> AI agents: this is one page of Nextmove’s FDE site, in Markdown. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). Each posting is classified from its text, not its title: the kind of work, how much of it is production code, pre-sales weight, time at customer sites, travel, remote arrangement, level and posted base pay. The site also publishes the aggregates: median pay by level, metro, company and kind of work, and which companies started hiring FDEs each week. Every page under https://nextmove.md/fde is served this way; the index of pages is https://nextmove.md/llms.txt. # Infrastructure Engineer - Deployment Team Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/20628aeeb45c6f00 Istari Digital posts a senior FDE role to integrate and configure the product in US with no pay posted. Deploys, operates, and supports Istari platform installations across customer environments, from pre-sales scoping through production support. Read from the employer’s posting on November 6, 2026. - [Istari Digital](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/istari-digital) Posted Aug 21, 2026 by Istari Digital · open on Lever as of Nov 6, 2026 Pay not posted US Remote Full-time Deploys, operates, and supports Istari platform installations across customer environments, from pre-sales scoping through production support. - [See roles that fit me](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%2F20628aeeb45c6f00&placement=top) - [View posting at Istari Digital](https://jobs.lever.co/istaridigital.ai/814644aa-8c5c-4270-a6d4-49ffaaa04235/apply) Free. Upload your resume once, see why each FDE role fits, and get introduced only when you say so. ## At a glance ### Posted base pay Not posted Senior FDE postings, 1,849 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $160K to $220K, median $190K. ### The work Integrates and configures it Balance **Mostly building** Project stages 1. Pre-sales 2. Proof of concept (not covered) 3. Implementation 4. Operations - **Coding**: Configuration only - **Builds for**: External customers - **Level**: Senior - **Role**: Individual contributor ### What they ask for Experience - **5+ years** DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, Network Engineering, Platform Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering Background - **Software engineering** ### Do you meet what the posting states? The posting asks for 5+ years. How many do you have? The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now? The work is remote from the US. Can you work from the US? Which of these have you used in production? Answer each one. Nothing is saved or sent. [What postings ask for, by background →](https://nextmove.md/fde/paths) ## Conditions - **Location**: US - **Work arrangement**: Remote - **Remote work restrictions**: Anywhere in the US - **Employment type**: Full-time ## More like this [Second Front Systems](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/second-front-systems) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/609b26f4efa3e7fe) US Remote 4mo ago $160,000–$200,000 [Preql](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/preql) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, Infrastructure and Deployment](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/24a344afd2901f2a) US Remote 3mo ago Pay not posted [Seqera](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/seqera) ### [Technical Solutions Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/79fca284ae29c806) US Remote 2mo ago Pay not posted - [Other jobs at Istari Digital (1)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/istari-digital) ## The job description from Istari Digital Posted by Istari Digital on Aug 21, 2026 We are seeking a Senior Platform Services Engineer to join our Platform Services team within Customer Success. This role is central to deploying, operating, and supporting the Istari platform across customer environments, from pre-sales technical scoping through production operations and ongoing support. This engineer will work directly with customers and cross-functionally with sales, product engineering, and infrastructure teams to deliver reliable, secure platform deployments. Our customers include defense, aerospace, and commercial organizations operating in regulated, security-sensitive environments; this engineer should be comfortable operating within established security and compliance baselines across AWS GovCloud, Azure IL5, on-premises, and air-gapped networks. The ideal candidate combines strong hands-on infrastructure expertise with customer-facing communication skills, a consulting mindset, and a bias toward automation. ### Core Responsibilities - Deploy and maintain the Istari platform in customer environments using Terraform and Helm across multiple deployment variants (EKS, AKS, OpenShift, on-premises Kubernetes) - Support customer networking requirements including firewall rule scoping, VPN/IPSec configuration, DNS coordination, and connectivity troubleshooting - Configure and troubleshoot identity provider integrations (Zitadel, SAML, OIDC, SSO with KeyCloak, PingFederate, Okta, Azure AD) - Enable and operate services for cross-organization data sharing, including Secure Sync deployment, KMS policy exchange, IAM roles, and S3 access configuration - Build and maintain infrastructure-as-code packages and reference architectures for customer-managed deployments - Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve complex infrastructure issues with clear and timely customer communication ### Qualifications - Minimum of 5 years of experience in DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, Network Engineering, Platform Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering - Solid understanding of cloud networking, VPN/IPSec, firewalls, IAM, and secrets management - Experience with identity providers and federation protocols (SAML, OIDC, SSO, Active Directory) - Database knowledge including transaction write-ahead logging, backup/restore operations, and monitoring - Experience with graph query languages (SPARQL, Cypher, DQL, or similar) - Proven experience operating Kubernetes in production - Experience with Helm charts and Kubernetes application packaging - Scripting proficiency in Python, Bash, or Ansible - Experience working directly with external customers in a technical delivery or consulting capacity - Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills in complex production environments - Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders - U.S. Citizen ### Preferred Qualifications - Experience with AWS GovCloud, Azure Government (IL4/IL5), or other regulated cloud environments - Experience with OpenShift, ROSA, or non-standard Kubernetes distributions - Familiarity with compliance or security frameworks such as FedRAMP, NIST, SOC 2, CMMC, or similar - Industry certifications such as CompTIA (Network+, Security+, Linux+), AWS Solutions Architect Associate, AWS SysOps Administrator Associate, Azure Administrator Associate, or similar - Experience with network analysis tools (Wireshark, tcpdump) - Experience with PostgreSQL, cloud storage platforms, and production networking patterns - Experience with service mesh or advanced Kubernetes networking (Istio, Envoy) - Active security clearance (Secret or Top Secret) ### About Istari Digital Istari is a digital engineering software company building open, scalable infrastructure for engineering data. Our platform lets customers simply and securely integrate engineering models across disciplines, organizations, and security levels -- whether they're designing prototypes, performing virtual testing, or training AI and autonomy for complex systems. Focus is rewarded. Finish is remembered. Facts are friendly. Even when they are not fun. Fellowship is fundamental. Make others successful. [View posting at Istari Digital](https://jobs.lever.co/istaridigital.ai/814644aa-8c5c-4270-a6d4-49ffaaa04235/apply) ## About Istari Digital Builds decentralized software for aerospace and defense teams to connect engineering models, simulations, and AI workflows without centralizing the underlying data. 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