Lead Data Engineer

Two Six Technologies; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 132,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Retirement Benefits

Paid Leave

Tuition Assistance

Professional Development

Job summary

Two Six Technologies is seeking an experienced Lead Data Engineer to join a cross-functional team in Arlington, Virginia. You will advance mission tracking tech with AI/ML, designing data sharing, storage strategies, and scalable data models across microservices.

Ideal candidates have 6+ years in Python or Go, strong PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch experience, and familiarity with Kafka, Redis, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms. Eligibility for a TS clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or comparable experience.
• 6+ years of professional software development experience with Python and/or Go in highly distributed environments.
• 4+ years designing and optimizing relational schemas in PostgreSQL and experience using Elasticsearch for indexing.
• 3+ years implementing and scaling event-driven architectures with Kafka and leveraging Redis for caching.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain a TS security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Partner across teams to design and support the implementation of a seamless, decentralized, and secure data sharing framework that ensures consistent data exchange across different platform instances.
• Work closely with backend and database teams to align storage strategies across relational, indexing, and time-series engines.
• Maintain and align complex, multi-domain data models across dozens of microservices, ensuring data integrity and system-wide consistency.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and platform teams to scale data systems across bare-metal and cloud environments.
• Design and implement resilient data patterns (CQRS, secure store-and-forward) for data security and strict access controls in a distributed microservices environment.

Skills

Python

Go (Golang)

Distributed systems

Data modeling

PostgreSQL

Elasticsearch

Kafka

Redis

Kubernetes

AWS

TS clearance eligibility

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Git

AWS

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Elasticsearch

Kafka

Redis

Job description

At Two Six Technologies, we build, deploy, and implement innovative products that solve the world’s most complex challenges today. Through unrivaled collaboration and unwavering trust, we push the boundaries of what’s possible to empower our team and support our customers in building a safer global future.

Overview Of Opportunity

Two Six Technologies is seeking an experienced and motivated Lead Data Engineer to work within a cross-functional development team focused on advancing a state of the art in mission tracking technology enhanced by artificial intelligence and machine learning. The work will be located in our Arlington, Virginia office

Responsibilities

• Partner across teams to design and support the implementation of a seamless, decentralized, and secure data sharing framework that ensures consistent data exchange across different platform instances.
• Work closely with backend and database teams to align storage strategies across relational, indexing, and specialized time-series engines, balancing fast retrieval with long-term persistence.
• Maintain and align complex, multi-domain data models utilized across dozens of microservices, ensuring data integrity, strict contract management, and system-wide consistency.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and platform teams to adapt and scale data systems as computational needs evolve, ensuring seamless performance across both bare-metal and cloud environments.
• Collaborate on the design and implementation of resilient data patterns (such as CQRS and secure store-and-forward pipelines) to guarantee data security, integrity, and strict access controls in a distributed microservices environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or comparable experience
• Languages: 6+ years of professional software development experience, with deep expertise in Python and/or Go (Golang) within highly distributed environments.
• Databases: 4+ years of hands-on experience designing and optimizing relational schemas in PostgreSQL, alongside experience utilizing Elasticsearch for high-performance indexing and retrieval.
• Streaming & Caching: 3+ years of experience implementing and scaling event-driven architectures with distributed message brokers like Kafka, and leveraging Redis (or similar key-value stores) for high-speed caching.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain a TS security clearance.

Nice To Have

• Exposure to DevSecOps and Agile environments and processes
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• A self-driven work ethic and a willingness to jump in and solve hard problems
• Adept at simplifying and communicating complex ideas
• Experience with Kubernetes, AWS, Docker, a plus
• DoD 8570 Level II or Level III Certification, for example, Comptia Security + or CISSP

Security Clearance

• Eligibility to obtain a government clearance if required/needed.

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

$132,000 - $198,000 USD

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