Senior Cybersecurity Researcher at Two Six Technologies
Linthicum, MD
$140,519–$210,778
Jul 14, 2026
Linthicum, MD
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level role focused on vulnerability research and reverse engineering of embedded systems for government customers, requiring an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph. Day-to-day work involves finding and exploiting weaknesses across hardware and software, writing proof-of-concept code, analyzing operational impacts, and producing technical reports. The position also carries a mentorship responsibility for junior staff and is based on-site in Linthicum, Maryland.
Senior level · 5+ years · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
Pay in the description: $140,519–$210,778
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $141,208 (middle half $106,798–$194,505). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The role sits at the intersection of vulnerability research and low-level software development (PoC code, reverse engineering, source code review), making it a genuine toss-up between 15-1212 Information Security Analysts and 15-1252 Software Developers; 15-1212 was chosen because vulnerability research and attack analysis are the primary stated outputs.
Degree requirement is marked None because the JD explicitly accepts an Associate's degree plus 7 years, or a Bachelor's plus 5 years — no single degree is a hard floor, and equivalent experience paths are offered.
The minimum experience threshold is 5 years (Bachelor's path); the Associate's path requires 7 years. 5 is used as the overall years minimum per the lower bound.
An active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph is explicitly required as a hard gate.
The role is on-site at the Linthicum, MD customer site (Baltimore metro CBSA); remote work is not offered.
UART, SPI, and I2C are listed together under 'Nice If You Have'; UART is used as the primary skill name with SPI and I2C as alternatives since they are distinct but co-listed optional hardware protocols.
Embedded firmware and networked systems familiarity appear under 'Nice If You Have' alongside RTOS; RTOS is captured as the representative preferred skill for that cluster.
'Familiarity with high-side environments' is a soft/contextual preference with no specific named technology and is omitted from the skills list.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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