Forward Deployed Engineer at Teleport

United States

Teleport Logo
Not SpecifiedCompensation
Mid-level (3 to 4 years), Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
TechnologyIndustries

Requirements

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Willing to travel to customer sites
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience (like Terraform, Ansible, Helm)
  • Linux systems engineering experience
  • Go or Rust experience
  • Comfortable changing the area of focus and working directly with customers (as we are a startup)

Responsibilities

  • Work directly with customers to ensure successful Teleport deployments
  • Meet regularly with customers, understand pain points blocking deployments, and remove roadblocks
  • Write and fix IaC deployments (like Helm charts)
  • Develop workarounds
  • Write Go code to fix bugs and implement small features
  • For more complex issues, work with customers to articulate the problem they are trying to solve, gather requirements, and make the business case to the product and engineering teams to invest in resolving the issue

Skills

Terraform
Ansible
Helm
Linux
Go
Rust
Make

Teleport

Secure access platform for infrastructure resources

About Teleport

At Teleport, employees can thrive in an environment where security and efficiency are paramount. The company streamlines DevSecOps processes by consolidating connectivity, authentication, authorization, and audit into a unified platform, significantly enhancing productivity. Teleport's emphasis on cutting-edge access solutions, including biometric verification and machine identity for secure access to a wide range of infrastructure resources, positions it as a leader in the security sector, making it an attractive workplace for innovative professionals.

Oakland, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2015Year Founded
$164.6MTotal Funding
SERIES_CCompany Stage
Data & Analytics, Enterprise Software, CybersecurityIndustries
51-200Employees

Benefits

Health coverage
Sick leave & vacation
Profession development
Equity
401k
Home office stipend
Internet & cell phone allowance
Commuter benefits

Risks

Emerging startups in identity management could erode Teleport's market share.
Over-reliance on partnerships may pose risks if expectations aren't met.
Rapid technological changes require continuous innovation to remain competitive.

Differentiation

Teleport offers a unified access platform with cryptographic identity and zero trust.
The platform eliminates credentials, enhancing security by removing standing privileges.
Real-time access monitoring and instant remediation strengthen infrastructure security.

Upsides

Growing demand for zero trust solutions boosts Teleport's market potential.
Partnership with AWS expands customer acquisition and integration opportunities.
Teleport's solutions address increasing compliance and audit reporting needs.

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