CT Engineering - Forward-Deployed Engineer (FDE) - EY GDS

by working at the intersection of:

• Client needs and feedback

• Platform capabilities

• Product evolution

The team focuses on

• Partner with PreSales and client-facing teams to capture real-world friction points and unmet requirements.

• Analyze root causes and define pragmatic solutions (feature improvements, integrations, automations).

• Deliver working solutions in short cycles (

• Design and implement solutions across infrastructure, scripting, and application layers.

• Provide technical guidance aligned with platform standards and best practices.

• Navigate hybrid and cloud-based environments within EY Fabric.

• Actively review new and existing offerings across Growth & Adoption.

• Provide structured feedback on solution design, usability, and readiness.

• Ensure alignment across teams before releases.

• Identify improvement opportunities in high-usage offerings.

• Contribute fixes, enhancements, or automation to improve adoption and user experience.

• Feed field learnings back into engineering, documentation, and runbooks.

• Work across team boundaries (Product, Engineering, Operations, PreSales).

• Translate technical scenarios into clear language for business stakeholders.

• Mentor team members and contribute to shared knowledge and best practices.

• Excellent communication skills (technical and business audiences)

• Strong documentation and structured communication capabilities

• Ability to quickly understand complex systems and codebases

• Broad technical capability (

) across:

• Infrastructure and cloud platforms (Azure preferred)

• Scripting and automation (PowerShell, Python, Bash)

• Application-level development and integration

• Strong understanding of:

• CI/CD and DevOps practices

• Code and release management (Git, GitHub, Azure DevOps)

• Experience using

• Experience working in large organizations with complex processes and dependencies

• Experience in Agile environments and fast iteration cycles

• Experience designing, integrating, and supporting solutions at scale

• Experience in API-driven ecosystems and platform-based architectures

• Experience working close to clients, PreSales, or product teams

• Microsoft Azure certifications

• DevOps or Cloud Architecture certifications

• Any certification related to automation, infrastructure, or platform engineering

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- you take ownership and ensure work gets completed despite complexity

• Highly

- you identify next steps without waiting for direction

• Able to

and remove blockers

• Precise in execution - you follow instructions and deliver reliably

• Bias for action - you prioritize delivery over over-analysis

• Comfortable switching contexts (infra, code, product, AI tooling)

• Collaborative and aligned with broader platform goals

• Focused on impact, not just activity

• Client friction points are resolved within short delivery cycles

• Solutions are integrated into product repositories (not left as one-offs)

• Offerings improve continuously based on field feedback

• The team is recognized as a trusted technical voice in product and adoption