SIXGEN’s mission is to deliver agile, mission-ready cybersecurity solutions that empower government and critical infrastructure organizations to stay ahead of advanced cyber threats. We combine innovation, deep expertise, and cutting-edge capabilities to uncover vulnerabilities, protect vital systems, and ensure operational superiority in an ever-evolving digital landscape. POSITION OVERVIEW Position: Platform DevOps Engineer Job Type: Full Time Location: Columbia, MD Clearance Requirement: TS/SCI, CI Poly Salary : Senior $215K SME $240K WHAT YOU’LL DO SIXGEN is actively seeking candidates to be part of a team that supports the United States Cyber Command (USCC). Our team is standing up USCYBERCOM’s AI Enterprise capability — the central hub that mission teams turn to when they want to move an AI solution from prototype to a secure, governed, enterprise-scale service. As a Senior Platform / DevOps Engineer on this team, you will build and run the infrastructure, pipelines, and control-plane guardrails that let the command adopt AI safely and at scale, with significant, visible impact on the mission of the USCC. What You'll Be Doing: Provide embedded operations support, capability integration, and rapid prototyping for AI-enabled tools in support of our customer. Design, implement, and maintain robust infrastructure for enterprise AI applications in cloud environments (AWS, Microsoft Azure) and on-prem/air-gapped/classified environments. Develop and optimize engineering workflows and processes to support AI model and agent development, deployment, and maintenance. Architect and manage CI/CD pipelines for continuous integration and continuous delivery of AI models, agents, and applications. Implement and manage containerization and orchestration solutions using Docker and Kubernetes, and build and maintain control-plane guardrails — identity, policy enforcement, approvals, audit/logging, and observability. Ensure efficient AI mo
Solutions Architect - TS/SCI CI Polygraph (FedS062)
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EMPLOYER IS A CONTRACTOR FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. THIS POSITION REQUIRES U.S. CITIZENSHIP. Role Description: As a Solutions Architect at Defense Unicorns, you'll serve as the primary technical point of contact during customer engagements, working closely with business development, engineering, and product teams to ensure that our offerings are both compelling and relevant to our government and defense customers. This role combines deep technical knowledge with strong communication and problem-solving skills. You’ll be responsible for delivering live product demos, maintaining infrastructure for proof-of-concept environments, and supporting the long and complex sales cycles typical in the defense sector. Your mission is to ensure that prospective customers not only understand what our technology does, but believe in what it can do for them. This is a hands-on, customer-facing role ideal
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Strong understanding of Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure), and automation tools (Terraform, OpenTofu, etc.) Ability to clearly explain complex systems to a variety of audiences, from deeply technical engineers to non-technical stakeholders Comfortable doing live deployments, troubleshooting in real time, and adjusting depth on the fly depending on the room’s technical background Able to read the room, admit mistakes, pivot as needed, and keep demos engaging and informative Collaborative by nature to play well with cross-functional teams and prepare with your sales counterparts to tailor your approach for every engagement Proactive and self-directed in building and maintaining infrastructure, finding answers, and pushing opportunities forward even when it gets hard Passionate about the national security mission and motivated by the opportunity to make a real impact, solving real problems for people in mission-critical roles Full compensation packages are based on candidate experience. Compensation ranges are established using national benchmarking data and apply across all geographic locations within the United States. Remote - USA $148,750 — $201,250 USD Who We Are Defe
Department · Federal Sales

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Defense Unicorns
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