Solutions Engineer – R&D Mission Platforms
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Solutions Engineer supporting Rackner, a consultancy building mission-critical U.S. government software. Translating mission needs into demos, prototypes, integrations, and cloud-native platform capabilities.
Responsibilities:
- Support technical demos, R&D events, solution walkthroughs, and mission-focused engagements
- Work with R&D engineers and technical leadership to understand platform capabilities and communicate them clearly to stakeholders
- Translate customer, user, or mission feedback into actionable technical requirements for the R&D team
- Help bridge operational needs and software/platform implementation
- Assist with technical implementation, configuration, integration, and validation of prototype capabilities
- Participate in build, demo, feedback, and iteration cycles for emerging R&D solutions
- Explain technical concepts, system behavior, and solution tradeoffs to technical and non-technical audiences
- Capture stakeholder feedback and help prioritize improvements, enhancements, or follow-on development
- Collaborate with engineers to test, troubleshoot, and refine software capabilities in cloud-native or containerized environments
- Support documentation, demo preparation, technical briefings, and post-event feedback summaries
- Represent Rackner’s technical work in collaborative settings
Requirements:
- U.S. citizenship required due to federal contract requirements
- Eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance
- Background in solutions engineering, software development, systems engineering, platform engineering, DevSecOps, or a related technical discipline
- Experience collaborating with engineering teams to deliver software, cloud, infrastructure, or platform capabilities
- Ability to explain complex concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences
- Skilled at gathering user, customer, or stakeholder needs and converting feedback into actionable requirements
- Familiarity with APIs, cloud services, containers, DevSecOps practices, and modern software delivery approaches
- Ability to work independently in ambiguous, prototype-driven, or fast-moving settings
- Willingness to travel approximately 15% for R&D events, demos, collaboration sessions, or mission engagements
- Preferred: Active Secret clearance or higher
- Preferred: Background supporting DoD, Air Force, Platform One, Big Bang, mission planning, C2, ISR, autonomy, or defense software initiatives
- Preferred: Participation in demos, pilots, field events, customer-facing discussions, technical briefings, or live exercises
- Preferred: Experience collaborating with operators, mission users, customers, or cross-functional stakeholders
- Preferred: Hands-on skills with Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Go, FastAPI, Postgres, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, or CI/CD tooling
- Preferred: Knowledge of solution integration, prototype validation, platform configuration, or implementation activities
- Preferred: Ability to create documentation, demo materials, solution briefs, and stakeholder feedback summaries
- Preferred: Exposure to AI-enabled systems, LLMs, automation-focused software, data-driven tools, or autonomy-related technologies
- Preferred: Familiarity with secure delivery practices, observability, infrastructure-as-code, and compliance-focused engineering approaches
Benefits:
- Company-supported certifications aligned to current and future program work, including cloud, Kubernetes, DevSecOps, security, AI/ML, project management, and related technical areas
- Clear advancement tracks and future leadership opportunities
- 401(k) with 100% match up to 6%
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage
- Generous PTO and paid holidays
- Home-office equipment plan and remote work support
- Fitness and wellness reimbursement
- Weekly pay schedule and modern perks, including team events
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