Forward Deployed Engineer

About the roleThe Principal Forward Deployed Engineer operates at the intersection of customer success, solution engineering, cybersecurity, data engineering, and AI-enabled automation. This role works directly with U.S. power utility and government customers to solve urgent cyber and operational risk challenges while turning those learnings into repeatable, productized capabilities. AI-assisted cyber threats are increasing demand for rapid, customer-specific analysis.Responsibilities IncludeWork directly with U.S. power utility and government customers to reduce cyber risk, improve visibility, and respond to AI-assisted threats.Quickly understand customer processes, systems, data, cyber posture, and business constraints.Help customers answer urgent cyber questions, such as which products, vendors, components, assets, or supply chain relationships may be impacted by a newly announced threat or vulnerability.Access, export, normalize, and compare customer data across vulnerability management, endpoint detection, network topology, attack path tooling, asset inventories, software bills of materials (SBOMs), business impact analysis, and supply chain mapping.Write secure, outcome-focused code, including agentic workflows and batch jobs, to surface insights quickly in approved customer or secure environments.Convert bespoke customer work into product requirements that Product Management can formalize into scalable software capabilities.Identify expansion opportunities by demonstrating customer value, shaping repeatable use cases, and connecting services-led problem solving to embedded platform capabilities.Present findings clearly to customer executives, technical teams, and internal stakeholders..Minimum Qualifications 7-10 years experience combining software/data engineering, cybersecurity analysis, and customer-facing solution engineering at a senior or principal level.Hands-on experience developing AI-agentic workflows (LLM-based automation, agent orchestration, retrieval-augmented pipelines, or similar).Demonstrated ability to access, normalize, and analyze large, messy, multi-source data sets to answer urgent operational questions.Ability to write pragmatic, secure, production-appropriate code (e.g., Python or similar) in constrained or regulated environments.Strong executive communication skills, including presenting complex technical findings to customer leadership.Ability to operate independently in embedded customer environments and manage competing priorities.Must be eligible for a U.S. security clearance; successful completion of a background check is required.Preferred Skills Experience with U.S. electric utilities or other critical infrastructure sectors.Familiarity with OT/ICS environments and their operational and remediation constraints.Knowledge of NERC CIP or comparable regulatory frameworks.Experience with vulnerability management, attack path analysis, and endpoint/security tooling.Experience with supply chain risk management (SCRM), SBOM/VEX analysis, and third-party risk workflows.Commercial judgment: shaping repeatable use cases and identifying expansion opportunities.“Cybage conducts recruitment only through authorized channels and official communications sent from email addresses bearing the @cybage.com domain. Cybage does not, under any circumstances, solicit and/or accept any form of payment, fee, deposit, or monetary consideration from candidates on the pretense of interviews, employment opportunities, offer letters, onboarding formalities, salary account opening, background verification, training, or any other recruitment-related activity. Any such request should be treated as fraudulent. Applicants are advised to verify the authenticity of all recruitment-related communications through Cybage's official channels and refrain from sharing personal, financial, or confidential information with unauthorized persons. Cybage disclaims any liability for losses arising from dealings with fraudulent individuals or entities misusing its name, brand, or employee identities.”