ABOUT THE ROLE
Second Front Systems (2F) is seeking an ambitious and visionary Engineering Manager to join our mission-driven team. We are a dynamic, fast-growing entrepreneurial company at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and national security, committed to delivering transformative solutions that empower our nation’s defenders. This is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of a company that is redefining the way software is delivered and secured in the defense sector.
At 2F, we thrive on innovation and purpose, combining a startup’s agility with a clear mission to support national security. You will be at the forefront of driving the engineering strategy behind the deployment and scaling of our revolutionary Game Warden platform—an industry-leading tool that is accelerating the secure adoption of mission-critical SaaS solutions for the U.S. government. If you’re ready to contribute to a team that values ingenuity, collaboration, and impact, we want to hear from you
The Engineering Manager will lead a team of talented engineers building and scaling Game Warden, our flagship platform enabling secure software delivery to government environments. You will drive technical execution, mentor team members, and collaborate cross-functionally to deliver impactful outcomes aligned with 2F’s mission and goals.
Note: This role requires U.S. citizenship due to government contract requirements. Additionally, candidates must reside in one of our approved hiring hubs:
DC/Maryland/Virginia
Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC
Denver/Colorado Springs, CO
Dallas/Fort Worth/Austin, TX
Lead and mentor a distributed team of engineers, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Drive execution across key technical initiatives that enhance scalability, reliability, and performance of 2F’s core platforms.
Partner closely with Product, Platform, and Security teams to define roadmaps, prioritize work, and deliver against milestones.
Provide technical guidance and architectural oversight, ensuring alignment with best practices and compliance requirements.
Collaborate with stakeholders to translate strategic objectives into actionable engineering plans.
Recruit, onboard, and develop top engineering talent in alignment with 2F’s mission, values, and culture.
Contribute to the evolution of 2F’s engineering processes, tooling, and delivery frameworks as we scale toward Series D and beyond.
6+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 2+ years managing or leading technical teams.
Demonstrated success leading distributed teams in high-growth or startup environments.
Deep understanding of modern software development practices, cloud infrastructure (AWS, Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines.
Strong technical acumen paired with strategic thinking and effective communication.
Proven ability to balance execution, people leadership, and technical excellence.
U.S. citizenship required; ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance preferred.
Experience building and scaling SaaS or platform products within highly regulated or security-sensitive industries (e.g., defense, government, healthcare).
Familiarity with secure software development frameworks (e.g., NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, SOC 2).
Prior experience with infrastructure-as-code, observability, and automation frameworks.
Demonstrated success leading cross-functional initiatives in collaboration with Product, Security, and Operations.
Strong understanding of agile methodologies and experience driving continuous improvement across teams.
Active security clearance or previous work in cleared environments.
Our Tech Stack:
Backend: GoLang and Rust
Frontend: Typescript and React/Next
Platform: Docker/Containers/Kubernetes
Cloud: AWS/GCP/Azure
SDLC: Git/Gitlab
The expected base salary range for this role is $210,000-$230,000. Final compensation will be based on factors such as experience, skills, level, and geographic location. This role may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses and equity grants as part of the total compensation package.
Viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth
Having a bias toward action and tangible, measurable results
Striving to be both compassionate and direct with your feedback
Being team-oriented and inclusive with your actions
This role is full time. As a public benefit corporation, we’re a team of purpose-driven trailblazers transforming the future of U.S. national security. We hire the best to do their best and, as such, we are committed to providing the perks and benefits you need to be successful—both in- and outside the workplace.
We offer you:
Competitive Salary
100% Healthcare, vision and dental coverage
401(k) + 3% company contribution
Additional benefit perks (One Medical membership, mental health resources and family planning assistance)
Equity incentive plan
Tech + office supplies stipend
Annual professional development stipend
Flexible paid time off + federal holidays off
Parental leave
Work virtually, near one of our hub locations
Referral Bonus
Visit our careers page to learn more.
Second Front Systems (2F) is a public-benefit software company powering software for the free world. We eliminate the friction that slows innovation, enabling faster, more secure development and deployment of software across government and regulated networks. Built by national security veterans and backed by top-tier venture capital, our platform is trusted by the world’s leading organizations to cut deployment timelines from years to weeks. We move fast, solve hard problems, and deliver trusted capabilities where they’re needed most. Our work strengthens global security and gives the United States and its allies a lasting competitive advantage. Learn more at secondfront.com.
ONE LAST THING…
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Are you ready to join our team?
To apply, click the “Apply for This Job” button at the top or bottom of this page and complete the application form.
This position will remain open until filled, and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
STATE NOTICES
Colorado:
In accordance with Colorado law, applicants may redact their date of birth, dates of attendance, and dates of graduation from any uploaded documents.
Maryland:
UNDER MARYLAND LAW, AN EMPLOYER MAY NOT REQUIRE OR DEMAND, AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT, PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYMENT, OR CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT, THAT AN INDIVIDUAL SUBMIT TO OR TAKE A POLYGRAPH EXAMINATION OR SIMILAR TEST. AN EMPLOYER WHO VIOLATES THIS LAW IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND SUBJECT TO A FINE NOT EXCEEDING $100.
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If you’re ready to contribute to a team that values ingenuity, collaboration, and impact, we want to hear from you\n\n\n\nThe Engineering Manager will lead a team of talented engineers building and scaling Game Warden, our flagship platform enabling secure software delivery to government environments. You will drive technical execution, mentor team members, and collaborate cross-functionally to deliver impactful outcomes aligned with 2F’s mission and goals.\n\n\n\nNote: This role requires U.S. citizenship due to government contract requirements. 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Final compensation will be based on factors such as experience, skills, level, and geographic location. This role may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses and equity grants as part of the total compensation package.\n\n\n\n\nSUCCESS AT 2F LOOKS LIKE:\n\n - Viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth\n\n - Having a bias toward action and tangible, measurable results\n\n - Striving to be both compassionate and direct with your feedback\n\n - Being team-oriented and inclusive with your actions\n\n\n\n\nPERKS & BENEFITS\n\nThis role is full time. As a public benefit corporation, we’re a team of purpose-driven trailblazers transforming the future of U.S. national security. We hire the best to do their best and, as such, we are committed to providing the perks and benefits you need to be successful—both in- and outside the workplace.\n\nWe offer you:\n\n - Competitive Salary\n\n - 100% Healthcare, vision and dental coverage\n\n - 401(k) + 3% company contribution\n\n - Additional benefit perks (One Medical membership, mental health resources and family planning assistance)\n\n - Equity incentive plan\n\n - Tech + office supplies stipend\n\n - Annual professional development stipend\n\n - Flexible paid time off + federal holidays off\n\n - Parental leave\n\n - Work virtually, near one of our hub locations\n\n - Referral Bonus\n \n Visit our careers page https://www.secondfront.com/company/careers to learn more.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWHO WE ARE\n\nSecond Front Systems (2F) is a public-benefit software company powering software for the free world. We eliminate the friction that slows innovation, enabling faster, more secure development and deployment of software across government and regulated networks. Built by national security veterans and backed by top-tier venture capital, our platform is trusted by the world’s leading organizations to cut deployment timelines from years to weeks. We move fast, solve hard problems, and deliver trusted capabilities where they’re needed most. Our work strengthens global security and gives the United States and its allies a lasting competitive advantage. 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This role is accountable for building and leading a high-performing demand system that connects digital demand, lifecycle engagement, events, partnerships, sales programs, and agency execution into one cohesive pipeline motion.
As Director, Demand Generation, you will sit at the center of Growth, Sales, Partnerships, RevOps, and Product Marketing, translating strategy into execution and revenue impact. You will treat pipeline as a system to continuously optimize, balancing experimentation, operational discipline, and cross-functional alignment to improve performance across the funnel.
This is a strategic yet hands-on leadership role for someone who thrives in ambiguity, moves decisively, and knows how to build, scale, and improve demand programs without relying solely on agencies or narrow-channel expertise.
If you’re excited to drive growth for mission-critical technology that supports national security, we want to hear from you.
Note: Candidates must reside in one of our approved hiring hubs:
• DC/Maryland/Virginia
• Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC
• Denver/Colorado Springs, CO
• Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
What You'll Do
• Own quarterly and annual sales-qualified pipeline targets with clear accountability for revenue contribution, efficiency, and ROI.
• Build and execute an integrated demand generation strategy spanning digital, lifecycle, events, partnerships, ABM, and sales-led programs.
• Lead the full-funnel demand engine, ensuring stronger alignment from awareness through pipeline acceleration and expansion.
• Drive paid and digital demand strategy across channels including LinkedIn, Google, retargeting, and emerging platforms.
• Own event-driven demand strategy, maximizing pipeline impact before, during, and after strategic activations including tradeshows, ecosystem events, partner activations, and flagship moments.
• Build and scale SEO, AEO, and content-driven inbound demand programs that improve discoverability, authority, and qualified pipeline.
• Own web strategy, landing page optimization, and conversion rate improvements to strengthen funnel performance.
• Lead a disciplined growth experimentation approach across channels to improve conversion, efficiency, and pipeline velocity.
• Identify, test, and validate new demand channels through controlled pilots and data-driven analysis.
• Support account-based and sales-led programs that accelerate enterprise deal cycles and improve expansion opportunities.
• Apply AI-enabled workflows to improve campaign execution, audience targeting, personalization, reporting efficiency, and decision-making.
• Develop clear attribution models that connect multi-channel activity directly to pipeline and revenue impact.
• Build repeatable systems, playbooks, and processes that scale with the business.
• Partner cross-functionally with Sales, RevOps, PMM, and Partnerships to align marketing programs with GTM priorities.
• Own and manage agency relationships across paid media, SEO, web, and digital programs, holding partners accountable to execution quality, experimentation rigor, and business outcomes.
• Help shape and lead future demand-focused resources, including agency partners and potential direct reports.
What You Bring
• 8+ years of experience in B2B SaaS demand generation, growth marketing, or integrated revenue marketing.
• Proven track record of generating measurable sales-qualified pipeline and revenue impact, not just lead volume.
• Experience owning full-funnel demand strategy across digital, lifecycle, events, and integrated campaigns.
• Strong hands-on experience with paid media strategy, demand systems, and agency management.
• Deep understanding of SEO, AEO, CRO, website performance, and inbound demand strategy.
• Experience managing agencies and external vendors with strong performance expectations.
• Ability to think strategically while staying close enough to execution to pressure-test programs and improve outcomes.
• Strong analytical mindset with experience tying activity back to pipeline, attribution, and revenue performance.
• Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-moving startup or scale-up environments.
• Excellent cross-functional leadership, communication, and decision-making skills.
• High standards for execution quality, experimentation, and measurable business impact.
• Proficiency with modern marketing technology and AI-enabled workflows.
• A passion for our mission to strengthen national security.
Preferred
• Experience marketing to enterprise B2B SaaS buyers.
• Experience marketing to defense, federal, or regulated customers (B2G).
• Experience in high-growth startup or scale-stage environments.
• Experience supporting long, complex enterprise sales cycles.
• Familiarity with ABM, partner-driven GTM, and ecosystem-led demand motions.
The base salary for this position will start at $175,000-185,000. Your ultimate compensation will be determined by professional background, technical proficiency, seniority, and regional cost factors. Furthermore, this opportunity includes potential eligibility for equity awards and discretionary bonuses, rounding out a comprehensive total rewards offering.
Success at 2F Looks Like:
• A proactive and solutions oriented mindset
• Viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth
• Having a bias toward action and tangible, measurable results
• Being team-oriented with a focus on personal responsibility and autonomy
Perks & Benefits:
This role is a full time position. As a public benefit corporation, we’re a team of purpose-driven trailblazers transforming the future of U.S. national security. We hire the best to do their best and, as such, we are committed to providing the perks and benefits you need to be successful—both in- and outside the workplace.
