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# Forward Deployed Engineer

- **Company:** TENEX SECURITY, INC.
- **Location:** Overland Park, KS, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing Security, Cyber Security, Computer Programming, Information Engineering, Python (Programming Language), Security Information and Event Management, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, TypeScript, Google Cloud, Information Technology, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** June 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=03209e311e59992a

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Technical writing within technology?, * 3+ years in software engineering, security engineering, or a technical customer-facing role

 * Strong programming skills in Python and/or another general-purpose language (Go, TypeScript, etc.)
 * Experience working directly with customers to solve complex technical problems
 * Familiarity with AI/ML tooling, data pipelines, or data engineering concepts
 * Knowledge of security operations, SIEM/SOAR, cloud security, or endpoint security
 * Ability to rapidly prototype and ship working solutions in ambiguous, fast-changing environments
 * Strong technical documentation skills - you write things down so they can scale

Soft Skills

 * Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills with a bias toward action
 * Excellent customer-facing communication and collaboration abilities
 * Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-performance startup environment
 * Passion for cybersecurity, automation, and continuous improvement

Education & Certifications

 * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
 * Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GIAC certifications, Google Cloud Professional, Microsoft SC-200/AZ-500, or AWS Certified Solutions Architect are a plus

## Description

As a Forward Deployed Engineer at TENEX, you are a customer-embedded problem solver. You live inside strategic customer accounts, discover what is broken or missing, and build solutions - combining AI, data, and security expertise to ship things that matter. Your work doesn't stay in one customer's environment; it feeds back into what TENEX builds for everyone., * Embed directly within assigned customer accounts to deeply understand their environment, workflows, and security challenges

 * Follow the FDE engagement loop: Discover, Ideate, Document, Build, Ship - moving from problem identification to working solution with a bias toward action
 * Build custom solutions tailored to customer needs - including automations, integrations, AI-assisted workflows, data pipelines, and security tooling extensions
 * Apply combined expertise across AI, data, and security to solve problems that off-the-shelf tools cannot address
 * Document solutions thoroughly so they can be reviewed, refined, and offered to other customers across the platform
 * Continuously identify and surface new problem areas, data opportunities, and intelligence gaps encountered during customer engagements - feeding these discoveries into the AI & DS function for evaluation and development
 * Collaborate closely with the AI & Data Science function - surfacing cross-customer intelligence needs directly from customer engagements
 * Maintain a strong working relationship with customer technical stakeholders throughout the engagement
 * Manage multiple active customer accounts concurrently, maintaining deep focus and high-quality output across each engagement
 * Escalate blockers or account risks to the Director or Staff-level engineers when appropriate


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