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Deployment Engineer - Federal Customer

Dell Technologies

VA, VAFull-time$186–241K/yrSeen 1mo agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$186–241K/yr
Location
VA, VA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

TS/SCI clearanceBachelor's degree

Job overview

The Deployment Engineer supports Dell Mission Operations through hands-on installation, sustainment, troubleshooting, and field execution to keep mission systems operational. The role includes deployment support, break-fix work, hardware handling, ticket resolution, and coordination with engineering and operations teams. It is on-site five days per week in Chantilly, Virginia, and requires an active TS/SCI clearance.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

InstallationIntegration SupportBreak-FixDeployment SupportTechnical SupportHardware TroubleshootingInfrastructure TroubleshootingTicket-Based WorkflowsPhysical Technical TasksCommunicationTeam CoordinationLifting 50 LbsData Center SupportLab SupportSecure Facility SupportImagingBuildRack-and-StackCable ManagementSpare Parts ControlAsset HandlingEscalation CoordinationGovernment Program SupportClassified Program Support

Qualifications

12+ Years Relevant ExperienceBachelor's DegreeActive TS/SCI ClearanceAbility to Maintain AccessTravel Up to 50%

Full job description

Deployment Engineer - Federal Customer

(On-site 5 days per week, Chantilly, VA. Active TS/SCI Required)

The Field Support professional supports Dell Mission Operations by providing the hands-on installation, sustainment, troubleshooting, and field execution needed to keep mission systems operational. This role is responsible for deployment support, break-fix work, hardware handling, ticket resolution, and direct coordination with engineering and operations teams. The ideal candidate brings strong hands-on technical ability, responsiveness, and a customer-focused approach to problem resolution in a secure environment.

Key responsibilities

  • Perform installation, integration, cabling, hardware swaps, and physical support tasks

  • Troubleshoot break-fix incidents and restore services as quickly as possible

  • Support tickets, service requests, and field issues through closure

  • Validate equipment functionality and document support actions taken

  • Coordinate with systems, network, automation, and logistics teams during deployments and sustainment

  • Maintain tools, spares, parts, and support readiness as required

  • Follow site procedures, escalation paths, and change practices

  • Provide direct customer-facing support in operational settings

Required qualifications

  • 12+ years of relevant experience with a bachelor’s degree

  • Experience in field engineering, integration support, break-fix, deployment, or technical support roles

  • Strong hands-on troubleshooting skills across hardware and infrastructure components

  • Experience with ticket-based workflows and service response expectations

  • Ability to work onsite and support physically active technical tasks

  • Strong communication and team coordination skills

  • Ability to travel up to 50% of the time, as required

  • Active TS/SCI and ability to maintain access as required by the program

Lifting ability 50 lbs

Preferred qualifications

  • Experience in data center, lab, or secure facility support environments

  • Experience with imaging, build, rack-and-stack, or cable management activities

  • Experience supporting shift work, travel, or after-hours response as needed

  • Familiarity with spare parts control, asset handling, and escalation coordination

  • Experience supporting government or classified programs

Work environment / program context

This role serves as the execution layer closest to the equipment and the user. The work will focus heavily on deployment and field-based troubleshooting.

Job Identification 299122

Job Category Consulting

Job Schedule Full time

Locations Remote Worker, Remote, VA, 22301, US

Total Compensation Range USD 186065 - USD 240790

How this job compares

Set against the 471 open Field Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 30, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$186–241K/yr
  • US median$107–169K/yr196 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $213K, is 52% above the US median midpoint ($141K) — in the top quarter of Field Engineering salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 18 open Field Engineering jobs in Virginia and 471 across the US. 9% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
This posting asks for at least 12 years of experience — more than three in four Field Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 326 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 127 of the 471 open Field Engineering jobs (27%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 30, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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