Perks of Joining Our Team:
• Competitive salary
• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
• 401(k) with a 3% company contribution
• Comprehensive wellness benefits, including a One Medical membership, mental health resources, family planning support, and more
• Equity incentive plan
• New hire technology and home office stipend
• Annual professional development stipend
• Flexible paid time off, plus all federal holidays
• Generous parental leave
• Flexible remote work opportunities
• Employee referral bonus program
Visit our careers page to learn more.
Who We Are:
Second Front Systems (2F) is a public-benefit software company powering software for the free world. We eliminate the friction that slows innovation, enabling faster, more secure development and deployment of software across government and regulated networks. Built by national security veterans and backed by top-tier venture capital, our platform is trusted by the world’s leading organizations to cut deployment timelines from years to weeks. We move fast, solve hard problems, and deliver trusted capabilities where they’re needed most. Our work strengthens global security and gives the United States and its allies a lasting competitive advantage. Learn more at secondfront.com.
One last thing:
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Are you ready to join our team:
To apply, click the “Apply for This Job” button at the top or bottom of this page and complete the application form. This position will remain open until filled, and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
State notices:
Colorado:
In accordance with Colorado law, applicants may redact their date of birth, dates of attendance, and dates of graduation from any uploaded documents.
Maryland:
Under Maryland law, an employer may not require or demand, as a condition of employment, prospective employment, or continued employment, that an individual submit to or take a polygraph examination or similar test. An employer who violates this law is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not exceeding $100.
Second Front Systems (2F) is seeking an ambitious, highly autonomous, and detail-driven Security Authorization Specialist to join our mission-driven team. We are a dynamic, fast-growing entrepreneurial company at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and national security, committed to delivering transformative solutions that empower our nation’s defenders. This is an opportunity to play a leadership role in the security, trust posture, and operational execution of a company that is redefining how software is delivered and secured in the defense sector.
At 2F, we thrive on innovation and purpose, combining a startup’s agility with a clear mission to support national security. As a Security Authorization Specialist, you will be the primary engine driving the authorization work behind the deployment and scaling of our revolutionary Game Warden platform—an industry-leading tool that is accelerating the secure adoption of mission-critical SaaS solutions for the U.S. government. If you’re ready to own complex compliance work streams, guide technical teams, and make a measurable impact on national security, we want to hear from you.
The Security Authorization Specialist will fully own the technical implementation and documentation work streams that keep Game Warden authorized across FedRAMP and related US agency ATO programs. You will lead the authoring of control narratives, build and maintain rigorous authorization evidence, and drive continuous monitoring so our authorizations remain unassailable.
Note: This role requires U.S. citizenship due to government contract requirements. Additionally, candidates must reside in one of our approved hiring hubs: DC/MD/VA | Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC | Denver/Colorado Springs, CO | Dallas/Fort Worth, TX.
Lead Authorization Work streams: Independently drive the end-to-end authorization lifecycle for Game Warden across FedRAMP and US agency ATO packages, managing initial authorizations, annual assessments, and significant change requests.
Artifact Ownership: Author, refine, and maintain high-quality System Security Plans (SSPs), control implementation narratives, Plans of Action & Milestones (POA&Ms), and supporting authorization artifacts. Ensure everything accurately reflects our modern cloud architecture, controls, and operating reality.
Proactive Continuous Monitoring: Manage day-to-day continuous monitoring activities, including monthly POA&M updates, vulnerability and patch reporting, significant change reviews, and annual control assessments. Drive findings and control gaps to closure with engineering teams.
Technical Point of Contact: Serve as the primary front-line technical point of contact for 3PAOs, agency reviewers, and sponsor authorization officials during assessments, readiness reviews, and audits.
Engineering Partnership: Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Security Operations, and Cybersecurity Assessment teams to map complex cloud-native controls to FedRAMP and NIST 800-53 requirements, ensuring defensible evidence collection.
Translate Policy to Tech: Act as a bridge between compliance and engineering. Translate dense regulatory requirements into clear, actionable, technical guidance that developers can actually implement.
Leverage GRC Automation: Utilize and help optimize our GRC and evidence automation tooling to streamline control mapping and evidence collection. Write basic scripts or queries (e.g., Python, Bash, SQL, simple API calls) to automate repetitive compliance tasks and save the team time.
Process Evolution: Contribute to the continuous improvement of 2F’s authorization processes, tooling, and evidence workflows as we scale our portfolio across frameworks and environments.
Experience: 7+ years of experience in security compliance, cybersecurity authorization, or GRC work, with deep, hands-on experience driving FedRAMP Moderate/High or DoD Impact Level packages.
Framework Expertise: Strong, practical working knowledge of NIST 800-53 (Rev 4/5), NIST 800-37 (RMF), and FedRAMP-specific guidance and templates.
Cloud Architecture Literacy: Solid understanding of modern cloud environments and how cloud-native patterns (AWS services, containers, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines) map to technical controls.
Assessment Track Record: Proven success supporting 3PAO assessments, annual reviews, or agency ATO efforts from the vendor or integrator side.
Communication: Exceptional written communication skills; a proven ability to produce assessor-ready technical documentation and clear control narratives.
Clearance & Certifications:
Active U.S. Top Secret (TS) security clearance required; eligibility for access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) required.
Active professional security certification such as CISSP, CISM, or Security+.
DoD Authorizations: Hands-on experience with DoD IL4/IL5 authorizations, DISA Cloud Computing SRG, or agency-specific ATO processes.
GRC Tooling: Experience with modern GRC and evidence automation platforms (e.g., Drata, Xacta, RegScale, or similar), including configuring integrations and building reusable evidence workflows.
Compliance-as-Code: Exposure to infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) and cloud-native observability tooling in support of automated, continuous control evidence.
Mission Focused: Prior experience working in cleared or classified environments with government authorization stakeholders, and a strong interest in matters of national security.
The expected base salary range for this role is $119,000 – $160,000. Final compensation will be based on factors such as experience, skills, level, and geographic location. This role may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses and equity grants as part of the total compensation package.
Viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth
Having a bias toward action and tangible, measurable results
Striving to be both compassionate and direct with your feedback
Being team-oriented and inclusive with your actions
As a public benefit corporation, we’re a team of purpose-driven trailblazers transforming the future of U.S. national security. We hire the best to do their best and, as such, we are committed to providing the perks and benefits you need to be successful—both in- and outside the workplace.
We offer you:
Competitive Salary
100% Healthcare, vision and dental coverage
401(k) + 3% company contribution
Additional benefit perks (One Medical membership, mental health resources and family planning assistance)
Equity incentive plan
Tech + office supplies stipend
Annual professional development stipend
Flexible paid time off + federal holidays off
Parental leave
Work virtually, near one of our hub locations
Referral Bonus
Second Front Systems (2F) is a public-benefit software company powering software for the free world. We eliminate the friction that slows innovation, enabling faster, more secure development and deployment of software across government and regulated networks. Built by national security veterans and backed by top-tier venture capital, our platform is trusted by the world’s leading organizations to cut deployment timelines from years to weeks. We move fast, solve hard problems, and deliver trusted capabilities where they’re needed most. Our work strengthens global security and gives the United States and its allies a lasting competitive advantage. Learn more at secondfront.com.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
This position will remain open until filled, and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Colorado:
In accordance with Colorado law, applicants may redact their date of birth, dates of attendance, and dates of graduation from any uploaded documents.
Maryland:
UNDER MARYLAND LAW, AN EMPLOYER MAY NOT REQUIRE OR DEMAND, AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT, PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYMENT, OR CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT, THAT AN INDIVIDUAL SUBMIT TO OR TAKE A POLYGRAPH EXAMINATION OR SIMILAR TEST. AN EMPLOYER WHO VIOLATES THIS LAW IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND SUBJECT TO A FINE NOT EXCEEDING $100.
Second Front Systems is looking for a senior technical leader with field deployment experience Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to strengthen our Federal Sales engineering organization.
Operating at customer sites ranging from connected networks to classified SCIFs with DDIL constraints, you will be responsible for owning technical relationships for high-visibility defense and intelligence community missions, leading deployments into denied environments, and mentoring forward deployed engineers across the bench.
You will set architectural direction for Game Warden integration into customer networks, resolve mission-critical issues in zero-connectivity scenarios, and translate field realities into product roadmap priorities, ensuring that 2F's most sensitive engagements deliver on technical commitments and customers achieve operational objectives.
We need someone capable of managing complex deployments in classified environments with full accountability for technical outcomes, diagnosing and resolving critical failures in real-time without escalation paths or external dependencies, and mentoring junior engineers and establishing technical standards that scale across customer engagements.
As a key partner to engineering, Security/Compliance, and Product leadership, you will feed customer operational challenges and platform gaps directly into development priorities, ensure 2F's platform serves warfighter needs, serving as the senior technical authority for 2F's most demanding customer relationships.
Note: Candidates must reside in one of our approved hiring hubs:
• DC/Maryland/Virginia
• Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC
• Denver/Colorado Springs, CO
• Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
What You'll Do
• Own end-to-end technical delivery for 2F's highest-complexity government and defense engagements — architecting, deploying, and sustaining Game Warden and integrated customer workloads across classified networks, DDIL environments, and multiple Impact Levels (IL2–IL6) and JWICS.
• Serve as the senior technical escalation point and primary client-facing authority, representing 2F to senior customer stakeholders (program managers, ISSOs/ISSMs, mission owners) and making real-time architectural and risk-tradeoff decisions on-site.
• Lead and mentor other Forward Deployed and DevSecOps Engineers — setting technical standards, reviewing designs, and building the playbooks that let the team scale to new missions faster.
• Deploy and harden secure Kubernetes-based infrastructure (Talos Linux, Docker, Istio, GitLab, Helm, Terraform) to sustain a Zero Trust (ZT) environment across customer cloud and on prem environments.
• Translate field experience into product and platform improvements, working directly with Engineering and Product leadership to prioritize the roadmap based on real deployment friction.
• Drive accreditation and continuous ATO (cATO) outcomes in partnership with the security/compliance team — producing and validating evidence against NIST 800-53, RMF, STIGs, and FedRAMP controls, and owning remediation of findings from 3PAO assessments and penetration tests.
• Maintain rigorous configuration management, security documentation, and audit-ready evidence across all engagements, and supporting the 2F team in customer security reviews and audits.
• Travel to client locations as needed for complex system deployments, updates and troubleshooting during high impact operational exercises, integration and training events.
What You Bring
• 7-10 years of experience in systems deployment, DevSecOps, or platform engineering in regulated/classified government environments, including demonstrated ownership of complex, mission-critical deployments (not just support/execution).
• Multi-cloud, government-authorized infrastructure: Hands-on experience deploying and hardening workloads across AWS GovCloud/Commercial, Microsoft Azure Government, and Google Cloud, including Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent) tailored to DoD Impact Level 2–6 and JWICS environments.
• Container & orchestration security: Expertise securing Kubernetes/OpenShift or equivalent container platforms — image hardening, admission controls, network policies, and runtime security — within accredited enclaves.
• Observability & incident response: Skilled in implementing logging, monitoring, and alerting stacks (ELK, Splunk, Prometheus/Grafana) to support 24/7 incident response, penetration test remediation, and Day 2 operations.
• Expert level proficiency in Linux (Talos, RedHat) server administration, along with deploying and maintaining Kubernetes on cloud platforms and disparate compute hardware.
• Demonstrated leadership: experience mentoring engineers, leading technical design reviews, or acting as a technical lead on customer-facing engagements.
• Strong scripting/automation ability in Go, Rust, Python, or Bash, with a track record of building internal tooling to remove manual toil from security and operations workflows.
• Active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance (or eligibility, with active clearance strongly preferred); U.S. citizenship required.
Preferred
The base salary for this position will fall between $160,000 and $200,000. Your ultimate compensation will be determined by professional background, technical proficiency, seniority, and regional cost factors. Furthermore, this opportunity includes potential eligibility for equity awards and discretionary bonuses, rounding out a comprehensive total rewards offering.
Viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth
Having a bias toward action and tangible, measurable results
Striving to be both compassionate and direct with your feedback
Being team-oriented and inclusive with your action
This role is a full time position. As a public benefit corporation, we’re a team of purpose-driven trailblazers transforming the future of U.S. national security. We hire the best to do their best and, as such, we are committed to providing the perks and benefits you need to be successful—both in- and outside the workplace.
We offer you:
Competitive Salary
100% Healthcare, vision and dental coverage
401(k) + 3% company contribution
Wellness perks (Fitness classes, mental health resources)
Equity incentive plan
Tech + office supplies stipend
Annual professional development stipend
Flexible paid time off + federal holidays off
Parental leave
Virtual work, but located near one of our hubs
Referral Bonus
Visit our careers page to learn more.
At Second Front Systems (2F), we empower defense and national security professionals to stay ahead in the ongoing race to leverage emerging technologies effectively and securely. Founded by three former U.S. Marines with firsthand experience of the dangers outdated technology poses in combat, our team is dedicated to fast-tracking government access to disruptive, commercially-proven technology for U.S. national security missions.
Our Game Warden product, a fully managed and compliant DevSecOps platform, accelerates the process for accrediting software as a service (SaaS) applications for government use.
Learn how 2F can help you make an impact on national security missions at www.secondfront.com
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Are you ready to join our team:
To apply, click the “Apply for This Job” button at the top or bottom of this page and complete the application form. This position will remain open until filled, and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Colorado:
In accordance with Colorado law, applicants may redact their date of birth, dates of attendance, and dates of graduation from any uploaded documents.
Maryland:
Under Maryland law, an employer may not require or demand, as a condition of employment, prospective employment, or continued employment, that an individual submit to or take a polygraph examination or similar test. An employer who violates this law is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not exceeding $100.
","descriptionPlain":"Second Front Systems is looking for a senior technical leader with field deployment experience Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to strengthen our Federal Sales engineering organization.\n\nOperating at customer sites ranging from connected networks to classified SCIFs with DDIL constraints, you will be responsible for owning technical relationships for high-visibility defense and intelligence community missions, leading deployments into denied environments, and mentoring forward deployed engineers across the bench.\n\nYou will set architectural direction for Game Warden integration into customer networks, resolve mission-critical issues in zero-connectivity scenarios, and translate field realities into product roadmap priorities, ensuring that 2F's most sensitive engagements deliver on technical commitments and customers achieve operational objectives.\n\nWe need someone capable of managing complex deployments in classified environments with full accountability for technical outcomes, diagnosing and resolving critical failures in real-time without escalation paths or external dependencies, and mentoring junior engineers and establishing technical standards that scale across customer engagements.\n\nAs a key partner to engineering, Security/Compliance, and Product leadership, you will feed customer operational challenges and platform gaps directly into development priorities, ensure 2F's platform serves warfighter needs, serving as the senior technical authority for 2F's most demanding customer relationships.\n\nNote: Candidates must reside in one of our approved hiring hubs:\n• DC/Maryland/Virginia\n• Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC\n• Denver/Colorado Springs, CO\n• Dallas/Fort Worth, TX\n\n\n\nWhat You'll Do\n\n\n• Own end-to-end technical delivery for 2F's highest-complexity government and defense engagements — architecting, deploying, and sustaining Game Warden and integrated customer workloads across classified networks, DDIL environments, 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security/compliance team — producing and validating evidence against NIST 800-53, RMF, STIGs, and FedRAMP controls, and owning remediation of findings from 3PAO assessments and penetration tests.\n\n\n• Maintain rigorous configuration management, security documentation, and audit-ready evidence across all engagements, and supporting the 2F team in customer security reviews and audits.\n\n\n• Travel to client locations as needed for complex system deployments, updates and troubleshooting during high impact operational exercises, integration and training events.\n\n\n\nWhat You Bring\n\n\n• 7-10 years of experience in systems deployment, DevSecOps, or platform engineering in regulated/classified government environments, including demonstrated ownership of complex, mission-critical deployments (not just support/execution).\n\n\n• Multi-cloud, government-authorized infrastructure: Hands-on experience deploying and hardening workloads across AWS GovCloud/Commercial, Microsoft Azure Government, and Google Cloud, including Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent) tailored to DoD Impact Level 2–6 and JWICS environments.\n\n\n• Container & orchestration security: Expertise securing Kubernetes/OpenShift or equivalent container platforms — image hardening, admission controls, network policies, and runtime security — within accredited enclaves.\n\n\n• Observability & incident response: Skilled in implementing logging, monitoring, and alerting stacks (ELK, Splunk, Prometheus/Grafana) to support 24/7 incident response, penetration test remediation, and Day 2 operations.\n\n\n• Expert level proficiency in Linux (Talos, RedHat) server administration, along with deploying and maintaining Kubernetes on cloud platforms and disparate compute hardware.\n\n\n• Demonstrated leadership: experience mentoring engineers, leading technical design reviews, or acting as a technical lead on customer-facing engagements.\n\n\n• Strong scripting/automation ability in Go, Rust, Python, or Bash, with a track record of building internal tooling to remove manual toil from security and operations workflows.\n\n\n• Active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance (or eligibility, with active clearance strongly preferred); U.S. citizenship required.\n\nPreferred\n\nThe base salary for this position will fall between $160,000 and $200,000. Your ultimate compensation will be determined by professional background, technical proficiency, seniority, and regional cost factors. Furthermore, this opportunity includes potential eligibility for equity awards and discretionary bonuses, rounding out a comprehensive total rewards offering.\n\n\n\n\nSUCCESS AT 2F LOOKS LIKE:\n\n - Viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth\n\n - Having a bias toward action and tangible, measurable results\n\n - Striving to be both compassionate and direct with your feedback\n\n - Being team-oriented and inclusive with your action\n\n\n\n\nPERKS & BENEFITS:\n\nThis role is a full time position. As a public benefit corporation, we’re a team of purpose-driven trailblazers transforming the future of U.S. national security. We hire the best to do their best and, as such, we are committed to providing the perks and benefits you need to be successful—both in- and outside the workplace.\n\nWe offer you:\n\n - Competitive Salary\n\n - 100% Healthcare, vision and dental coverage\n\n - 401(k) + 3% company contribution\n\n - Wellness perks (Fitness classes, mental health resources)\n\n - Equity incentive plan\n\n - Tech + office supplies stipend\n\n - Annual professional development stipend\n\n - Flexible paid time off + federal holidays off\n\n - Parental leave\n\n - Virtual work, but located near one of our hubs\n\n - Referral Bonus\n\nVisit our careers page https://www.secondfront.com/company/careers to learn more.\n\n\n\n\nWHO WE ARE:\n\nAt Second Front Systems (2F), we empower defense and national security professionals to stay ahead in the ongoing race to leverage emerging technologies effectively and securely. Founded by three former U.S. Marines with firsthand experience of the dangers outdated technology poses in combat, our team is dedicated to fast-tracking government access to disruptive, commercially-proven technology for U.S. national security missions.\n\nOur Game Warden https://www.secondfront.com/game-warden product, a fully managed and compliant DevSecOps platform, accelerates the process for accrediting software as a service (SaaS) applications for government use.\n\nLearn how 2F can help you make an impact on national security missions at www.secondfront.com http://www.secondfront.com\n\n\n\n\n\nONE LAST THING:\n\nWe are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.\n\n \n\nAre you ready to join our team:\n\n \n\nTo apply, click the “Apply for This Job” button at the top or bottom of this page and complete the application form. This position will remain open until filled, and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.\n\n \n\n\nSTATE NOTICES:\n\nColorado:\n\nIn accordance with Colorado law, applicants may redact their date of birth, dates of attendance, and dates of graduation from any uploaded documents.\n\n \n\nMaryland:\n\nUnder Maryland law, an employer may not require or demand, as a condition of employment, prospective employment, or continued employment, that an individual submit to or take a polygraph examination or similar test. 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Operating at forward-deployed environments where Game Warden onboarding determines mission readiness, you will be responsible for owning technical success of complex customer implementations, establishing implementation standards, and translating field friction into platform improvements.
You will lead highest-stakes onboarding engagements, mentor Implementation Engineers on configuration and troubleshooting, and partner with Product and Platform Engineering to harden deployment processes, ensuring that customers achieve secure, accredited Game Warden deployments on schedule and Implementation Engineers operate from documented, tested procedures.
We need someone capable of managing multi-week onboarding engagements with minimal support, where integration failures create operational risk; diagnosing configuration and infrastructure issues across classified and unclassified networks, and documenting root causes as permanent fixes; and building consensus between field realities and product roadmap decisions, translating warfighter constraints into engineering requirements.
As a key partner to product, Platform Engineering, and Federal Sales leadership, you will reduce post-deployment support costs, compress onboarding timelines, and accelerate customer accreditation by embedding lessons learned into the platform, serving as the technical authority who ensures Game Warden deployments succeed in contested environments.
Note: Candidates must reside in one of our approved hiring hubs:
• DC/Maryland/Virginia
• Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC
• Denver/Colorado Springs, CO
• Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
What You'll Do
• Own the technical strategy and execution for 2F's most complex and highest-visibility customer deployment implementations, including first-of-kind application onboardings and multi-agency or multi-enclave rollouts.
• Serve as the senior-most subject matter expert on Second Front products across Implementation, building the internal enablement materials and technical playbooks the rest of the team relies on.
• Own and continuously improve onboarding and customer support processes across the Implementation function — identifying systemic friction and driving it out with better tooling, documentation, or automation rather than one-off fixes.
• Lead onboarding of customer applications into GameWarden for security scanning, including the technically hardest cases — legacy architectures, unusual dependency chains, or non-standard compliance postures.
• Partner directly with Product and Platform Engineering leadership, feeding implementation-pattern insights into the platform roadmap.
• Architect and configure complex cloud-based customer deployments across AWS, GCP, and Azure, making design decisions other engineers on the team will follow as precedent.
• Resolve escalations from other Implementation Engineers, unblocking stalled deployments and coaching them through novel technical problems.
• Represent 2F technically in front of senior customer stakeholders and program managers, and collaborate cross-functionally with Sales and Platform Engineering throughout the customer lifecycle.
What You Bring
• 8–10+ years of experience in software engineering, DevOps, cloud engineering, or implementation/deployment engineering, with demonstrated ownership of complex, production-grade deployments (not just execution of defined tasks).
• Advanced Linux installation, troubleshooting, and maintenance expertise, including hands-on hardening and support of on-premises hardware at scale.
• Deep DevSecOps tooling and practices knowledge, with experience building or maturing implementation/onboarding processes rather than only following them.
• Strong communication under pressure, with a track record of leading technical conversations directly with senior customer stakeholders during high-stakes deployments.
• Demonstrated mentorship and technical leadership of other engineers, including acting as an escalation point on difficult problems.
• A track record of diagnosing and resolving integration friction between customer legacy systems and modern software stacks, with judgment about when and more importantly, how to push back on customer architecture versus when to engineer around constraints.
• DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance eligibility required; active or interim clearance strongly preferred.
• Ability to travel up to 25%.
Preferred
The base salary for this position will fall between $160,000 and $190,000. Your ultimate compensation will be determined by professional background, technical proficiency, seniority, and regional cost factors. Furthermore, this opportunity includes potential eligibility for equity awards and discretionary bonuses, rounding out a comprehensive total rewards offering.
Viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth
Having a bias toward action and tangible, measurable results
Striving to be both compassionate and direct with your feedback
Being team-oriented and inclusive with your action
This role is a full time position. As a public benefit corporation, we’re a team of purpose-driven trailblazers transforming the future of U.S. national security. We hire the best to do their best and, as such, we are committed to providing the perks and benefits you need to be successful—both in- and outside the workplace.
