Associate Director, Cybersecurity Engineer
Two Six Technologies · Laurel, Maryland
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## Two Six Technologies — Associate Director, Cybersecurity Engineer At Two Six Technologies, we build, deploy, and implement innovative products that solve the world’s most complex challenges. Through collaboration and trust, we support our customers in building a safer global future. As an **Associate Director, Cybersecurity Engineer**, you will provide hands-on technical leadership for a team researching and evaluating hardware and software solutions in support of **defensive cyber operations**. Drawing from military or government cyber mission experience, you will lead the assessment of engineering prototypes, validate their operational utility, and translate customer needs into practical technical plans. Solutions may include specialized network sensors, hardware networking devices such as **FPGA-based firewalls**, and software written in **Rust** or **Python**. You will direct technical teams while staying engaged in technical analysis, testing, and customer collaboration. Vulnerability research may be part of the work when customer requirements call for it. **Location & Travel:** Onsite role based in the **Two Six Technologies Laurel, Maryland** office, with approximately **20% travel** (including customer meetings in **Arlington** and **Herndon** as needed). --- ## Responsibilities - Manage and mentor technical leads (each managing one to two staff or senior personnel) - Participate in hiring, performance management, and career development as the team grows - Set technical priorities and plans for research, evaluation, and validation of hardware and software solutions - Apply defensive cyber operations experience to assess mission needs, operational constraints, and candidate solutions - Plan and oversee testing of engineering prototypes (test procedures, measures of effectiveness, and analysis of results) - Conduct hands-on technical analysis and testing when needed; guide teams through complex technical problems - Communicate technical findings, risks, and recommendations to customers, leadership, and engineering teams - Coordinate with customers and internal stakeholders to shape requirements and align work to mission needs - Support vulnerability research when customer requirements call for it - Establish repeatable technical processes and documentation for evaluations and test activities --- ## Qualifications - **10+ years** of relevant professional experience in areas such as incident response, vulnerability research, network engineering, or software development (or comparable experience and education) - Demonstrated ability to manage technical staff/leads, set priorities, and mentor senior engineers - Experience supporting military or government defensive cyber missions - Experience researching, evaluating, or validating cybersecurity hardware or software solutions - Experience planning and conducting technical testing of systems, devices, or engineering prototypes - Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to present findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders - **Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility/access (TS/SCI)** --- ## Preferred Skills - Experience with cyber operations platforms, defensive tools, network technologies, or security monitoring systems (e.g., **Zeek, Snort/Suricata, Splunk**) - Experience evaluating specialized network sensors, FPGA-based firewalls, or software written in **Rust** or **Python** - Experience supporting engineering R&D or prototype transitio
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