SIXGEN
sixgen.io
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How SIXGEN hires
Truth index
B 80/100
Median time to fill
84 days
Ghost roles
25%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%
SIXGEN scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 20 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 25% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 84 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
News
SIXGEN Acquires Kyrus Tech
Find out more about SIXGEN's acquisition of software development firm Kyrus Tech to expand its capabilities and meet the needs of customers across the digital battlespace.
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Washington Harbour-backed Sixgen adds on Kyrus Tech
Kyrus is a cybersecurity technology provider to the intelligence and defense sectors.
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Kyrus Tech and SIXGEN Join Forces to Create Preeminent Mid-Tier Across the Digital Battlespace
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SixGen expands automation portfolio with Boldend acquisition
This is the second purchase SixGen has announced in less than one month and also brings in more electronic warfare offerings.
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SixGen hires former DOD CISO as new chief executive
Jack Wilmer moves over from Core4ce and brings deep experience from across the cybersecurity realm, as well as a background in mergers and acquisitions.
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Washington Harbour Partners picks up cybersecurity firm SIXGen
SIXGEN will continue to be led by the company's founder and CEO Ethan Dietrich.
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Ethan Dietrich, Founder of SIXGEN
Learn how Ethan Dietrich, founder of SIXGEN, credits the U.S. Military in helping him build a successful business.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at SIXGEN over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
104
Postings analysed
20
Stack modernity
71/100AI adopter
Languages
Python70%
C++20%
PowerShell20%
C#15%
Frameworks & libraries
Agno5%
Hadoop5%
Impacket5%
LangGraph5%
Databases
Cassandra5%
MySQL5%
Neo4j5%
PostgreSQL5%
Cloud & platforms
Windows40%
Linux40%
AWS40%
Azure25%
AI & ML
LLM10%
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Full SIXGEN tech stack
104 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$208k
Typical range
$120k – $275k
Open positions
12
10
Jobs
Middle
30%
Senior
20%
Staff
40%
Architect
10%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle | 3 | $140k | $120k – $220k |
| Senior | 2 | $158k | $151k – $165k |
| Staff | 4 | $215k | $200k – $275k |
| Architect | 1 | $240k | $240k |
Highest paying role
Reverse Engineer
$275k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at SIXGEN
By role, level and city, against the market · 12 jobs with pay
People
Robert Kinder
Executive Officer, Director
Ethan Dietrich
Executive Officer, Director
Stephen Smoot
Director
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
54/100
Stable
Open positions
20
5 opened / 5 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
93 days
faster than 13% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Field & Service
27% ▲
AI/ML
18% ▼
Industrial Engineering
18% ▼
Backend
9% ▼
DevOps
9% ▲
Security
9% ▲
Activity Timeline
New location: Arlington
Oct 2026
Added STK to stack
Oct 2026
Added DoDAF to stack
Oct 2026
New location: Washington
Oct 2026
Added Ruby to stack
Oct 2026
Added PHP to stack
Oct 2026
Added Kali Linux to stack
Oct 2026
Added WinDbg to stack
Oct 2026
Added Windows Server to stack
Oct 2026
Added Wi-Fi to stack
Oct 2026
Added VPN to stack
Oct 2026
Added VLAN to stack
Oct 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
7
Hiring now
6
Countries
1
Busiest office
Annapolis
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Annapolis
United States
HQ
The company we're building.
2 open roles 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff $185k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Security
Suite 210, Annapolis, MD 21401
Columbia
United States
Regional office
Customer Site
5 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 60% engineering 40% remote 50-200 est. staff $228k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service, AI/ML, Data Science
Sterling
United States
Regional office
Sterling, VA
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $200k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
Arlington
United States
Customer Site
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $275k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
Huntsville
United States
Customer Site
1 open roles 100% remote 10-50 est. staff
hires for Field & Service
Washington
United States
Customer Site
1 open roles 100% remote 10-50 est. staff $120k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service
Denver
United States
Regional office
Denver,CO
Earlier presence
Reston, United States
Jobs
$115k – $140k per year · Remote (United States) · TS/SCI · Full-Time · 3+ years exp
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$215k per year · Remote (United States) · TS/SCI · Full-Time · 10+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Columbia
Python
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vLLM
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$215k per year · Remote (United States) · TS/SCI · Full-Time · 10+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Columbia
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$125k – $165k per year · Remote (likely United States) · Secret · Full-Time · 5+ years exp
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≈ $134k – $256k per year (Estimated) · In office · TS/SCI · Full-Time · 8+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Annapolis
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Unix
Cybersecurity
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Volatility
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In office · TS/SCI · Full-Time · 14+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
SQL
C#
Perl
Lua
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$180k – $220k per year · In office · TS/SCI · Full-Time · 4+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Columbia
Python
Java
SQL
Scala
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Neo4j
Cassandra
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Hadoop
Spark
DevOps
Azure
AWS
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$90k – $185k per year · In office · TS/SCI · Full-Time · Annapolis
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Java
C++
CI/CD
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Linux
Management
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Financials
Total raised
$500k
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2017 | $500k | Details |