Senior Field Operations Engineer

Two Six Technologies; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Two Six Technologies seeks a Senior Field Operations Engineer to serve as the embedded technical authority for USCYBERCOM stakeholders and CMF teams. You will bridge tactical operators and backend engineers, delivering hands-on enablement, troubleshooting platform behaviors, and tailoring capabilities to mission needs.

Qualified candidates bring Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility, a polygraph ability, and 5+ years in offensive/defensive cyber operations, plus strong system administration

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and polygraph ability.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field or equivalent operational experience.
• 5+ years of operational experience supporting Offensive and/or Defensive Cyber Operations (OCO/DCO).
• Technical background in CNE/CNO, network administration, or digital forensics and incident response.
• Direct engagement with USCYBERCOM, service cyber components, JTFs, or Combatant Commands.

Responsibilities

• Translate operational needs into detailed user requirements with CMF units and stakeholders.
• Serve as the primary technical liaison between development teams and operational users.
• Deliver tailored training, demonstrations, and familiarization to units for new features.
• Configure and optimize the platform for daily operations and create custom dashboards/workflows.
• Provide forward-deployed troubleshooting and rapid incident resolution with core engineering teams.
• Track user adoption and customer satisfaction to inform roadmap priorities.
• Author deployment runbooks and operator guides for tactical users.
• Brief senior military leadership and mission partners on capabilities and upgrades.

Skills

TS clearance

CMF experience

Technical liaison

Briefings & docs

Education

Bachelor's in CS/CE/EE

Tools

Jira

Confluence

GitHub

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 a Senior Field Operations Engineer to serve as an embedded technical authority and forward-deployed operational liaison within our Cyber Mission team. In this role, you will represent the primary technical interface for U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) stakeholders and Cyber Mission Force (CMF) teams, accelerating warfighter adoption and operational integration of the JCC2 Cyber Operations platform developed by Two Six.

Functioning as a direct bridge between tactical operators and backend engineering teams, you will deliver hands-on technical enablement, capture emerging capability gaps, troubleshoot complex system behaviors in the field, and tailor platform capabilities to dynamic mission needs. The ideal candidate pairs deep familiarity with CMF operational structures and offensive/defensive cyber workflows with strong system administration, incident investigation, and stakeholder engagement skills.

The role requires an active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and the ability to obtain and maintain a polygraph. The selected candidate will be required to be local to the Fort Meade/Washington, D.C. Metro Area (Onsite up to 4 days/week; up to 30% travel).

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with CMF units, combatant commands, and interagency stakeholders to translate operational needs into detailed user requirements
• Act as the primary liaison between technical development teams and operational users to ensure capability development matches tactical and strategic mission objectives
• Deliver tailored user training, capability demonstrations, and familiarization to operational units for newly deployed features and baseline functionality
• Configure, customize, and optimize the platform for daily operations, including engineering custom dashboards and workflows, defining operational battlespaces, and administering role-based access permissions
• Provide forward-deployed technical troubleshooting and operational support to isolate platform anomalies, reproduce edge cases, and expedite resolution with core engineering teams
• Establish, track, and analyze user adoption and customer satisfaction metrics to identify operational trends and inform engineering roadmap priorities
• Author technical documentation, deployment runbooks, and operator quick-reference guides tailored for tactical and strategic users
• Brief and demonstrate capabilities, system upgrades, and proof-of-concept solutions to senior military leadership, DoD program offices, and mission partners

Requirements

• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and the ability to obtain and maintain a polygraph
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent operational experience)
• 5+ years of operational experience supporting Offensive and/or Defensive Cyber Operations (OCO/DCO)
• Technical background in Computer Network Exploitation (CNE), Computer Network Operations (CNO), network administration, or digital forensics and incident response
• Demonstrated experience engaging directly with USCYBERCOM, service cyber components, Joint Task Forces, or Combatant Commands
• Proven ability to synthesize complex software architectures into clear, mission-relevant executive briefings and technical documentation
• Ability to work onsite up to 4 days per week in the Fort Meade / Washington, D.C. area, with willingness to travel up to 30% locally and nationally

Nice to Have

• Operational experience within an active Cyber Protection Team (CPT), Combat Mission Team (CMT), or National Cyber Protection Team (NCPT)
• Practical scripting and systems experience
• Experience supporting Agile software delivery environments and utilizing collaborative tracking tools such as Jira, Confluence, and GitHub
• Strong interpersonal and consultative skills with a track record of driving cross-functional alignment between engineering, product, and mission-user communities

Clearance

• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and the ability to obtain and maintain a polygraph

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