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Prelude · 16 hours ago

Deployment Engineer

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
seniorityMid, Senior Level
money$170K/yr - $270K/yr

Prelude is building the next generation of endpoint security for the Semantic Era. They are seeking a Deployment Engineer to ensure operational excellence in customer onboarding and deployment of their endpoint observability platform, focusing on automation and troubleshooting across diverse customer environments.

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Responsibilities

Build and maintain deployment automation infrastructure: packaging pipelines, update distribution systems, and orchestration tooling for seamless customer rollouts
Manage MDM integrations: configure and optimize Origin deployments via Intune, Jamf, SCCM, and other endpoint management platforms
Package and maintain installation artifacts: build MSI/EXE packages for Windows, PKG/DMG for macOS, ensuring compatibility across diverse customer environments
Orchestrate customer onboarding: manage phased deployments from pilot to production scale, ensuring successful expansion across thousands of endpoints
Troubleshoot production deployment issues: debug complex problems in customer environments, provide Tier 3 support for deployment and compatibility challenges
Handle edge cases and non-standard environments: make Origin work in legacy infrastructure, air-gapped networks, security-restricted environments, and custom configurations
Optimize deployment performance and reliability: instrument deployment pipelines, identify bottlenecks, and continuously improve success rates
Document deployment best practices: create runbooks, deployment guides, and knowledge base articles for both internal teams and customers
Collaborate with engineering teams: translate field deployment learnings into product improvements and automation opportunities

Qualification

MDM expertiseApplication packagingScriptingAutomationDeployment automation toolsProduction troubleshootingNetworking fundamentalsCustomer communicationProject management

Required

Deep expertise in MDM platforms: hands-on experience with Microsoft Intune, Jamf Pro, SCCM, or similar endpoint management tools
Application packaging expertise: building and troubleshooting MSI, EXE, PKG, DMG installers; understanding Windows Installer and macOS packaging frameworks
Scripting and automation: PowerShell, Bash, Python for deployment automation, API integration, and infrastructure-as-code
Operating system expertise: deep knowledge of Windows and macOS internals, process management, service architecture, and security mechanisms
Deployment automation tools: experience with Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Octopus Deploy, or similar orchestration platforms
Production troubleshooting skills: ability to debug complex issues in live customer environments under time pressure, using logs, traces, and system diagnostics
Networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, DNS, firewalls, proxies, certificate management, and understanding how network architecture affects endpoint deployments
Project management capability: managing multiple customer deployments simultaneously, tracking progress, and ensuring on-time delivery
Customer communication: ability to work with customer IT teams (technical and non-technical) to coordinate deployments and resolve issues

Preferred

Prior experience in deployment/implementation engineering roles at security or infrastructure vendors (CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Palo Alto, etc.)
Experience deploying endpoint security products (EDR/XDR agents) at enterprise scale (10k+ endpoints)
Deep expertise in Windows enterprise deployment: Group Policy, Active Directory, Kerberos, NTLM, certificate-based authentication
macOS enterprise management expertise: configuration profiles, DEP/ADE, volume licensing, notarization and code signing
Cloud infrastructure experience: AWS/Azure/GCP familiarity for understanding customer hybrid environments
CI/CD and build pipeline experience: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps for automating packaging and distribution
Experience with security hardening: understanding how endpoint security products interact with OS security features (AMSI, PPL, SIP, etc.)
Background in customer success or technical account management: understanding customer deployment lifecycle and success metrics

Benefits

Generous healthcare
Flexible PTO
Home-office support

Company

Prelude

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Prelude is a technology company that helps organizations proactively ask questions of their security systems to advance their defenses.
dateFounded in 2020
location
Seattle, Washington, USA
people-size11-50 employees
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https://www.preludesecurity.com

H1B Sponsorship

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2025 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage
Total Funding
$41.83M
Key Investors
Brightmind PartnersSequoia CapitalGeneral Advance
2025-09-25Series Unknown· $16M
2022-04-12Series A· $24M
2020-09-24Seed· $1.82M

Leadership Team

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Spencer Thompson
Co-founder & CEO
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Pete Constantine
Chief Product Officer
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Recent News

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Prelude Security Announces Additional $16M Investment Led by Brightmind Partners, Along With Sequoia Capital and Insight Partners, To Build the Next Generation of Endpoint Security
2025-09-26
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Prelude Security Secures $16M Investment from Brightmind Partners, Sequoia, and Insight to Advance Endpoint Security
2025-09-26
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Aduna, Prelude Team Up to Bring SIM Swap and Number Verification APIs to European Markets
2025-09-24
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