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Symmetry Systems · 1 day ago

Lead Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Symmetry Systems is the Data+AI Security company focused on addressing modern data security and privacy challenges. As a Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, you will lead complex deployments, drive successful pilots, and integrate solutions into customer ecosystems while mentoring other engineers and ensuring technical excellence.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud SecurityCyber SecurityData ManagementInformation Technology

Responsibilities

Own outcomes for high stakes customer engagements

Lead technical discovery to map a customer’s data and identity reality, including key data stores, flows, access patterns, and risk hotspots

Drive successful pilots and proofs of concept from blank slate to measurable value, including success criteria, implementation plans, and executive ready outcomes

Deploy, integrate, and make it real

Design and implement secure deployments across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments, including AWS, Azure, GCP, and on premise patterns

Integrate Symmetry into customer ecosystems such as identity systems, data platforms, and security tooling, leaning on existing integrations and building new ones when needed. Take advantage of AI tooling (such as Claude code) to expedite integrations

Translate data security posture and identity risk signals into prioritized remediation plans, including least privilege, dormant access reduction, and anomalous activity response

Be the technical closer without being salesy

Partner with Sales to run technical workshops, threat and risk reviews, and architecture sessions that build trust and momentum

Handle the hard questions about how this works in real environments and about long term outcome arcs

A Lead in the Forward Deployed Engineering group

Mentor other Forward Deployed Engineers and set the bar for technical excellence, customer empathy, and execution

Build reusable assets such as deployment playbooks, demo environments, reference architectures, and battle tested troubleshooting guides

Create tight feedback loops with Product and Engineering, turning patterns from the field into roadmap input and shipped improvements

Qualification

Cloud fluencyData security experienceTechnical engagement leadershipProduction quality codeDebugging skillsRelationship skillsMentoring experienceCommunication skills

Required

5 or more years of experience in roles such as Forward Deployed Engineer, Solutions Architect, hands on Sales Engineer, Customer Engineer, Security Engineer, or similar, with deep technical delivery rather than presentation only responsibilities

Proven ability to lead complex technical engagements with enterprise customers across security, data, platform, and executive stakeholders

Strong cloud fluency across AWS, Azure, and GCP, including IAM concepts, networking fundamentals, logging and audit patterns, and deploying production grade services

Comfort working with modern data ecosystems and the realities of data sprawl across warehouses, lakes, object stores, and SaaS platforms

Strong debugging and systems thinking skills, with the ability to isolate root cause from ambiguous symptoms and communicate clearly while unblocking teams

Ability to write production quality code or scripts when needed, for example in Python, Go, or TypeScript, and to reason deeply about APIs and integrations

Prior experience mentoring or leading others, either formally or informally, with a genuine interest in making the team better

Ability to set direction in ambiguous situations, make tradeoffs, and keep customers and internal teams aligned

Strong relationship skills and executive presence with calm, clear communication and high trust under pressure

Preferred

Experience in data security, DSPM, cloud security posture management, identity governance, or Zero Trust initiatives, especially those involving data object level controls

Familiarity with security operations workflows such as alerting, investigations, audit evidence generation, and incident response

Experience working in regulated environments with privacy, compliance, or audit requirements

A track record of building repeatable deployment playbooks or scalable post sales motions

Benefits

Flexible Work: Our workforce embraces flexibility, whether working from home or at our global locations. We encourage you to tailor your work style to suit your productivity

Equipment and Software: We provide a liberal expense policy for acquiring the tools you need to excel in your role

Training and Growth: Access exceptional technical, leadership, and organizational training opportunities tailored to your development needs

Recognition: We celebrate our employees' accomplishments through blog features, product showcases, and conference talks

Cutting-Edge Work: Be at the forefront of innovation in generative AI and ML applications within data security, and see your contributions used and valued by many