Associate Principal - Architecture (FDE)
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 12, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 30, 2026. LTM scores B on the Alion truth index.
Role Forward Deployed Engineer FDE
Job Description
Customer Engagement Solution Design
Partner with customers to understand business objectives technical requirements and operational challenges
Translate customer needs into scalable technical solutions and implementation plans
Lead technical workshops discovery sessions and solution architecture discussions
Act as a trusted technical advisor throughout the customer engagement lifecycle
Solution Development Deployment
Design build and customize software solutions for customerspecific use cases
Develop integrations with enterprise systems cloud platforms APIs and data sources
Configure deploy and optimize solutions in customer environments
Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues during implementation
Product Engineering Collaboration
Work closely with product management and engineering teams to communicate customer feedback and requirements
Identify opportunities to enhance product capabilities based on customer needs
Contribute code reusable components deployment accelerators and best practices
Support proofofconcepts POCs pilots and production rollouts
AI Data Cloud Enablement for modern FDE roles
Implement AIML analytics and automation solutions aligned with customer objectives
Design and optimize cloudnative architectures across Azure
Develop data pipelines APIs and integrations supporting AI and datadriven applications
Ensure solutions meet security compliance and scalability requirements
Key Skills
Software Engineering
Solution Architecture
Customer Consulting
Azure Cloud Platforms
AIML Generative AI
Stakeholder Management
Technical Leadership
Agile Delivery
Overall expectations
Work on customer AI implementations
Collaborate directly with enterprise executives and engineering teams
Build custom workflows and integrations
Finetune deployment architectures
Operate as a blend of software engineer solutions architect and technical consultant