Overview of Opportunity
Two Six Technologies is seeking a Systems Engineer for our Herndon, VA, or Centennial, CO location. The ideal candidate will be able to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative, inclusive, and iterative software delivery environment and has an array of skills within the systems engineering discipline. This position will require systems engineering expertise within a multi-faceted team, where the individual is willing to provide a myriad of tasking to support the mission and be willing to learn new technology and methodologies as the program evolves.
What you will need:
- 2-5 years of Systems Engineering experience on software system projects
- Experience with system architecture and design (decomposing capabilities into services/components; documenting interfaces and dependencies)
- Extensive experience producing and maintaining architecture/interface artifacts, including:
- Experience planning and executing system integration efforts (integration strategy, interface coordination, test events, acceptance criteria)
- Experience with SMF environments and services
- Extensive experience with Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence) for backlog management, documentation, and engineering workflows
- Experience developing CONOPS and translating operational workflows into system requirements and interfaces
- Strong stakeholder communication (cross-team coordination, technical writing, design reviews)
- Familiarity with customer/mission context
Nice to haves:
- Knowledge of AWS fundamentals (networking, compute, storage, IAM)
- Knowledge of cloud-native technologies (Docker, Helm, Kubernetes)
- Experience with API design and documentation using OpenAPI/Swagger
- Data/storage fundamentals (SQL/NoSQL, data modeling, caching, backup/restore strategies)
- Experience with message/event systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Pub/Sub)
- Linux proficiency (shell, services, troubleshooting)
Security Clearance:
- Active TS/SCI with polygraph.