another team, as you will be responsible for the systems you build.

You will also take part in an on-call rotation roughly every 5-6 weeks, respond to real production incidents, and own problems through to resolution. If you enjoy operating production systems as much as building them, you'll thrive here.


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