Lead Data Engineer at Two Six Technologies
Arlington, VA
$132,000–$198,000
Jul 28, 2026
Arlington, VA
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Lead Data Engineer role at an Arlington, VA defense tech firm, focused on building and maintaining distributed data infrastructure for an AI/ML-enhanced mission tracking platform. The work centers on designing data-sharing frameworks, multi-domain data models across microservices, event-driven streaming pipelines, and resilient data patterns (e.g., CQRS) across both on-premises and cloud environments. Candidates must be eligible for a Top Secret clearance.
Senior level · 6+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Top Secret clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $166,452 (middle half $130,866–$200,954).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The Python/Go requirement states '6+ years' for the combined languages — this is treated as the overall experience floor and also as the years demanded for that skill. Go is listed as an alternative since the JD uses 'and/or'.
Redis is listed with 'or similar key-value stores' in the requirements block; it is a hard gate on the capability, with Redis as the primary named tool.
The clearance gate appears twice: once as 'Eligibility to obtain and maintain a TS security clearance' in Requirements, and again more softly as 'Eligibility to obtain a government clearance if required/needed.' The harder, more specific statement in Requirements governs — classified as TopSecret.
This role sits at the boundary between 15-1243 (Database Architects) and 15-1252 (Software Developers). The emphasis on data modeling, schema design, streaming pipelines, and data architecture tips it toward 15-1243, but the 6+ years of Python/Go software development requirement and microservices context make 15-1252 a credible alternative.
DoD 8570 Level II/III certification (e.g., CompTIA Security+, CISSP) is listed under Nice to Have and is not a hard gate.
Requires a Top Secret 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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