We offer you:
Competitive Salary
100% Healthcare, vision and dental coverage
401(k) + 3% company contribution
Additional benefit perks (One Medical membership, mental health resources and family planning assistance)
Equity incentive plan
Tech + office supplies stipend
Annual professional development stipend
Flexible paid time off + federal holidays off
Parental leave
Work virtually, near one of our hub locations
Referral Bonus
Visit our careers page to learn more.
At Second Front Systems (2F), we empower defense and national security professionals to stay ahead in the ongoing race to leverage emerging technologies effectively and securely. Founded by three former U.S. Marines with firsthand experience of the dangers outdated technology poses in combat, our team is dedicated to fast-tracking government access to disruptive, commercially-proven technology for U.S. national security missions.
Our Game Warden product, a fully managed and compliant DevSecOps platform, accelerates the process for accrediting software as a service (SaaS) applications for government use.
Learn how 2F can help you make an impact on national security missions at www.secondfront.com
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Are you ready to join our team:
To apply, click the “Apply for This Job” button at the top or bottom of this page and complete the application form. This position will remain open until filled, and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Colorado:
In accordance with Colorado law, applicants may redact their date of birth, dates of attendance, and dates of graduation from any uploaded documents.
Maryland:
Under Maryland law, an employer may not require or demand, as a condition of employment, prospective employment, or continued employment, that an individual submit to or take a polygraph examination or similar test. An employer who violates this law is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not exceeding $100.
","descriptionPlain":"Second Front Systems is looking for an operationally experienced, technically rigorous Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - Implementation to strengthen our implementation function across federal deployments.\n\nOperating at forward-deployed environments where Game Warden onboarding determines mission readiness, you will be responsible for owning technical success of complex customer implementations, establishing implementation standards, and translating field friction into platform improvements.\n\nYou will lead highest-stakes onboarding engagements, mentor Implementation Engineers on configuration and troubleshooting, and partner with Product and Platform Engineering to harden deployment processes, ensuring that customers achieve secure, accredited Game Warden deployments on schedule and Implementation Engineers operate from documented, tested procedures.\n\nWe need someone capable of managing multi-week onboarding engagements with minimal support, where integration failures create operational risk; diagnosing configuration and infrastructure issues across classified and unclassified networks, and documenting root causes as permanent fixes; and building consensus between field realities and product roadmap decisions, translating warfighter constraints into engineering requirements.\n\nAs a key partner to product, Platform Engineering, and Federal Sales leadership, you will reduce post-deployment support costs, compress onboarding timelines, and accelerate customer accreditation by embedding lessons learned into the platform, serving as the technical authority who ensures Game Warden deployments succeed in contested environments.\n\nNote: Candidates must reside in one of our approved hiring hubs:\n• DC/Maryland/Virginia\n• Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC\n• Denver/Colorado Springs, CO\n• Dallas/Fort Worth, TX\n\nWhat You'll Do\n\n\n• Own the technical strategy and execution for 2F's most complex and highest-visibility customer deployment implementations, including first-of-kind application onboardings and multi-agency or multi-enclave rollouts.\n\n\n• Serve as the senior-most subject matter expert on Second Front products across Implementation, building the internal enablement materials and technical playbooks the rest of the team relies on.\n\n\n• Own and continuously improve onboarding and customer support processes across the Implementation function — identifying systemic friction and driving it out with better tooling, documentation, or automation rather than one-off fixes.\n\n\n• Lead onboarding of customer applications into GameWarden for security scanning, including the technically hardest cases — legacy architectures, unusual dependency chains, or non-standard compliance postures.\n\n\n• Partner directly with Product and Platform Engineering leadership, feeding implementation-pattern insights into the platform roadmap.\n\n\n• Architect and configure complex cloud-based customer deployments across AWS, GCP, and Azure, making design decisions other engineers on the team will follow as precedent.\n\n\n• Resolve escalations from other Implementation Engineers, unblocking stalled deployments and coaching them through novel technical problems.\n\n\n• Represent 2F technically in front of senior customer stakeholders and program managers, and collaborate cross-functionally with Sales and Platform Engineering throughout the customer lifecycle.\n\nWhat You Bring\n\n\n• 8–10+ years of experience in software engineering, DevOps, cloud engineering, or implementation/deployment engineering, with demonstrated ownership of complex, production-grade deployments (not just execution of defined tasks).\n\n\n• Advanced Linux installation, troubleshooting, and maintenance expertise, including hands-on hardening and support of on-premises hardware at scale.\n\n\n• Deep DevSecOps tooling and practices knowledge, with experience building or maturing implementation/onboarding processes rather than only following them.\n\n\n• Strong communication under pressure, with a track record of leading technical conversations directly with senior customer stakeholders during high-stakes deployments.\n\n\n• Demonstrated mentorship and technical leadership of other engineers, including acting as an escalation point on difficult problems.\n\n\n• A track record of diagnosing and resolving integration friction between customer legacy systems and modern software stacks, with judgment about when and more importantly, how to push back on customer architecture versus when to engineer around constraints.\n\n\n• DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance eligibility required; active or interim clearance strongly preferred.\n\n\n• Ability to travel up to 25%.\n\nPreferred\n\nThe base salary for this position will fall between $160,000 and $190,000. Your ultimate compensation will be determined by professional background, technical proficiency, seniority, and regional cost factors. Furthermore, this opportunity includes potential eligibility for equity awards and discretionary bonuses, rounding out a comprehensive total rewards offering.\n\n\n \n\n\nSUCCESS AT 2F LOOKS LIKE:\n\n - Viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth\n\n - Having a bias toward action and tangible, measurable results\n\n - Striving to be both compassionate and direct with your feedback\n\n - Being team-oriented and inclusive with your action\n\n\n\n\nPERKS & BENEFITS:\n\nThis role is a full time position. As a public benefit corporation, we’re a team of purpose-driven trailblazers transforming the future of U.S. national security. We hire the best to do their best and, as such, we are committed to providing the perks and benefits you need to be successful—both in- and outside the workplace.\n\nWe offer you:\n\n - Competitive Salary\n\n - 100% Healthcare, vision and dental coverage\n\n - 401(k) + 3% company contribution\n\n - Additional benefit perks (One Medical membership, mental health resources and family planning assistance)\n\n - Equity incentive plan\n\n - Tech + office supplies stipend\n\n - Annual professional development stipend\n\n - Flexible paid time off + federal holidays off\n\n - Parental leave\n\n - Work virtually, near one of our hub locations\n\n - Referral Bonus\n\nVisit our careers page https://www.secondfront.com/company/careers to learn more.\n\n\n\n\nWHO WE ARE:\n\nAt Second Front Systems (2F), we empower defense and national security professionals to stay ahead in the ongoing race to leverage emerging technologies effectively and securely. Founded by three former U.S. Marines with firsthand experience of the dangers outdated technology poses in combat, our team is dedicated to fast-tracking government access to disruptive, commercially-proven technology for U.S. national security missions.\n\nOur Game Warden https://www.secondfront.com/game-warden product, a fully managed and compliant DevSecOps platform, accelerates the process for accrediting software as a service (SaaS) applications for government use.\n\nLearn how 2F can help you make an impact on national security missions at www.secondfront.com http://www.secondfront.com\n\n\n\n\n\nONE LAST THING:\n\nWe are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.\n\n \n\nAre you ready to join our team:\n\n \n\nTo apply, click the “Apply for This Job” button at the top or bottom of this page and complete the application form. This position will remain open until filled, and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.\n\n \n\n\nSTATE NOTICES:\n\nColorado:\n\nIn accordance with Colorado law, applicants may redact their date of birth, dates of attendance, and dates of graduation from any uploaded documents.\n\n \n\nMaryland:\n\nUnder Maryland law, an employer may not require or demand, as a condition of employment, prospective employment, or continued employment, that an individual submit to or take a polygraph examination or similar test. 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Our customers are warfighters and national security professionals who depend on seamless platform access. Failure is not an option—and neither is a slow or broken support response.
As an Enterprise Customer Operations Engineer on the Customer Support team, you will serve as the primary technical point of contact for customers operating on Game Warden—resolving incidents, troubleshooting complex technical issues, and ensuring the continued health and performance of customer environments. You'll work closely with Implementation Engineering, Platform Engineering, Product, and Mission Success to deliver reliable, high-quality operational support that keeps mission-critical applications running across DoD, IC, and government networks.
This role is for engineers who thrive in dynamic, mission-critical support environments, enjoy diagnosing complex problems across cloud-native infrastructure, and understand that the people on the other side of the ticket are depending on us. Our mission extends beyond resolving tickets—we strive to reduce customer friction, improve platform reliability, and build the operational knowledge that makes every customer interaction faster and more effective.
Note: This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret security clearance. Candidates holding an active or interim DoD TS eligible clearance (or higher) are strongly preferred. Due to the strict federal security requirements for this role, U.S. citizenship is required.
Additionally, candidates must reside in one of our approved hiring hubs:
DC/Maryland/Virginia
Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC
Denver/Colorado Springs, CO
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
Serve as the primary technical point of contact for deployed customers, managing support requests, troubleshooting incidents, and driving issues to resolution across complex cloud-native environments.
Investigate and resolve technical issues spanning Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, networking, CI/CD pipelines, container configurations, application deployments, and platform integrations on Game Warden.
Participate in on-call rotation to ensure 24/7 coverage for mission-critical customer environments, responding to incidents with urgency and technical depth.
Monitor customer environments, proactively identify emerging operational risks, and take action to prevent incidents before they impact customers.
Escalate complex technical issues to Senior Enterprise Customer Operations Engineers and Platform Engineering with clear documentation of troubleshooting steps, findings, and customer impact.
Navigate government change control processes and ATO-bounded environments, coordinating changes in compliance with customer operational constraints.
Contribute to knowledge base development, runbooks, and support documentation that improve resolution speed and enable customers to self-serve effectively.
Identify recurring support patterns and collaborate cross-functionally to drive systemic improvements to platform reliability and customer operational health.
Coordinate with Implementation Engineering during customer onboarding transitions to ensure a smooth operational handoff and successful production readiness.
3–5+ years of experience in technical support engineering, DevSecOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Cloud Infrastructure, or a related technical discipline, with demonstrated experience supporting customers in production cloud environments.
Solid experience deploying and operating cloud-native applications on Kubernetes, with working knowledge of containerization, Helm, container hardening, and modern application architectures.
Hands-on experience with one or more major cloud providers (AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, or GCP) and experience supporting cloud-native applications in enterprise or government environments.
Experience troubleshooting complex technical issues spanning infrastructure, networking, Kubernetes, cloud services, and application layers in customer-facing environments.
Familiarity with secure software delivery practices and experience working within highly regulated or compliance-driven environments (e.g., FedRAMP High, NIST 800-53, DISA Cloud Computing SRG, DoD IL4/IL5/IL6).
Experience with support and incident management tooling such as GitLab, PagerDuty, Jira, and GitOps-based incident workflows.
Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly explain technical issues, document findings, and maintain productive customer relationships under pressure.
A customer-first mindset with a bias toward action, continuous learning, and improving the operational health of customer environments.
Experience working in a fast-paced startup or high-growth defense technology environment.
Experience providing technical support for Kubernetes-based or cloud-native enterprise software platforms in government or DoD environments.
Direct experience supporting DoD, IC, or federal civilian customers in a SaaS/PaaS context, ideally at classified or high-baseline authorization levels.
Familiarity with Zero Trust architecture principles and their application in government cloud environments.
Familiarity with ATO processes, government change management, and the operational constraints unique to classified or ATO-bounded environments.
Experience with modern observability platforms and monitoring tools (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Mimir).
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, GitLab workflows, and software delivery automation.
Familiarity with technologies in our ecosystem, including Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, Istio, Terraform, relational databases, and Git-based development workflows.
Experience developing support runbooks, knowledge base articles, or customer-facing technical documentation.
The base salary for this position will fall between 120,000-160,000 Your ultimate compensation will be determined by professional background, technical proficiency, seniority, and regional cost factors. Furthermore, this opportunity includes potential eligibility for equity awards and discretionary bonuses, rounding out a comprehensive total rewards offering.
Viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth
Having a bias toward action and tangible, measurable results
Striving to be both compassionate and direct with your feedback
Being team-oriented and inclusive with your action
This role is a full time position. As a public benefit corporation, we’re a team of purpose-driven trailblazers transforming the future of U.S. national security. We hire the best to do their best and, as such, we are committed to providing the perks and benefits you need to be successful—both in- and outside the workplace.
We offer you:
Competitive Salary
100% Healthcare, vision and dental coverage
401(k) + 3% company contribution
Additional benefit perks (One Medical membership, mental health resources and family planning assistance)
Equity incentive plan
Tech + office supplies stipend
Annual professional development stipend
Flexible paid time off + federal holidays off
Parental leave
Work virtually, near one of our hub locations
Referral Bonus
Visit our careers page to learn more.
At Second Front Systems (2F), we empower defense and national security professionals to stay ahead in the ongoing race to leverage emerging technologies effectively and securely. Founded by three former U.S. Marines with firsthand experience of the dangers outdated technology poses in combat, our team is dedicated to fast-tracking government access to disruptive, commercially-proven technology for U.S. national security missions.
Our Game Warden product, a fully managed and compliant DevSecOps platform, accelerates the process for accrediting software as a service (SaaS) applications for government use.
Learn how 2F can help you make an impact on national security missions at www.secondfront.com
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
To apply, click the “Apply for This Job” button at the top or bottom of this page and complete the application form. This position will remain open until filled, and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Colorado:
In accordance with Colorado law, applicants may redact their date of birth, dates of attendance, and dates of graduation from any uploaded documents.
Maryland:
Under Maryland law, an employer may not require or demand, as a condition of employment, prospective employment, or continued employment, that an individual submit to or take a polygraph examination or similar test. An employer who violates this law is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not exceeding $100.
","descriptionPlain":"Second Front Systems (2F) is seeking an Enterprise Customer Operations Engineer to support customers deployed on Game Warden, our FedRAMP High-certified, Kubernetes-native DevSecOps platform deployed across classified and unclassified government networks. Our customers are warfighters and national security professionals who depend on seamless platform access. Failure is not an option—and neither is a slow or broken support response.\n\nAs an Enterprise Customer Operations Engineer on the Customer Support team, you will serve as the primary technical point of contact for customers operating on Game Warden—resolving incidents, troubleshooting complex technical issues, and ensuring the continued health and performance of customer environments. You'll work closely with Implementation Engineering, Platform Engineering, Product, and Mission Success to deliver reliable, high-quality operational support that keeps mission-critical applications running across DoD, IC, and government networks.\n\nThis role is for engineers who thrive in dynamic, mission-critical support environments, enjoy diagnosing complex problems across cloud-native infrastructure, and understand that the people on the other side of the ticket are depending on us. Our mission extends beyond resolving tickets—we strive to reduce customer friction, improve platform reliability, and build the operational knowledge that makes every customer interaction faster and more effective.\n\nNote: This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret security clearance. Candidates holding an active or interim DoD TS eligible clearance (or higher) are strongly preferred. Due to the strict federal security requirements for this role, U.S. citizenship is required.\n\nAdditionally, candidates must reside in one of our approved hiring hubs:\n\n - DC/Maryland/Virginia\n\n - Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC\n\n - Denver/Colorado Springs, CO\n\n - Dallas/Fort Worth, TX\n\n\n\n\nWHAT YOU’LL DO:\n\n - Serve as the primary technical point of contact for deployed customers, managing support requests, troubleshooting incidents, and driving issues to resolution across complex cloud-native environments.\n\n - Investigate and resolve technical issues spanning Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, networking, CI/CD pipelines, container configurations, application deployments, and platform integrations on Game Warden.\n\n - Participate in on-call rotation to ensure 24/7 coverage for mission-critical customer environments, responding to incidents with urgency and technical depth.\n\n - Monitor customer environments, proactively identify emerging operational risks, and take action to prevent incidents before they impact customers.\n\n - Escalate complex technical issues to Senior Enterprise Customer Operations Engineers and Platform Engineering with clear documentation of troubleshooting steps, findings, and customer impact.\n\n - Navigate government change control processes and ATO-bounded environments, coordinating changes in compliance with customer operational constraints.\n\n - Contribute to knowledge base development, runbooks, and support documentation that improve resolution speed and enable customers to self-serve effectively.\n\n - Identify recurring support patterns and collaborate cross-functionally to drive systemic improvements to platform reliability and customer operational health.\n\n - Coordinate with Implementation Engineering during customer onboarding transitions to ensure a smooth operational handoff and successful production readiness.\n\n \n\n\nSKILLS YOU’LL BRING TO OUR TEAM:\n\n - 3–5+ years of experience in technical support engineering, DevSecOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Cloud Infrastructure, or a related technical discipline, with demonstrated experience supporting customers in production cloud environments.\n\n - Solid experience deploying and operating cloud-native applications on Kubernetes, with working knowledge of containerization, Helm, container hardening, and modern application architectures.\n\n - Hands-on experience with one or more major cloud providers (AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, or GCP) and experience supporting cloud-native applications in enterprise or government environments.\n\n - Experience troubleshooting complex technical issues spanning infrastructure, networking, Kubernetes, cloud services, and application layers in customer-facing environments.\n\n - Familiarity with secure software delivery practices and experience working within highly regulated or compliance-driven environments (e.g., FedRAMP High, NIST 800-53, DISA Cloud Computing SRG, DoD IL4/IL5/IL6).\n\n - Experience with support and incident management tooling such as GitLab, PagerDuty, Jira, and GitOps-based incident workflows.\n\n - Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly explain technical issues, document findings, and maintain productive customer relationships under pressure.\n\n - A customer-first mindset with a bias toward action, continuous learning, and improving the operational health of customer environments.\n\n\n\n\nPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:\n\n - Experience working in a fast-paced startup or high-growth defense technology environment.\n\n - Experience providing technical support for Kubernetes-based or cloud-native enterprise software platforms in government or DoD environments.\n\n - Direct experience supporting DoD, IC, or federal civilian customers in a SaaS/PaaS context, ideally at classified or high-baseline authorization levels.\n\n - Familiarity with Zero Trust architecture principles and their application in government cloud environments.\n\n - Familiarity with ATO processes, government change management, and the operational constraints unique to classified or ATO-bounded environments.\n\n - Experience with modern observability platforms and monitoring tools (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Mimir).\n\n - Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, GitLab workflows, and software delivery automation.\n\n - Familiarity with technologies in our ecosystem, including Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, Istio, Terraform, relational databases, and Git-based development workflows.\n\n - Experience developing support runbooks, knowledge base articles, or customer-facing technical documentation.\n \n The base salary for this position will fall between 120,000-160,000 Your ultimate compensation will be determined by professional background, technical proficiency, seniority, and regional cost factors. Furthermore, this opportunity includes potential eligibility for equity awards and discretionary bonuses, rounding out a comprehensive total rewards offering.\n\n\nSUCCESS AT 2F LOOKS LIKE:\n\n - Viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth\n\n - Having a bias toward action and tangible, measurable results\n\n - Striving to be both compassionate and direct with your feedback\n\n - Being team-oriented and inclusive with your action\n\n\n\n\nPERKS & BENEFITS:\n\nThis role is a full time position. As a public benefit corporation, we’re a team of purpose-driven trailblazers transforming the future of U.S. national security. We hire the best to do their best and, as such, we are committed to providing the perks and benefits you need to be successful—both in- and outside the workplace.\n\nWe offer you:\n\n - Competitive Salary\n\n - 100% Healthcare, vision and dental coverage\n\n - 401(k) + 3% company contribution\n\n - Additional benefit perks (One Medical membership, mental health resources and family planning assistance)\n\n - Equity incentive plan\n\n - Tech + office supplies stipend\n\n - Annual professional development stipend\n\n - Flexible paid time off + federal holidays off\n\n - Parental leave\n\n - Work virtually, near one of our hub locations\n\n - Referral Bonus\n\nVisit our careers page https://www.secondfront.com/company/careers to learn more.\n\n\n\n\nWHO WE ARE:\n\nAt Second Front Systems (2F), we empower defense and national security professionals to stay ahead in the ongoing race to leverage emerging technologies effectively and securely. Founded by three former U.S. Marines with firsthand experience of the dangers outdated technology poses in combat, our team is dedicated to fast-tracking government access to disruptive, commercially-proven technology for U.S. national security missions.\n\nOur Game Warden https://www.secondfront.com/game-warden product, a fully managed and compliant DevSecOps platform, accelerates the process for accrediting software as a service (SaaS) applications for government use.\n\nLearn how 2F can help you make an impact on national security missions at www.secondfront.com http://www.secondfront.com\n\n\n\n\n\nONE LAST THING:\n\nWe are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.\n\n \n\n\nARE YOU READY TO JOIN OUR TEAM:\n\nTo apply, click the “Apply for This Job” button at the top or bottom of this page and complete the application form. This position will remain open until filled, and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.\n\n \n\n\nSTATE NOTICES:\n\nColorado:\n\nIn accordance with Colorado law, applicants may redact their date of birth, dates of attendance, and dates of graduation from any uploaded documents.\n\n \n\nMaryland:\n\nUnder Maryland law, an employer may not require or demand, as a condition of employment, prospective employment, or continued employment, that an individual submit to or take a polygraph examination or similar test. 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Operating at the seam between commercial software talent and mission-driven defense work, you will be responsible for sourcing, screening, and placing candidates who meet both the technical bar and the mission-driven mindset across multiple functions while building warm benches for hard-to-fill and senior roles.
You will architect sourcing strategies using Boolean search and LinkedIn Recruiter, manage concurrent pipelines in Ashby, read candidate motivation and close offers with precision, and synchronize criteria and feedback with hiring managers across functions, ensuring that every pipeline moves forward, late-stage drop-off is caught early, and time-to-fill and offer-acceptance metrics improve.
We need someone capable of owning full-cycle recruiting across technical and commercial functions with minimal supervision and shifting evaluation criteria role to role; sourcing passive talent at scale, qualifying fit under ambiguity, and negotiating offers confidently while reading motivation and preventing candidate attrition; and operating Ashby with fluency—pipeline configuration, reporting, workflow automation—and using metrics to adjust sourcing strategy mid-search.
As a key partner to hiring managers across engineering, sales, ops, growth, and mission success, you will keep every search moving without one going cold, surface high-signal candidates ahead of market competitors, and maintain sharp candidate experience through every round, serving as primary recruiting point of contact who pushes back on unrealistic specs without becoming a bottleneck and builds market and competitor intelligence into sourcing approach.
Note: Candidates must reside in one of our approved hiring hubs:
• DC/Maryland/Virginia
• Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC
• Denver/Colorado Springs, CO
• Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
What You'll Do
Source high-signal candidates across Engineering, Ops, Growth, Mission Success, and Sales through LinkedIn Recruiter, referrals, and passive outreach
Govern 8–15 concurrent requisitions end-to-end from intake through offer close, preventing pipeline stagnation on any single req
Synchronize with hiring managers across functions to define role requirements, calibrate candidate standards, and maintain tight feedback loops
Architect Ashby as your system of record, keeping pipelines, stages, and candidate data clean and current
Orchestrate candidate experience that holds top talent engaged through every interview round and maintains responsiveness
Mitigate cultural misalignment by representing 2F's mission authentically at every candidate touchpoint from initial outreach through final offer
Assess hiring manager specs into sourcing Boolean and screening rubrics, catching over-specification early and pushing back on unrealistic timelines before pipeline risk compounds
Synchronize feedback loops across concurrent searches — consolidating hiring manager input, candidate signals, and market intelligence into weekly pipeline decisions that keep offers moving and prevent late-stage drop-off
What You Bring
3–5 years of full-cycle recruiting experience owning concurrent searches across technical and commercial functions
Hands-on fluency with Ashby or comparable ATS — pipeline configuration, reporting, and workflow automation, not data entry
Recruiting experience across Engineering, Ops, Growth, Mission Success, and Sales — vocabulary and evaluation criteria shift with the role
Closer's instinct — reads candidate motivation, negotiates offers confidently, identifies late-stage drop-off risk
Metrics-driven approach — tracks time-to-fill, source yield, offer-acceptance rate and adjusts search strategy in real time, not post-mortem
Extend and negotiate offers, partnering with compensation/HR as needed to close candidates
Startup or high-growth company experience — comfortable with ambiguity, shifting priorities, and building as you go rather than following an established playbook
Familiarity with niche or cleared talent pools (e.g., security clearance requirements, specialized technical skill sets)
The base salary for this position will fall between $100,000 and $115,000. Your ultimate compensation will be determined by professional background, technical proficiency, seniority, and regional cost factors. Furthermore, this opportunity includes potential eligibility for equity awards and discretionary bonuses, rounding out a comprehensive total rewards offering.
