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Overview

Second Front Systems accelerates the accreditation of commercial software for government use. Its Game Warden platform hosts vendor applications inside approved secure environments. Defence agencies use it to adopt modern tools far faster than usual.

News

Press release 2 months ago
Government contract vehicles for ATO platforms
Which ATO platforms can agencies buy on existing contract vehicles? How GWACs, GSA MAS SIN 518210C, cloud marketplaces, and SBIR Phase III IDIQs work.
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Press release 2 months ago
The M&A compliance tax: How ATO requirements freeze post-acquisition innovation
Acquirers pay for innovation, then lose it to ATO paperwork. Learn how the compliance tax freezes post-acquisition roadmaps and which frameworks prevent it.
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Blog 2 months ago
Second Front Systems Appoints Cody Barrow as Head of EMEA
WASHINGTON, DC, August 13, 2026 / Business Wire / Second Front Systems (2F), a public-benefit software company powering software for the free world, today announced the appointment of Cody Barrow as Head of EMEA. Barrow will lead Second Front's commercial
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Award 2 months ago
2026 Inc. 5000
Recognized in the annual ranking of the fastest-growing privately held companies in America. We're honored to be on the list at #454, putting us in the top 10%. The post 2026 Inc. 5000 appeared first on Second Front.
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Podcast 2 months ago
126. The Mission Shouldn't Run on Luck with Salesforce's Bill Pessin
Episode Description Twenty years ago, a young logistics lieutenant solved an impossible field problem with a Franklin Planner, a satellite phone, and a contact who happened to be at his desk. It worked - but it ran on luck. Bill Pessin has spent his caree
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Blog 2 months ago
The multidomain domino effect: Why modern warfare demands continuous software delivery
A delayed software update on an unmanned surface vessel can pull an unmanned aircraft out of the fight, sever a communications relay, and leave a shore-based fire battery with nothing to shoot at. None of those failures is kinetic, and none requires a sho
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Podcast 2 months ago
125. Signal, Grit, and the Veteran Transition Trap with Kyle Eberly, Wyatt Frasier, and Max Cormier from Sitreps
Episode Description Every veteran gets the same advice on the way out: "your service will speak for itself." It won't. In this episode, Tyler Sweatt sits down with Kyle Eberly (Chairman and CTO), Wyatt Frasier (CEO), and Max Cormier (COO) of Sitreps - the
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Blog 2 months ago
The accreditation dilemma: a TCO comparison of DIY vs PaaS FedRAMP Certification
Reaching the federal market is not just a sales motion, it is an engineering and compliance decision that defines whether a commercial software company can deliver capability to Mission Owners. The U.S. government commits roughly $75 billion annually to t
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Press release 3 months ago
DoD DevSecOps fundamentals: Core concepts, principles, and practices explained
Understand DoD DevSecOps fundamentals: The four pillars, 10-phase lifecycle, and how continuous authorization (cATO) accelerates defense software delivery
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Award 3 months ago
Future Union All-World Defense 300
Recognized on Future Union's All-World Defense 300 at #2 in Mission Software & AI - a ranking of the private companies whose fielded products and capabilities matter most to keeping allied nations ahead in the global security competition. The post Future
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Second Front Systems over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
55
Postings analysed
16
Stack modernity
82/100AI adopter
Languages
Python31%
Rust19%
JavaScript13%
TypeScript13%
Frameworks & libraries
Angular6%
React.js6%
Databases
Amazon Redshift6%
BigQuery6%
Google BigQuery6%
Snowflake6%
Cloud & platforms
AWS81%
GCP75%
Azure69%
Kubernetes63%
AI & ML
Claude19%
Gemini6%
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Full Second Front Systems tech stack 55 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$170k
Typical range
$87k – $230k
Open positions
19
18 Jobs
Junior 5.6%
Middle 27.8%
Senior 44.4%
Staff 11.1%
Architect 11.1%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Junior 1 $145k $145k
Middle 5 $145k $87k – $215k
Senior 8 $171k $140k – $200k
Staff 2 $215k $200k – $230k
Architect 2 $208k $185k – $230k
Highest paying role Engineering Manager $230k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Second Front Systems By role, level and city, against the market · 19 jobs with pay

