# Forward Deployed Engineer - Docker/IIoT

We're looking for a Edge Platform Engineer to help operate and modernize one of the world's largest industrial edge computing deployments. You'll work with a fleet of more than 100,000 connected edge devices running Docker-based applications in challenging real-world environments where connectivity is intermittent, bandwidth is constrained, and devices may remain offline for extended periods. This role combines Docker platform engineering, edge computing, networking, deployment automation, troubleshooting, and customer collaboration. You'll work directly with enterprise customers and our engineering team to solve complex operational problems at scale. If you've worked with industrial IoT, edge gateways, manufacturing systems, mining, energy, transportation, or other distributed edge environments, we'd love to hear from you. Requirements What We're Looking For Required Strong commercial experience with Docker and Docker Compose. Experience with IoT and Industrial IoT (IIoT) Experience supporting Linux systems in production. Experience deploying applications to remote or distributed edge environments. Experience operating systems across unreliable, high-latency, or bandwidth-constrai

- **Id**: 993442
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/portainer-forward-deployed-engineer-dockeriiot>
- **Role**: Solutions
- **Role family**: Solutions
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: board_field
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Hiring countries**: IN
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-09T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T22:05:43Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 63
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2652
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS), Custom Software Development

## Company

- **Id**: 714127
- **Name**: Portainer
- **Domain**: portainer.io
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/portainer>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workable

## Technologies

- **Docker** — Optional: no
- **Docker Compose** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **Platform Engineering** — Optional: no
- **Docker Swarm** — Optional: yes
- **MQTT** — Optional: yes
- **OPC UA** — Optional: yes
- **VPN** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 63

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **India** — Iso: IN; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-17T05:42:50Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 15
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.427
- **P room**: 0.36
- **Age days**: 62
- **Expected fill days**: 33
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

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