Success at 2F Looks Like:
A proactive and solutions oriented mindset
Viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth
Having a bias toward action and tangible, measurable results
Being team-oriented with a focus on personal responsibility and autonomy
Perks & Benefits:
This role is a full time position. As a public benefit corporation, we're a team of purpose-driven trailblazers transforming the future of U.S. national security. We hire the best to do their best and, as such, we are committed to providing the perks and benefits you need to be successful — both in- and outside the workplace.
Perks of Joining Our Team:
Competitive salary
100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
401(k) with a 3% company contribution
Comprehensive wellness benefits, including a One Medical membership, mental health resources, family planning support, and more
Equity incentive plan
New hire technology and home office stipend
Annual professional development stipend
Flexible paid time off, plus all federal holidays
Generous parental leave
Flexible remote work opportunities
Employee referral bonus program
Visit our careers page to learn more.
Who We Are:
Second Front Systems (2F) is a public-benefit software company powering software for the free world. We eliminate the friction that slows innovation, enabling faster, more secure development and deployment of software across government and regulated networks. Built by national security veterans and backed by top-tier venture capital, our platform is trusted by the world’s leading organizations to cut deployment timelines from years to weeks. We move fast, solve hard problems, and deliver trusted capabilities where they’re needed most. Our work strengthens global security and gives the United States and its allies a lasting competitive advantage. Learn more at secondfront.com.
One last thing:
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Are you ready to join our team:
To apply, click the “Apply for This Job” button at the top or bottom of this page and complete the application form. This position will remain open until filled, and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
State notices:
Colorado:
In accordance with Colorado law, applicants may redact their date of birth, dates of attendance, and dates of graduation from any uploaded documents.
Maryland:
Under Maryland law, an employer may not require or demand, as a condition of employment, prospective employment, or continued employment, that an individual submit to or take a polygraph examination or similar test. An employer who violates this law is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not exceeding $100
Second Front Systems (2F) is seeking an Experiential Marketing Manager to lead our global events program and the experiences that put our brand in front of the customers, partners, and operators who matter most. This is not a traditional field marketing job, and we don't want someone who's looking for one.
Your north star is building experiences that last—the moment people are still talking about a month later, the piece of swag they actually keep on their desk instead of tossing at the airport, the image of 2F that lodges in someone's head and won't leave. That's the work.
It also has to drive results. Your activations should connect to pipeline and measurable outcomes—memorability that moves the business is what we're after. We want someone who creates unforgettable moments, understands why they matter to the mission, and gives customers a reason to choose Second Front.
You'll design and run the full portfolio of 2F's live presence: our annual symposium (500+ attendees), happy hours and socials, sporting and action-sports activations, executive engagements, trade shows, and large-scale booth builds. Defense tech events are a sea of sameness—pipe-and-drape booths, branded stress balls, the same hotel ballroom happy hour. We want to be the thing people talk about on the flight home.
This is a builder's and an instigator's role. You bring the playbook, the vendor network, and the irreverent instinct for what cuts through—and you'll have the autonomy to run with it.
Note: Candidates must reside in one of our approved hiring hubs:
DC/Maryland/Virginia - Preferred
Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC
Denver/Colorado Springs, CO
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
Own the strategy, budget, and execution for 2F's flagship annual symposium, from concept through day-of operations and post-event measurement.
Build experiences that last. Design the highlight moments—the unexpected venue, the activation with a line around the block, the standout swag people actually keep, the stunt that earns its way onto someone's LinkedIn without us asking—that leaves a lasting impression of 2F in people's minds.
Generate fresh, counterculture, off-the-wall concepts that make 2F the standout in a crowded, conservative market—and have the rigor to pull them off.
Run our happy hours, socials, and executive dinners—the high-touch engagements where deals and partnerships actually move—and reinvent the format so they don't feel like everyone else's.
Manage sporting and action-sports activations and suite hospitality, including racing partnerships and VIP programs.
Lead trade show presence and large-scale booth activations: design direction, vendor management, logistics, staffing, and lead capture—with a creative point of view that refuses the default.
Build customer engagement programs that deepen relationships across our customer and partner base.
Partner with sales and demand gen to connect activations to pipeline and measurable outcomes.
Manage external vendors, venues, agencies, and production partners—pushing them past their comfort zone and holding them to deadlines, budgets, and our quality bar.
Bring an ecosystem-first instinct: lead with customers and partners and their wins, not with us.
5+ years running experiential, events, or field marketing—ideally including large-scale (250+ people) flagship events.
A portfolio of moments people still remember—and a sense for how those moments connected back to the business.
Bold, unconventional ideas you actually shipped—not decks of concepts that died in committee. We want to see the stunt, the activation, and the moment that worked because they were different.
End-to-end ownership: strategy, budget, logistics, vendor management, and measurement.
Existing relationships and fluency within the defense tech, govtech, or national security ecosystem. (Highly, highly preferred.)
The taste to know the difference between weird-for-weird's-sake and weird-that-works—and the discipline to land the plane every time.
Comfort operating in a fast-moving environment with tight timelines and high standards.
Willingness to travel and a hospitality instinct that shows up under pressure.
The base salary for this position will fall between $135,000-150,000 Your ultimate compensation will be determined by professional background, technical proficiency, seniority, and regional cost factors. Furthermore, this opportunity includes potential eligibility for equity awards and discretionary bonuses, rounding out a comprehensive total rewards offering.
Viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth
Having a bias toward action and tangible, measurable results
Striving to be both compassionate and direct with your feedback
Being team-oriented and inclusive with your action
This role is a full time position. As a public benefit corporation, we’re a team of purpose-driven trailblazers transforming the future of U.S. national security. We hire the best to do their best and, as such, we are committed to providing the perks and benefits you need to be successful—both in- and outside the workplace.
We offer you:
Competitive Salary
100% Healthcare, vision and dental coverage
401(k) + 3% company contribution
Wellness perks
Equity incentive plan
Tech + office supplies stipend
Annual professional development stipend
Flexible paid time off + federal holidays off
Parental leave
Work virtual, located near one of our hubs
Referral Bonus
Visit our careers page to learn more.
Second Front Systems (2F) is a public-benefit software company powering software for the free world. We eliminate the friction that slows innovation, enabling faster, more secure development and deployment of software across government and regulated networks. Built by national security veterans and backed by top-tier venture capital, our platform is trusted by the world’s leading organizations to cut deployment timelines from years to weeks. We move fast, solve hard problems, and deliver trusted capabilities where they’re needed most. Our work strengthens global security and gives the United States and its allies a lasting competitive advantage. Learn more at secondfront.com.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Are you ready to join our team:
To apply, click the “Apply for This Job” button at the top or bottom of this page and complete the application form. This position will remain open until filled, and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Colorado:
In accordance with Colorado law, applicants may redact their date of birth, dates of attendance, and dates of graduation from any uploaded documents.
Maryland:
Under Maryland law, an employer may not require or demand, as a condition of employment, prospective employment, or continued employment, that an individual submit to or take a polygraph examination or similar test. An employer who violates this law is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not exceeding $100.
Second Front Systems (2F) is seeking a Commercial Sales Account Executive to drive new business for 2F Game Warden, our authorized DevSecOps platform that enables the authorization and deployment of software onto government and defense networks fast. This is a full-cycle, quota-carrying sales seat on a growing commercial team, and we don't want someone who's looking to coast on inbound.
Your north star is new logos and closed-won revenue. You own the full sales cycle for 2F Game Warden—from first conversation to signed contract—and you're judged on quota attainment, not activity.
This person must also be passionate about the 2F mission. Every deal you close puts a software company's technology in front of warfighters and mission owners faster—cutting deployment timelines from years to weeks. We want someone who closes business and understands why it matters.
You'll prospect, pitch, and close independent software vendors (ISVs) and technology companies who need a fast, credible path to DoW and FedRAMP authorization/certification. Compliance sales is a sea of sameness—generic RFPs, slow legal cycles, buyers who've been burned before. We want you to be the rep who makes 2F Game Warden the obvious choice and gets the deal signed.
This is a hunter's and a closer's role for an experienced seller. You bring proven hunter skills, a track record of closed-won revenue, pipeline hygiene and discipline, and the instinct for navigating technical and procurement stakeholders—and you'll have the autonomy to run your territory like a business, with minimal oversight from leadership. You'll also be looked to as an informal mentor for less experienced reps and as a voice in shaping how the commercial sales team sells.
Note: Candidates must reside in one of our approved hiring hubs:
DC/Maryland/Virginia
Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC
Denver/Colorado Springs, CO
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
Own and prioritize a complex book of business selling 2F Game Warden to independent software vendors (ISVs) and technology companies pursuing DoW, IC, and federal civilian markets—allocating your time and resources across accounts to hit team objectives.
Run full-cycle sales—from prospecting and discovery through technical validation, procurement, negotiation, and close—without heavy hand-holding.
Build and manage a healthy pipeline through proactive outbound prospecting, not just inbound leads, consistently exceeding pipeline generation targets.
Clearly articulate how 2F Game Warden accelerates DoW Impact Level and FedRAMP accreditation/certification to both technical buyers (engineering, security) and executive decision-makers.
Navigate multi-stakeholder deal cycles involving procurement, security, compliance, and executive sponsors on the customer side, building relationships up to the VP/C-suite level when needed to keep deals moving.
Partner with solutions engineers to run tailored product demos and technical validation sessions that move deals forward.
Keep an accurate, up-to-date forecast in the CRM and communicate deal status and risk clearly to sales leadership.
Partner with marketing and business development to convert campaigns and warm intros into qualified pipeline.
Help shape sales methodology, messaging, and playbooks for the commercial team based on what you're seeing win (and lose) in the field.
Negotiate contracts and pricing, working with legal and deal desk to close on terms that work for both sides.
Bring an ecosystem-first instinct: build relationships with cloud and channel partners like AWS, Google Cloud, and Carahsoft to source and close deals together.
5+ years of quota-carrying SaaS or software sales experience, ideally selling technical platforms to ISVs, cloud, or DevSecOps buyers.
A track record of consistently meeting or exceeding quota—and a clear sense of which deals you closed and why.
Experience closing complex, multi-stakeholder deals you actually shipped—not just pipelines that stalled at the technical evaluation. We want to see the deals that closed because you drove them.
End-to-end ownership: prospecting, discovery, demo, negotiation, and close, with disciplined CRM hygiene throughout.
Existing relationships and fluency within the defense tech, govtech, or national security ecosystem. (Highly, highly preferred.)
The judgment to know when to push a deal forward and when to walk away—and the discipline to keep a forecast honest every time.
Comfort operating in a fast-moving environment with long, technical sales cycles and high standards.
Willingness to travel for customer meetings, demos, and industry events, plus a Salesforce (or similar CRM) fluency that keeps your pipeline visible.
