Associate Director, Cybersecurity Engineering & Defense

Cyberjobs; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 200,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life and disability insurance

Retirement benefits

Paid leave

Tuition assistance

Professional development

Job summary

Two Six Technologies is seeking an Associate Director, Cybersecurity Engineer to provide hands-on technical leadership for a team researching and evaluating hardware and software solutions for defensive cyber operations. The role requires leading assessment, testing, and customer collaboration while translating needs into technical plans.

The position is onsite at our Laurel, Maryland office with ~20% travel to Arlington/Herndon as needed, and requires active TS/SCI clearance.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant professional experience in incident response, vulnerability research, network engineering, or software development.
• 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.
• Experience planning and conducting technical testing of systems, devices, or engineering prototypes.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present findings and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility or access (TS/SCI)

Responsibilities

• Manage and mentor technical leads, each managing one to two staff or senior personnel
• As the team grows, participate in hiring, performance management, and career development for team members
• 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, including test procedures, measures of effectiveness, and analysis of results
• Conduct hands-on technical analysis and testing when needed, and 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

Skills

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Communication skills

TS/SCI clearance

Tools

Zeek

Snort/Suricata

Splunk

Rust

Python

Job description

Two Six Technologies is seeking an Associate Director, Cybersecurity Engineer to provide hands-on technical leadership for a team researching and evaluating hardware and software solutions for defensive cyber operations. The role requires leading assessment, testing, and customer collaboration while translating needs into technical plans.

The position is onsite at our Laurel, Maryland office with ~20% travel to Arlington/Herndon as needed, and requires active TS/SCI clearance.