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# Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer

- **Company:** The Arena Corporation
- **Location:** Suitland-Silver Hill, MD, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing Security, Continuous Integration, Linux, Github, Python (Programming Language), Networking Basics, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Cloud Services, TypeScript, Pulumi, Okta, Grafana, Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Sentry, Bare Metal, Multiaccess Edge Computing, Terraform, Devsecops, Docker, Golang
- **Published:** October 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9241104/forward-deployed-infrastructure-engineer

## About the Role

* Active TS/SCI clearance, hard requirement
 * Expert level Infrastructure as Code, Pulumi strongly preferred, Terraform acceptable
 * Deep hands on experience with Docker and Kubernetes, plus Helm and Podman
 * Strong RHEL and Linux depth, as an engineer who automates and builds on Linux rather than just administering it
 * Strong CI/CD and DevSecOps experience with GitLab CI/CD and GitHub Actions
 * Proficiency with AWS and/or other cloud services
 * Scripting and automation in Bash, Python, Go or TypeScript
 * Solid networking fundamentals
 * Experience deploying to air gapped environments and self hosting on bare metal
 * Familiarity with CMMC, PCI or similar frameworks, and with SSO/IdP tools like Authentik or Keycloak
 * High agency and real curiosity: you own problems end to end and want to know how your tools work under the hood

Bonus Points:

 * Experience supporting classified DoD or Navy environments
 * AWS GovCloud or other secure cloud environments
 * Edge computing, maritime systems or sensor platforms
 * Observability tools such as OpenTelemetry, Sentry or SigNoz
 * Working directly with government customers in operational environments

## Description

* Deploy, configure and troubleshoot infrastructure in classified and air gapped customer environments
 * Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Pulumi (Terraform acceptable)
 * Build and maintain GitLab CI/CD and DevSecOps pipelines
 * Run Kubernetes, Helm, Podman and Docker on RHEL based platforms in operational environments
 * Partner directly with customer engineering teams to integrate, test and resolve issues
 * Enforce CMMC compliance and manage secrets, configuration and access controls
 * Travel to customer sites as needed for deployments, upgrades and mission execution