The base salary for this position will fall between $110,000-140,000, with an on-target earnings (OTE) range of $220,000-280,000 including uncapped commission. Your ultimate compensation will be determined by professional background, technical proficiency, seniority, and regional cost factors. Furthermore, this opportunity includes potential eligibility for equity awards and discretionary bonuses, rounding out a comprehensive total rewards offering.
Viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth
Having a bias toward action and tangible, measurable results
Striving to be both compassionate and direct with your feedback
Being team-oriented and inclusive with your action
This role is a full time position. As a public benefit corporation, we’re a team of purpose-driven trailblazers transforming the future of U.S. national security. We hire the best to do their best and, as such, we are committed to providing the perks and benefits you need to be successful—both in- and outside the workplace.
We offer you:
Competitive Salary
100% Healthcare, vision and dental coverage
401(k) + 3% company contribution
Wellness perks (Fitness classes, mental health resources)
Equity incentive plan
Tech + office supplies stipend
Annual professional development stipend
Flexible paid time off + federal holidays off
Parental leave
Work virtually near one of our Hub Locations
Referral Bonus
Visit our careers page to learn more.
Second Front Systems (2F) is a public-benefit software company powering software for the free world. We eliminate the friction that slows innovation, enabling faster, more secure development and deployment of software across government and regulated networks. Built by national security veterans and backed by top-tier venture capital, our platform is trusted by the world’s leading organizations to cut deployment timelines from years to weeks. We move fast, solve hard problems, and deliver trusted capabilities where they’re needed most. Our work strengthens global security and gives the United States and its allies a lasting competitive advantage. Learn more at secondfront.com.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Colorado:
In accordance with Colorado law, applicants may redact their date of birth, dates of attendance, and dates of graduation from any uploaded documents.
Maryland:
Under Maryland law, an employer may not require or demand, as a condition of employment, prospective employment, or continued employment, that an individual submit to or take a polygraph examination or similar test. An employer who violates this law is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not exceeding $100.
","descriptionPlain":"Second Front Systems (2F) is seeking a Commercial Sales Account Executive to drive new business for 2F Game Warden, our authorized DevSecOps platform that enables the authorization and deployment of software onto government and defense networks fast. This is a full-cycle, quota-carrying sales seat on a growing commercial team, and we don't want someone who's looking to coast on inbound.\n\n\n\nYour north star is new logos and closed-won revenue. You own the full sales cycle for 2F Game Warden—from first conversation to signed contract—and you're judged on quota attainment, not activity.\n\n\n\nThis person must also be passionate about the 2F mission. Every deal you close puts a software company's technology in front of warfighters and mission owners faster—cutting deployment timelines from years to weeks. We want someone who closes business and understands why it matters.\n\n\n\nYou'll prospect, pitch, and close independent software vendors (ISVs) and technology companies who need a fast, credible path to DoW and FedRAMP authorization/certification. Compliance sales is a sea of sameness—generic RFPs, slow legal cycles, buyers who've been burned before. We want you to be the rep who makes 2F Game Warden the obvious choice and gets the deal signed.\n\n\n\nThis is a hunter's and a closer's role for an experienced seller. You bring proven hunter skills, a track record of closed-won revenue, pipeline hygiene and discipline, and the instinct for navigating technical and procurement stakeholders—and you'll have the autonomy to run your territory like a business, with minimal oversight from leadership. You'll also be looked to as an informal mentor for less experienced reps and as a voice in shaping how the commercial sales team sells.\n\n\n\nNote: Candidates must reside in one of our approved hiring hubs:\n\n - DC/Maryland/Virginia\n\n - Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC\n\n - Denver/Colorado Springs, CO\n\n - Dallas/Fort Worth, TX\n\n \n\n\nWHAT YOU'LL DO\n\n - Own and prioritize a complex book of business selling 2F Game Warden to independent software vendors (ISVs) and technology companies pursuing DoW, IC, and federal civilian markets—allocating your time and resources across accounts to hit team objectives.\n\n - Run full-cycle sales—from prospecting and discovery through technical validation, procurement, negotiation, and close—without heavy hand-holding.\n\n - Build and manage a healthy pipeline through proactive outbound prospecting, not just inbound leads, consistently exceeding pipeline generation targets.\n\n - Clearly articulate how 2F Game Warden accelerates DoW Impact Level and FedRAMP accreditation/certification to both technical buyers (engineering, security) and executive decision-makers.\n\n - Navigate multi-stakeholder deal cycles involving procurement, security, compliance, and executive sponsors on the customer side, building relationships up to the VP/C-suite level when needed to keep deals moving.\n\n - Partner with solutions engineers to run tailored product demos and technical validation sessions that move deals forward.\n\n - Keep an accurate, up-to-date forecast in the CRM and communicate deal status and risk clearly to sales leadership.\n\n - Partner with marketing and business development to convert campaigns and warm intros into qualified pipeline.\n\n - Help shape sales methodology, messaging, and playbooks for the commercial team based on what you're seeing win (and lose) in the field.\n\n - Negotiate contracts and pricing, working with legal and deal desk to close on terms that work for both sides.\n\n - Bring an ecosystem-first instinct: build relationships with cloud and channel partners like AWS, Google Cloud, and Carahsoft to source and close deals together.\n\n \n\n\nWHAT YOU BRING\n\n - 5+ years of quota-carrying SaaS or software sales experience, ideally selling technical platforms to ISVs, cloud, or DevSecOps buyers.\n\n - A track record of consistently meeting or exceeding quota—and a clear sense of which deals you closed and why.\n\n - Experience closing complex, multi-stakeholder deals you actually shipped—not just pipelines that stalled at the technical evaluation. We want to see the deals that closed because you drove them.\n\n - End-to-end ownership: prospecting, discovery, demo, negotiation, and close, with disciplined CRM hygiene throughout.\n\n - Existing relationships and fluency within the defense tech, govtech, or national security ecosystem. (Highly, highly preferred.)\n\n - The judgment to know when to push a deal forward and when to walk away—and the discipline to keep a forecast honest every time.\n\n - Comfort operating in a fast-moving environment with long, technical sales cycles and high standards.\n\n - Willingness to travel for customer meetings, demos, and industry events, plus a Salesforce (or similar CRM) fluency that keeps your pipeline visible.\n\n\n\nThe base salary for this position will fall between $110,000-140,000, with an on-target earnings (OTE) range of $220,000-280,000 including uncapped commission. Your ultimate compensation will be determined by professional background, technical proficiency, seniority, and regional cost factors. Furthermore, this opportunity includes potential eligibility for equity awards and discretionary bonuses, rounding out a comprehensive total rewards offering.\n\n\n\n\nSUCCESS AT 2F LOOKS LIKE:\n\n - Viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth\n\n - Having a bias toward action and tangible, measurable results\n\n - Striving to be both compassionate and direct with your feedback\n\n - Being team-oriented and inclusive with your action\n\n\n\n\nPERKS & BENEFITS:\n\nThis role is a full time position. As a public benefit corporation, we’re a team of purpose-driven trailblazers transforming the future of U.S. national security. We hire the best to do their best and, as such, we are committed to providing the perks and benefits you need to be successful—both in- and outside the workplace.\n\nWe offer you:\n\n - Competitive Salary\n\n - 100% Healthcare, vision and dental coverage\n\n - 401(k) + 3% company contribution\n\n - Wellness perks (Fitness classes, mental health resources)\n\n - Equity incentive plan\n\n - Tech + office supplies stipend\n\n - Annual professional development stipend\n\n - Flexible paid time off + federal holidays off\n\n - Parental leave\n\n - Work virtually near one of our Hub Locations\n\n - Referral Bonus\n\nVisit our careers page https://www.secondfront.com/company/careers to learn more.\n\n\n\n\nWHO WE ARE:\n\nSecond Front Systems (2F) is a public-benefit software company powering software for the free world. We eliminate the friction that slows innovation, enabling faster, more secure development and deployment of software across government and regulated networks. Built by national security veterans and backed by top-tier venture capital, our platform is trusted by the world’s leading organizations to cut deployment timelines from years to weeks. We move fast, solve hard problems, and deliver trusted capabilities where they’re needed most. Our work strengthens global security and gives the United States and its allies a lasting competitive advantage. Learn more at secondfront.com http://secondfront.com.\n\n\n\n\n\nONE LAST THING:\n\nWe are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.\n\n \n\n\nSTATE NOTICES:\n\nColorado:\n\nIn accordance with Colorado law, applicants may redact their date of birth, dates of attendance, and dates of graduation from any uploaded documents.\n\n \n\nMaryland:\n\nUnder Maryland law, an employer may not require or demand, as a condition of employment, prospective employment, or continued employment, that an individual submit to or take a polygraph examination or similar test. 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This is a full-cycle, quota-carrying sales seat on a growing commercial team, and we don't want someone who's looking to coast on inbound.
Your north star is new logos and closed-won revenue. You own the full sales cycle for 2F Game Warden—from first conversation to signed contract—and you're judged on quota attainment, not activity.
This person must also be passionate about the 2F mission. Every deal you close puts a software company's technology in front of warfighters and mission owners faster—cutting deployment timelines from years to weeks. We want someone who closes business and understands why it matters.
You'll prospect, pitch, and close independent software vendors (ISVs) and technology companies who need a fast, credible path to DoW and FedRAMP authorization/certification. Compliance sales is a sea of sameness—generic RFPs, slow legal cycles, buyers who've been burned before. We want you to be the rep who makes 2F Game Warden the obvious choice and gets the deal signed.
This is a hunter's and a closer's role for an experienced seller. You bring proven hunter skills, a track record of closed-won revenue, pipeline hygiene and discipline, and the instinct for navigating technical and procurement stakeholders—and you'll have the autonomy to run your territory like a business, with minimal oversight from leadership. You'll also be looked to as an informal mentor for less experienced reps and as a voice in shaping how the commercial sales team sells.
Note: Candidates must reside in one of our approved hiring hubs:
DC/Maryland/Virginia
Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC
Denver/Colorado Springs, CO
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
Own and prioritize a complex book of business selling 2F Game Warden to independent software vendors (ISVs) and technology companies pursuing DoW, IC, and federal civilian markets—allocating your time and resources across accounts to hit team objectives.
Run full-cycle sales—from prospecting and discovery through technical validation, procurement, negotiation, and close—without heavy hand-holding.
Build and manage a healthy pipeline through proactive outbound prospecting, not just inbound leads, consistently exceeding pipeline generation targets.
Clearly articulate how 2F Game Warden accelerates DoW Impact Level and FedRAMP accreditation/certification to both technical buyers (engineering, security) and executive decision-makers.
Navigate multi-stakeholder deal cycles involving procurement, security, compliance, and executive sponsors on the customer side, building relationships up to the VP/C-suite level when needed to keep deals moving.
Partner with solutions engineers to run tailored product demos and technical validation sessions that move deals forward.
Keep an accurate, up-to-date forecast in the CRM and communicate deal status and risk clearly to sales leadership.
Partner with marketing and business development to convert campaigns and warm intros into qualified pipeline.
Help shape sales methodology, messaging, and playbooks for the commercial team based on what you're seeing win (and lose) in the field.
Negotiate contracts and pricing, working with legal and deal desk to close on terms that work for both sides.
Bring an ecosystem-first instinct: build relationships with cloud and channel partners like AWS, Google Cloud, and Carahsoft to source and close deals together.
5+ years of quota-carrying SaaS or software sales experience, ideally selling technical platforms to ISVs, cloud, or DevSecOps buyers.
A track record of consistently meeting or exceeding quota—and a clear sense of which deals you closed and why.
Experience closing complex, multi-stakeholder deals you actually shipped—not just pipelines that stalled at the technical evaluation. We want to see the deals that closed because you drove them.
End-to-end ownership: prospecting, discovery, demo, negotiation, and close, with disciplined CRM hygiene throughout.
Existing relationships and fluency within the defense tech, govtech, or national security ecosystem. (Highly, highly preferred.)
The judgment to know when to push a deal forward and when to walk away—and the discipline to keep a forecast honest every time.
