Systems Architect

Two Six Technologies · Aurora, Colorado; Herndon, Virginia · Engineering

Posted 2026-09-10

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Two Six Technologies is looking for a Technical Lead who will partner with our Program and Product Managers to outline technical design and delivery of a new, key custom application capability vital to our customer’s mission set. Together, you will work to ensure development and delivery of the overall technical architecture and management of the technical team. You will also help ensure the program is successfully delivering using sound DevOps, agile, and agency-specific practices.

Location: Locations are Englewood, CO or Herndon, VA

What you will need:

Demonstrated experience architecting event-driven systems

Demonstrated experience developing Java and/or Go applications

Demonstrated experience developing and deploying containerized microservices

Experience using code repositories such as Git

Experience with resilient systems in multiple data centers

Experience with Linux, Jira/Confluence, GitLab, GIT, RDBMS, messaging/queuing technologies

Experience with AWS cloud solutions, serverless frameworks

Experience working in an agile environment

Demonstrated experience documenting code artifacts, JIRA tickets, and related processes

Ability to build libraries for third parties to interact with and leverage

Ability to run to ground end-to-end issues, especially with multiple integrations

Assist in the design and development of new capabilities

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or related discipline from an accredited college or university

Keys for Success:

7 to 10+ years of Java/Go development experience

3 to 5+ years of Cloud platform development

7 to 10+ years of unit testing experience

Nice If You Have Experience with:

Experience with satellite systems and operations such as mission management, planning and scheduling, or command and telemetry

SIGINT domain experience

Experience developing multi-threaded systems

Experience with AWS Lambda and related technologies

Clearance Requirement:

Active TS/SCI with Polygraph

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Two Six Technologies is committed to providing competitive and comprehensive compensation packages that reflect the value we place on our employees and their contributions. We believe in rewarding skills, experience, and performance. Our offerings include but are not limited to, medical, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability insurance, retirement benefits, paid leave, tuition assistance and professional development.

The projected salary range listed for this position is annualized. This is a general guideline and not a guarantee of salary. Salary is one component of our total compensation package and the specific salary offered is determined by various factors, including, but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills, geographic location, as well as contract specific affordability and organizational requirements.

Salary Range

$139,676—$209,513 USD

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