Technology & Engineering Lead

Location: Sterling/Herndon, VA
Clearance Requirement: Active Top Secret (TS)
Experience: 10+ years of relevant experience, including technical leadership
Work Arrangement: Regular onsite presence required based on program planning, infrastructure deployment and operational needs.
Salary: $220K-$235K

SIXGEN is committed to solving our customers' hardest problems with eagerness, effectiveness, and efficiency. We reject the status quo and constantly look for new ways to push the boundaries of our field. We've built a reputation for technical excellence, creative problem-solving, and delivering capabilities that make a real difference for our customers.

We also believe the people behind that work matter. SIXGEN offers a collaborative environment where talented engineers, operators, and technical professionals have the freedom to solve interesting problems, develop new skills, and make a meaningful impact.

As SIXGEN continues to grow, so does the complexity of the infrastructure needed to support our teams and programs. We're launching new customer engagements, developing new technologies, and expanding into environments with unique technical, operational, and security requirements. We're looking for a Technology & Engineering Lead to translate complex requirements into practical technical solutions and lead the work to bring new offices and capabilities online.

This role combines architecture, hands‑on engineering, and delivery across the systems and services our teams rely on every day.

You’ll work directly with Team Leads, Program Managers, engineers, IT, Security, Facilities, and business operations to understand program requirements, technical workflows, and daily operating needs. You’ll translate those requirements into technical designs and delivery plans covering hardware, software, networks, secure environments, and ongoing support. You’ll lead assigned efforts from solution design and cost estimation through procurement, installation, testing, and readiness.

You’ll partner closely and work alongside SIXGEN's IT team and the technical leads supporting our programs, building on their expertise and relationships. Together, you’ll make technical decisions, align shared resources and dependencies, and establish how new systems and spaces will be supported after deployment. You’ll be accountable for the technical approach and delivery of assigned initiatives, with responsibilities agreed at the outset with the teams involved.

This is a leadership role for someone who enjoys both designing the solution and helping build it. We’re looking for a technically strong leader who can see the bigger picture, anticipate what’s needed, make sound decisions, and bring structure to complex infrastructure efforts without losing the flexibility that makes SIXGEN successful.

• Lead the technical approach and delivery of assigned office standups and infrastructure initiatives, partnering with existing IT and technical leads to align priorities, standards, and responsibilities.
• Partner with team leads and Program Managers to understand program requirements, staffing plans, technical workflows, and daily operating needs, and translate them into infrastructure plans.
• Develop reusable architectures and engineering practices with IT and technical leads to improve reliability, reduce unnecessary complexity and cost, and accelerate office and program standups.
• Work closely with IT, Security, Facilities, and other internal teams to coordinate infrastructure planning, agree on delivery and support responsibilities, and ensure alignment across shared systems and services.
• Provide strong leadership and clear, proactive communication…