Deployment Engineer

The role

You will lead the technical onboarding of new customers by managing the first 30 days of the NodeZero platform deployment. You will diagnose implementation failures across cloud, networking, and security environments and perform root-cause analysis.

What you will do

• Lead kickoff with the customer and internal account team
• Project-manage the 30-day plan and track blockers
• Provide best practices expertise for deployment and optimization
• Ensure successful production deployment against initial testing goals
• Diagnose and resolve implementation failures across cloud, networking, and security
• Perform root-cause analysis on integration and deployment issues
• Work in Linux production environments including configuration and troubleshooting
• Deploy and manage containerized workloads with Docker and Kubernetes
• Provision and troubleshoot pentest configuration in AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Configure and validate identity paths like RBAC, SSO, and directory services

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
• 5+ years in technical support, systems administration, cloud operations, implementation, or a similar enterprise role
• Background in cybersecurity including threat detection, vulnerability management, encryption standards, and compliance frameworks such as SOC 2 or GDPR
• Strong Linux administration in production
• Hands-on Docker and containerization experience
• Solid working knowledge of AWS, Azure, or GCP and IaC tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation
• In-depth networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, firewalls, VPNs, load balancers, and tools such as Wireshark and tcpdump
• Basic scripting in Bash, Python, or PowerShell
• Demonstrated self-learning: labs, certifications, personal projects, or open-source work
• Experience comparable to a junior cloud administrator in an enterprise setting
• Familiarity with identity management: RBAC, SSO (OAuth, SAML), and directory services (Active Directory, LDAP)
• Basic database literacy: relational vs. schemaless stores, schema, querying, and light administration

Nice to have

• Experience integrating and troubleshooting APIs
• Familiarity with observability tools such as Datadog
• Basic experience with managed databases such as Amazon RDS
• Broader coding ability in Python, JavaScript, or Go
• Prior onboarding, professional services, or TAM work with a defined time-to-go-live
• Experience creating reusable assets: validation scripts, Terraform modules, Datadog dashboard/alert packs, and customer-ready runbooks

Benefits

• Equity package in the form of stock options
• Health, vision & dental insurance for you and your family
• Flexible vacation policy
• Generous parental leave

About the company

Horizon3 is a fast-growing, remote cybersecurity company dedicated to the mission of enabling organizations to proactively find and fix and verify exploitable attack vectors. The team is a fusion of former U.S. Special Operations cyber operators, startup engineers, and formerly frustrated cybersecurity practitioners.