Senior Forward Deployed Engineer Jobs in Missouri

QUALIFICATIONS

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering or platform engineering
• This role requires comfort working alongside AI‑powered tools while maintaining strong engineering judgment, validation, and accountability for outcomes.
• Senior Engineers will contribute to the adoption and continuous improvement of AI‑enabled workflows by providing feedback, identifying opportunities for automation, and safely incorporating AI assistance into repeatable operational patterns.
• This includes leveraging approved AI tools and agents to assist with platform operations, troubleshooting, automation, documentation, and workflow efficiency under established governance and best practices.
• Senior Engineers on the INFOPS Application Development team are expected to actively use and support AI‑assisted and agentic engineering workflows as part of their day‑to‑day work.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Kubernetes, including deploying, operating, and troubleshooting production workloads. Experience with Red Hat OpenShift is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, configuring, and maintaining Kubernetes‑based platforms across development, test, and production environments.
• Experience administering or enabling at least one enterprise platform or shared service such as:
• MongoDB
• PostgreSQL
• Redis
• RabbitMQ
• Apache Solr
• Demonstrated experience with service mesh architectures, traffic management, or load balancing in Kubernetes environments.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automation workflows using tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, Codefresh, APIs, and GitOps‑based approaches.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, configuration‑as‑code, and automation practices (e.g., Helm, Ansible, Terraform, YAML‑based pipelines).
• Strong Linux skills with demonstrated knowledge of operating system concepts and administration.
• Experience with monitoring and observability solutions; experience with Prometheus and Grafana is a strong plus.
• Comfort scripting or coding in languages such as Shell, Python, or Node.js.
• Proven problem‑solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex distributed systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across technical and non‑technical teams.
• A self‑starter mindset with strong ownership, organization, and a passion for learning new technologies.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience.

Required Location: St. Louis, MO

Certain states and localities require employers to post a reasonable estimate of salary range. A reasonable estimate of the current base pay range for this position is $52 per hour to $65 per hour. Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors, including shift, location, experience, skill set, performance, licensure and certification, and business needs. The range for this position in other geographic locations may differ. Certain positions may also be eligible for variable incentive compensation, such as bonuses or commissions, that is not included in the base pay.

We strive to create an environment where all employees are empowered to succeed based on their skills, performance, and dedication. Our goal is to cultivate a culture of belonging that encourages innovation, collaboration, and respect for all team members, ensuring that WWT remains a great place to work for All!

If you have any questions or concerns about this posting, please email taposting@wwt.com.

Senior Engineer - Contract

Location: St. Louis, MO USA

Why WWT?

At World Wide Technology, we work together to make a new world happen. Our important work benefits our clients and partners as much as it does our people and communities across the globe. WWT is dedicated to achieving its mission of creating a profitable growth company that is also a Great Place to Work for All. We achieve this through our world-class culture, generous benefits and by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions for our clients.

Founded in 1990, WWT is a global technology solutions provider leading the AI and Digital Revolution. WWT combines the power of strategy, execution and partnership to accelerate digital transformational outcomes for organizations around the globe. Through its Advanced Technology Center, a collaborative ecosystem of the world's most advanced hardware and software solutions, WWT helps clients and partners conceptualize, test and validate innovative technology solutions for the best business outcomes and then deploys them at scale through its global warehousing, distribution and integration capabilities.

With over 14,000 employees across WWT and Softchoice and more than 60 locations around the world, WWT's culture, built on a set of core values and established leadership philosophies, has been recognized 15 years in a row by Fortune and Great Place to Work® for its unique blend of determination, innovation and creating a great place to work for all.

Want to work with highly motivated individuals on high-performance teams? Join WWT today!

Why Join the Internal WWT IT Team?

The Internal WWT IT team serves as the backbone of the company's technology ecosystem. We design, build, and operate the platforms that power WWT's internal applications and engineering teams across the enterprise. Our work enables secure, scalable, and highly automated delivery of software and services that directly support the company's strategic objectives.

Joining this team means working on foundational technology that matters—shared platforms, developer tooling, and automation that WWT depends on every day. You'll be part of a collaborative, forward-looking engineering culture where ownership, innovation, and continuous improvement are expected and encouraged.

Why Join the INFOPS Application Development Team?

The INFOPS Application Development team operates within WWT's Internal IT Platform Engineering organization and focuses on enabling developers. The team builds and evolves platforms, workflows, and automation that allow application teams to safely and efficiently self-service infrastructure, deployments, and integrations.

Our work emphasizes Platform Engineering best practices, Infrastructure as Code, GitOps, and automation. As the organization continues to mature, the team is also evolving toward AI-native engineering, incorporating intelligent automation and AI-assisted workflows to reduce operational toil, improve reliability, and accelerate delivery across the software development lifecycle.

This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy building leverage—creating systems and patterns that multiply the effectiveness of developers and other engineers—and who want to have a direct, visible impact on how modern engineering practices scale across WWT IT.

What will you be doing?

As a Senior Engineer on the INFOPS Application Development team, you will play a key role in designing, building, and operating the platforms that support WWT's internal application development organization. This position blends hands-on technical execution with platform ownership, automation, and close collaboration with application and partner engineering teams.

Responsibilities:

• You will help design, build, and maintain a hybrid platform environment, integrating on-premises infrastructure with cloud services. A core responsibility of this role is owning and evolving the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, including configuration and lifecycle management across development, testing, and production environments.
• You will design, write, and maintain GitOps-driven CI/CD pipelines that automate application delivery to Kubernetes platforms. This includes deploying and operating distributed applications using Helm charts, developing and maintaining Kubernetes operators where appropriate, and continuously improving delivery workflows through automation and standardization.
• The role also includes ownership and operational responsibility for shared platforms that applications depend on, such as MongoDB, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, Apache Solr, and similar services. This includes lifecycle management, monitoring, troubleshooting, and ensuring platform reliability and availability.
• You will build and maintain automation, self-service workflows, and platform capabilities that reduce manual effort and remove common bottlenecks. You will work closely with internal customers to understand requirements and engineer scalable, repeatable solutions aligned to business needs.
• You will collaborate with partner engineering teams across WWT to align standards and drive efficiencies. As a senior member of the team, you will provide technical leadership through design collaboration, mentoring, and cross-training.
• Operational excellence is a key expectation. You will monitor platform performance and availability, proactively identify and remediate issues, troubleshoot complex incidents, and participate in an on-call rotation and scheduled maintenance windows. Clear documentation, strong communication, and the ability to balance project delivery with operational responsibilities are essential to success in this role.
• You are expected to actively participate in agile practices, including daily stand-ups, planning sessions, retrospectives, and ideation workshops, while contributing to continuous improvement across the team.