Senior Specialist Field Engineer

CoreWeave is The Essential Cloud for AI™. Built for pioneers by pioneers, CoreWeave delivers a platform of technology, tools, and teams that enables innovators to build and scale AI with confidence.

• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for customers, establishing strong technical relationships and ensuring their success with CoreWeave's cloud infrastructure offerings, focusing on securing Kubernetes workloads within regulated cloud infrastructure environments.
• Act as the lead security technologist for federal engagements, partnering with DoD, Intelligence Community, and civilian agency customers as well as defense primes, systems integrators, and SLED organizations to architect accredited AI/HPC environments.
• Collaborate closely with customers to understand their unique business needs and create, prototype, and deploy tailored solutions.
• Translate federal security and compliance requirements (FedRAMP Moderate/High, FISMA, NIST SP 800-53 and 800-171, DoD Cloud Computing SRG Impact Levels (IL4/IL5/IL6), CMMC, and DISA STIGs) into concrete Kubernetes and GPU infrastructure architecture and controls.
• Support Authorization to Operate (ATO) efforts under the NIST Risk Management Framework.
• Lead proof of concept initiatives to showcase the value and viability of CoreWeave's solutions within specific environments, including work in classified and controlled enclaves and air-gapped or disconnected deployments.
• Drive technical leadership and direction during customer meetings, presentations, and workshops.
• Act as a virtual member of CoreWeave's Security product and engineering teams, identifying opportunities for product enhancement.
• Offer valuable insights on product features, functionality, and performance.
• Conduct periodic technical reviews and assessments of customer workloads.
• Support our federal compliance teams in enabling security compliance automation.
• Stay informed of the latest developments and trends in Kubernetes, cloud computing and infrastructure, and in federal cloud security policy.
• Lead the prototyping and initiation of research and development efforts for emerging products and solutions.
• Represent CoreWeave at conferences and industry events.

• U.S. citizen with an active Top Secret/SCI clearance or active Secret with ability to obtain TS/SCI.
• B.S. in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of proven experience as a Solutions Architect, engineer, researcher or forward deployed engineer in cloud infrastructure focusing on building distributed systems or HPC/cloud services, with an expertise focused on securing Kubernetes workloads.
• 3+ years of that experience directly supporting federal customer and/or Defense Industrial Base (DIB) engagements — DoD, IC, or civilian agency — in a customer-facing technical role.
• Hands-on experience delivering systems into accredited federal environments.