Senior Forward Deploy Engineer

About the CompanyArmada is a full-stack edge infrastructure company delivering compute, connectivity, and sovereign AI/ML to some of the world’s most remote places. Named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, Armada’s solutions are deployed in over 60 countries globally for organizations ranging from energy to defense. With over $200 million in funding, Armada is backed by top investors such as Microsoft (M12), Founders Fund, and has strategic partnerships including Starlink, Skydio, and NVIDIA. We are looking for the most brilliant minds in the world to join us. Working at Armada means taking ownership, driving autonomy, and delivering impact. You’ll tackle challenges that haven’t been solved before and help build something transformative from the ground up. What you do here will not only define your career but help further Armada’s mission to bridge the digital divide for customers around the world.About ArmadaArmada delivers sovereign, industrial‑grade AI infrastructure designed to operate where traditional cloud and centralized data center models fall short. Our platform includes Atlas as the control plane, Galleon modular edge data centers powered by the Armada Edge Platform, and Leviathan, Armada’s AI Factory, which partners with Bridge, our GPU‑as‑a‑Service offering. Together, these capabilities enable enterprises and governments to deploy, operate, and scale AI workloads securely, efficiently, and close to where data is generated.Saudi Arabia is Armada’s operational anchor for the ME region. As we scale, we are intentionally building a team of senior, versatile operators who can both get systems live and own customers long‑term. This role is designed for engineers who want full lifecycle ownership, not narrow scope.Role OverviewThe Senior Forward Deploy Engineer is a hybrid role responsible for hands‑on deployment execution and ongoing technical account ownership for Armada customers across ME. This role combines the intensity and depth of a Forward Deploy Engineer with the long‑term customer ownership of a Technical Account Manager.In the early phases of customer engagement, this role leads deployments, platform bring‑up, and initial workload execution. Once customers are live, the same engineer remains the primary technical owner, driving adoption, operational maturity, and expansion.This role reports into the Sr. Director of Customer Success & Delivery, EMEA & ANZ and is intentionally designed to avoid split ownership between deployment and post‑sale success. Success is measured by speed to production, customer confidence, platform adoption, retention, and expansion.Key ResponsibilitiesDeployment execution and platform bring‑upLead end‑to‑end deployment of Armada platforms including Atlas, Galleon with AEP, and Leviathan AI Factory integrated with Bridge GPU‑as‑a‑ServiceOwn on‑site and in‑country deployments across Saudi Arabia and the broader ME regionOwn infrastructure bring‑up, platform configuration, and production readiness validationMake real‑time technical decisions across hardware, networking, Kubernetes, storage, and GPU layersTechnical account ownership and customer successServe as the primary technical point of contact for assigned customers post go‑liveOwn the technical success plan, adoption milestones, and operational maturity roadmapBuild trusted, long‑term relationships with customer engineering, IT, OT, and security teamLead technical governance discussions, roadmap planning, and platform optimization conversationsJoint Success Plan ownershipBuild, maintain, and actively drive Joint Success Plans (JSPs) for each assigned customerAlign deployment milestones, platform adoption, and operational maturity to customer business objectivesUse the Joint Success Plan as the primary framework for prioritization, execution, risk management, and value trackingRegularly review progress against success plans with customer stakeholders and Armada leadershipEnsure JSPs inform deployment sequencing, adoption strategy, roadmap discussions, and expansion planningSurface risks, dependencies, and blockers early and drive resolution with clear ownershipTime‑to‑value acceleration and adoptionReduce time‑to‑try and time‑to‑value by unblocking workloads and accelerating early production use casesDrive adoption across new workloads, business units, and countriesIdentify expansion opportunities including additional Galleon deployments and Leviathan AI Factory capacity through Bridge GPUaaSOperational excellence and reliabilityEnsure customer environments remain stable, secure, and production‑readyProactively identify scaling risks, architectural gaps, and technical debtCoordinate with Product, Engineering, and Support teams to resolve issues efficientlySovereign data, security, and compliance executionOperate confidently within Saudi and regional sovereign data and security requirementsSupport security validation, audits, and governance processes as required by customersMaintain disciplined acces