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.
Two Six Technologies is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to support multi-domain platforms serving critical national security missions. This role is part of the Data Team and will lead the development, maintenance, and production support of the team’s data-migration suite.
The Senior Software Engineer will report to the Data Team Lead and serve as a senior technical partner, supporting stakeholder meetings, technical estimates, and coordination with on-site Field Operations Engineers. The ideal candidate is a self-starter with a demonstrated passion for learning, strong data migration experience, and proven ability to troubleshoot complex production issues.
This is a full-time, on-site position that requires work at our TST Arlington office
Responsibilities
- Take technical ownership of data pipeline and migration service development, maintenance, and production support. This includes working with:
- Python and related packages (e.g., Pandas)
- Docker / Kubernetes
- Postgres (and SQL)
- Avro data models
- FastAPI
- Conduct thorough code reviews and provide actionable feedback to maintain code quality, data integrity, and operational reliability.
- Lead migration of data tooling from Docker to Kubernetes.
- Work with internal and external stakeholders to develop requirements and solutions for complex data needs.
- Investigate and resolve production issues by analyzing code, logs, data, and system behavior; forming and testing hypotheses; and working directly with Field Operations Engineers to gather needed information.
- Provide ongoing maintenance, support, and enhancements for existing systems and platforms.
- Provide Program and Product Managers with reliable time and effort estimates for technical deliverables.
- Serve as backup technical representative for the Data Team Lead in stakeholder meetings, technical estimates, and Field Operations coordination.
- Provide scheduled, remote after-hours support for production deployments approximately one to two times per month.
- Provide technical and functional guidance to other team members as needed.
Minimum Qualifications
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Minimum of 5 years of software engineering experience.
- Minimum of 3 years of Python development experience.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience working with data in relational databases.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience designing, implementing, or supporting data migrations.
- Experience developing in a Unix or Linux environment.
- Experience building, running, and troubleshooting containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience using Git and Jira in a development workflow.
- Demonstrated passion for learning and ability to quickly understand unfamiliar systems and codebases.
- Strong analytical troubleshooting skills and the ability to ask effective technical questions of engineers, stakeholders, and Field Operations personnel.
- Eligibility to obtain and maintain up to a Top Secret/SCI security clearance.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Helm or other Kubernetes deployment tooling.
- Experience with event-driven processing, message brokers, or real-time data architectures.
- Experience with DevOps processes.
- Experience creating data models in relational databases.
- DoD 8570 Level II or Level III certification, such as CompTIA Security+ or CISSP.
- Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance.
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