Systems Engineer

Two Six Technologies is seeking a Systems Engineer for our Herndon, VA, or Aurora, 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.

• 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:

• Interface Control Documents (ICDs)
• Sequence diagrams
• Data flow diagrams
• Dependency maps

• Experience planning and executing system integration efforts (integration strategy, interface coordination, test events, acceptance criteria)
• Experience with SMF environments and services
• Knowledge of AWS fundamentals (networking, compute, storage, IAM)
• Knowledge of cloud-native technologies (Docker, Helm, Kubernetes)
• Experience with CI/CD using GitLab (pipelines, runners, artifact management, environment promotion)
• Experience with API design and documentation using OpenAPI/Swagger
• 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
• Knowledge of GRID deployment processes (as applicable to the target environment)
• Strong stakeholder communication (cross-team coordination, technical writing, design reviews)

Nice to haves:

• Familiarity with customer/mission context (e.g. HIVE)
• 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)
• Programming/scripting in one or more languages (Go, Python, Rust, Java)

Security Clearance:

• Active TS/SCI required. Active TS/SCI with polygraph preferred.

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