Two Six Technologies
Associate Director, Cybersecurity Engineer
$200K–$265K
Laurel, Maryland +1 · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Location
- Laurel, Maryland
Laurel, Maryland, United States - Experience
- 10+ years of relevant professional experience in one or more related areas, such as incident response, vulnerability research, network engineering, or software development; comparable experience and education will be considered.
About the job
Provides hands-on technical leadership for evaluating and testing cybersecurity hardware and software solutions for defensive cyber operations, while managing technical staff and working with customers.
What you'll do
- Lead technical teams and set priorities for research, evaluation, and validation of solutions.
- Plan and oversee prototype testing; conduct technical analysis and communicate findings and recommendations.
- Coordinate with customers and stakeholders to align requirements and mission needs; mentor technical leads.
What they ask for
- Demonstrated ability to manage technical staff or 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, and planning and conducting technical testing.
- Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility or access (TS/SCI).
Nice to have
- Experience with cyber operations platforms, defensive tools, network technologies, or security monitoring systems such as Zeek, Snort/Suricata, Splunk, etc.
- Experience evaluating specialized network sensors, FPGA-based firewalls, or software written in Rust or Python.
Pay
$200,000 — $265,000 USD annualized base salary
Tools
Zeek, Snort/Suricata, Splunk, FPGA, Rust, Python
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