People

Peter Dixon
Director
Mark Butler
Executive Officer
Enrique Oti
Executive Officer
Tyler Sweatt
Executive Officer, Director
Christine McGarry
Executive Officer
Jervis Williams
Executive Officer
Michael Neumann
Executive Officer
Sam Gray
Executive Officer
Alberto Yepez
Director
Austin Walne
Director
Peter Pace
Director
Stanley McChrystal
Director
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
58/100
Growing
Open positions
19
2 opened / 1 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
65 days
faster than 20% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
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.
Solutions
22% ▲
DevOps
11%
HR
11%
Marketing
11%
Sales
11% ▼
Security
6% ▼
Activity Timeline
Added OWASP Top 10 to stack Oct 2026
Added KEV to stack Oct 2026
Added EPSS to stack Oct 2026
Added CVSS to stack Oct 2026
Added Tableau to stack Sep 2026
Added SQL to stack Sep 2026
Added Snowflake to stack Sep 2026
Added Power BI to stack Sep 2026
Added Looker to stack Sep 2026
Added Google BigQuery to stack Sep 2026
Added dbt to stack Sep 2026
Added Databricks to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
1
Countries
2
Busiest office
London
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Arlington United States
HQ
London United Kingdom
Engineering / R&D
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 200-500 est. staff $159k Avg Salary
hires for DevOps, Industrial Engineering
seen since Aug 2026 job postings

Jobs

$123k – $146k per year • Equity • Remote (EU) • Full-Time • 2+ years exp
GCP
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Platform Engineering
IAM
Cybersecurity
FedRAMP
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$135k – $157k per year • Equity • Remote (EU) • Full-Time • 5+ years exp
Python
Rust
Terraform
GCP
CloudFormation
Pulumi
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Kubernetes
Platform Engineering
IAM
Cybersecurity
GDPR
FedRAMP
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$160k – $200k per year • Equity • Remote (United States) • TS/SCI • Full-Time • 7+ years exp
Python
Rust
Bash
Splunk
Terraform
GCP
Red Hat
OpenShift
Helm
Istio
CloudFormation
Prometheus
Azure
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Grafana
Platform Engineering
GitLab
Linux
Cybersecurity
NIST 800-53
FedRAMP
Zero Trust
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$210k – $230k per year • Equity • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 8+ years exp
Python
SQL
Snowflake
Databricks
Google BigQuery
Amazon Redshift
BigQuery
AI/ML
dbt
Analytics
Tableau
Power BI
Looker
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$130k – $155k per year • Equity • Remote (United States) • TS/SCI • Full-Time • 3+ years exp
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
Angular
DevOps
GCP
Helm
GitLab CI
Azure
CI/CD
ArgoCD
Jenkins
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
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$120k – $145k per year • Equity • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 3+ years exp
Claude
Claude Code
Cybersecurity
NIST 800-53
FedRAMP
Design
Figma
Management
Agile
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$160k – $190k per year • Equity • Remote (United States) • TS/SCI • Full-Time • 8+ years exp
GCP
Azure
AWS
Platform Engineering
Linux
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$205k – $215k per year • Equity • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 3+ years exp
Python
Terraform
AWS
Kubernetes
Cybersecurity
FedRAMP
SIEM
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$146k – $172k per year • Equity • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • London
Go
Claude
Gemini
DevOps
Rest API
GCP
Pulumi
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
GitLab
Cybersecurity
NIST 800-53
SIEM
Management
Slack
Google Workspace
Agile
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$155k – $175k per year • Equity • Remote (United States) • Public Trust • Full-Time • 5+ years exp
Terraform
GCP
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Platform Engineering
GitLab
Cybersecurity
Trivy
CIS Benchmarks
OWASP Top 10
FedRAMP
CVSS
EPSS
KEV
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$190k – $230k per year • Equity • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 6+ years exp
JavaScript
Rust
TypeScript
React.js
DevOps
GCP
Azure
CI/CD
Git
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
GitLab
Cybersecurity
SOC 2
NIST 800-53
FedRAMP
Management
Agile
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Financials

Total raised
$125.9M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
6
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2024 $70M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2023 $33.4M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2022 $19.1M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2020 $2.6M Details
Grant 2019 $736k Details
Grant 2018 $49k Details