# FDE role and deployment worksheet

Use this when comparing vacancies, defining a hire or scoping one deployment. Complete it with the hiring manager or operational owner.

| Question | Record your answer |
| --- | --- |
| Whose problem is this? | Named user, customer or internal team; current task |
| What must be delivered? | Working output, acceptance criteria and excluded scope |
| What can the engineer change? | Systems, access, data and decision authority |
| What is the implementation mix? | Configuration, integrations, custom code, data or hardware |
| Who owns the live result? | Monitoring, incidents, maintenance, escalation and handover |
| What can become reusable? | Candidate template, connector, runbook or product change; approving owner |
| What commercial work is expected? | Evaluation, account support, closing, expansion or none explicitly required |
| How will success be assessed? | Baseline, quality, effort, cost and review date |

An unanswered row is a useful discussion point. It is not a reason to assume the responsibility belongs to the FDE.

Based on the Automation Switch employer-description review retrieved 6 October 2026. This is a discussion aid, not a validated assessment instrument.