Comfort operating in a fast-moving environment with long, technical sales cycles and high standards.
Willingness to travel for customer meetings, demos, and industry events, plus a Salesforce (or similar CRM) fluency that keeps your pipeline visible.
The base salary for this position will fall between $110,000-140,000, with an on-target earnings (OTE) range of $220,000-280,000 including uncapped commission. Your ultimate compensation will be determined by professional background, technical proficiency, seniority, and regional cost factors. Furthermore, this opportunity includes potential eligibility for equity awards and discretionary bonuses, rounding out a comprehensive total rewards offering.
Viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth
Having a bias toward action and tangible, measurable results
Striving to be both compassionate and direct with your feedback
Being team-oriented and inclusive with your action
This role is a full time position. As a public benefit corporation, we’re a team of purpose-driven trailblazers transforming the future of U.S. national security. We hire the best to do their best and, as such, we are committed to providing the perks and benefits you need to be successful—both in- and outside the workplace.
We offer you:
Competitive Salary
100% Healthcare, vision and dental coverage
401(k) + 3% company contribution
Wellness perks (Fitness classes, mental health resources)
Equity incentive plan
Tech + office supplies stipend
Annual professional development stipend
Flexible paid time off + federal holidays off
Parental leave
Work virtually near one of our Hub Locations
Referral Bonus
Visit our careers page to learn more.
Second Front Systems (2F) is a public-benefit software company powering software for the free world. We eliminate the friction that slows innovation, enabling faster, more secure development and deployment of software across government and regulated networks. Built by national security veterans and backed by top-tier venture capital, our platform is trusted by the world’s leading organizations to cut deployment timelines from years to weeks. We move fast, solve hard problems, and deliver trusted capabilities where they’re needed most. Our work strengthens global security and gives the United States and its allies a lasting competitive advantage. Learn more at secondfront.com.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Colorado:
In accordance with Colorado law, applicants may redact their date of birth, dates of attendance, and dates of graduation from any uploaded documents.
Maryland:
Under Maryland law, an employer may not require or demand, as a condition of employment, prospective employment, or continued employment, that an individual submit to or take a polygraph examination or similar test. An employer who violates this law is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not exceeding $100.
","descriptionPlain":"Second Front Systems (2F) is seeking a Commercial Sales Account Executive to drive new business for 2F Game Warden, our authorized DevSecOps platform that enables the authorization and deployment of software onto government and defense networks fast. This is a full-cycle, quota-carrying sales seat on a growing commercial team, and we don't want someone who's looking to coast on inbound.\n\n\n\nYour north star is new logos and closed-won revenue. You own the full sales cycle for 2F Game Warden—from first conversation to signed contract—and you're judged on quota attainment, not activity.\n\n\n\nThis person must also be passionate about the 2F mission. Every deal you close puts a software company's technology in front of warfighters and mission owners faster—cutting deployment timelines from years to weeks. We want someone who closes business and understands why it matters.\n\n\n\nYou'll prospect, pitch, and close independent software vendors (ISVs) and technology companies who need a fast, credible path to DoW and FedRAMP authorization/certification. Compliance sales is a sea of sameness—generic RFPs, slow legal cycles, buyers who've been burned before. We want you to be the rep who makes 2F Game Warden the obvious choice and gets the deal signed.\n\n\n\nThis is a hunter's and a closer's role for an experienced seller. You bring proven hunter skills, a track record of closed-won revenue, pipeline hygiene and discipline, and the instinct for navigating technical and procurement stakeholders—and you'll have the autonomy to run your territory like a business, with minimal oversight from leadership. You'll also be looked to as an informal mentor for less experienced reps and as a voice in shaping how the commercial sales team sells.\n\n\n\nNote: Candidates must reside in one of our approved hiring hubs:\n\n - DC/Maryland/Virginia\n\n - Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC\n\n - Denver/Colorado Springs, CO\n\n - Dallas/Fort Worth, TX\n\n \n\n\nWHAT YOU'LL DO\n\n - Own and prioritize a complex book of business selling 2F Game Warden to independent software vendors (ISVs) and technology companies pursuing DoW, IC, and federal civilian markets—allocating your time and resources across accounts to hit team objectives.\n\n - Run full-cycle sales—from prospecting and discovery through technical validation, procurement, negotiation, and close—without heavy hand-holding.\n\n - Build and manage a healthy pipeline through proactive outbound prospecting, not just inbound leads, consistently exceeding pipeline generation targets.\n\n - Clearly articulate how 2F Game Warden accelerates DoW Impact Level and FedRAMP accreditation/certification to both technical buyers (engineering, security) and executive decision-makers.\n\n - Navigate multi-stakeholder deal cycles involving procurement, security, compliance, and executive sponsors on the customer side, building relationships up to the VP/C-suite level when needed to keep deals moving.\n\n - Partner with solutions engineers to run tailored product demos and technical validation sessions that move deals forward.\n\n - Keep an accurate, up-to-date forecast in the CRM and communicate deal status and risk clearly to sales leadership.\n\n - Partner with marketing and business development to convert campaigns and warm intros into qualified pipeline.\n\n - Help shape sales methodology, messaging, and playbooks for the commercial team based on what you're seeing win (and lose) in the field.\n\n - Negotiate contracts and pricing, working with legal and deal desk to close on terms that work for both sides.\n\n - Bring an ecosystem-first instinct: build relationships with cloud and channel partners like AWS, Google Cloud, and Carahsoft to source and close deals together.\n\n \n\n\nWHAT YOU BRING\n\n - 5+ years of quota-carrying SaaS or software sales experience, ideally selling technical platforms to ISVs, cloud, or DevSecOps buyers.\n\n - A track record of consistently meeting or exceeding quota—and a clear sense of which deals you closed and why.\n\n - Experience closing complex, multi-stakeholder deals you actually shipped—not just pipelines that stalled at the technical evaluation. We want to see the deals that closed because you drove them.\n\n - End-to-end ownership: prospecting, discovery, demo, negotiation, and close, with disciplined CRM hygiene throughout.\n\n - Existing relationships and fluency within the defense tech, govtech, or national security ecosystem. (Highly, highly preferred.)\n\n - The judgment to know when to push a deal forward and when to walk away—and the discipline to keep a forecast honest every time.\n\n - Comfort operating in a fast-moving environment with long, technical sales cycles and high standards.\n\n - Willingness to travel for customer meetings, demos, and industry events, plus a Salesforce (or similar CRM) fluency that keeps your pipeline visible.\n\n\n\nThe base salary for this position will fall between $110,000-140,000, with an on-target earnings (OTE) range of $220,000-280,000 including uncapped commission. Your ultimate compensation will be determined by professional background, technical proficiency, seniority, and regional cost factors. Furthermore, this opportunity includes potential eligibility for equity awards and discretionary bonuses, rounding out a comprehensive total rewards offering.\n\n\n\n\nSUCCESS AT 2F LOOKS LIKE:\n\n - Viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth\n\n - Having a bias toward action and tangible, measurable results\n\n - Striving to be both compassionate and direct with your feedback\n\n - Being team-oriented and inclusive with your action\n\n\n\n\nPERKS & BENEFITS:\n\nThis role is a full time position. As a public benefit corporation, we’re a team of purpose-driven trailblazers transforming the future of U.S. national security. We hire the best to do their best and, as such, we are committed to providing the perks and benefits you need to be successful—both in- and outside the workplace.\n\nWe offer you:\n\n - Competitive Salary\n\n - 100% Healthcare, vision and dental coverage\n\n - 401(k) + 3% company contribution\n\n - Wellness perks (Fitness classes, mental health resources)\n\n - Equity incentive plan\n\n - Tech + office supplies stipend\n\n - Annual professional development stipend\n\n - Flexible paid time off + federal holidays off\n\n - Parental leave\n\n - Work virtually near one of our Hub Locations\n\n - Referral Bonus\n\nVisit our careers page https://www.secondfront.com/company/careers to learn more.\n\n\n\n\nWHO WE ARE:\n\nSecond Front Systems (2F) is a public-benefit software company powering software for the free world. We eliminate the friction that slows innovation, enabling faster, more secure development and deployment of software across government and regulated networks. Built by national security veterans and backed by top-tier venture capital, our platform is trusted by the world’s leading organizations to cut deployment timelines from years to weeks. We move fast, solve hard problems, and deliver trusted capabilities where they’re needed most. Our work strengthens global security and gives the United States and its allies a lasting competitive advantage. Learn more at secondfront.com http://secondfront.com.\n\n\n\n\n\nONE LAST THING:\n\nWe are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.\n\n \n\n\nSTATE NOTICES:\n\nColorado:\n\nIn accordance with Colorado law, applicants may redact their date of birth, dates of attendance, and dates of graduation from any uploaded documents.\n\n \n\nMaryland:\n\nUnder Maryland law, an employer may not require or demand, as a condition of employment, prospective employment, or continued employment, that an individual submit to or take a polygraph examination or similar test. 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We sit at the high-stakes intersection of defense tech and national security, and this role is about building a modern, resilient operations function from the ground up. You’ll be protecting the infrastructure and platforms that power mission-critical software for the free world—ensuring our nation’s defenders have the secure environment they need to move fast.
At 2F, we pair a startup’s bias for action with a relentless sense of purpose. As a Cybersecurity Assessment Engineer at Second Front Systems, you will help ensure that Game Warden maintains a strong security posture. You will work hand-in-hand with the DevOps Engineering and Mission Success teams to oversee the software vulnerability scanning process, review vulnerability scan results, assist the customers in understanding those results, and make approval recommendations for vulnerabilities that can't be immediately resolved. This role will require learning new things like researching identified vulnerabilities, assessing risk, solving big problems, speaking your mind, and contributing to a culture of diversity, innovation, and excellence. This role is key to the security of our cloud platform and of the customer applications running on it.
Note: Candidates must reside in one of our approved hiring hubs:
DC/Maryland/Virginia
Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC
Denver/Colorado Springs, CO
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
Review web application artifacts of customer developed applications and provide customer feedback
Primary face of the cybersecurity team to software development and mission success teams
Assist with incident response plans to respond to application outages or downtime
Technical Security Validation: Conduct comprehensive assessments of cloud infrastructure, applications, and containerized environments to verify compliance with DISA STIGs, SRGs, and CIS Benchmarks.
Authorization Lifecycle Management: Author, review, and maintain high-quality security artifacts, including System Security Plans (SSP), Security Assessment Plans (SAP), and Security Assessment Reports (SAR).
Continuous Monitoring (ConMon): Monitor and report on the ongoing effectiveness of security controls, ensuring the platform maintains a robust and authorized security posture.
Vulnerability & Risk Analysis: Utilize automated scanning suites (e.g., Anchore, Trivy, Tenable) to identify vulnerabilities, distinguish true positives, and provide actionable remediation guidance to dev teams.
Supply Chain Security: Implement and manage technical workflows for SBOMs (Software Bill of Materials) to support modern, continuous authorization standards.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with DevOps and Software Engineering teams to translate complex NIST 800-53 controls into implementable technical requirements.
Experience solving complex and sometimes ill-defined problems
Intermediate knowledge of DevSecOps tools and software development
Ability to create and implement incident response plans
Background in cybersecurity and understanding of vulnerability risk analysis
Hands-on experience assessing or securing services within AWS, Azure, or GCP, particularly within PaaS or Kubernetes-based environments.
Proficient knowledge of NIST SP 800-37 (RMF) and NIST SP 800-53 rev 5 security controls
Deep understanding of the FedRAMP authorization process and Department of Defense (DoD) security standards.
3-5 years of relevant experience
Ability to attain DOD 8570 Baseline Certification for IAT II within 6 months of hire date (preferably CYSA+)
Extensive experience with Department of Defense DevSecOps practices, policies, and security
Experience with Docker, Gitlab, Kubernetes, Anchore, or other container scanning tools
Ability to write basic scripts (Python, Bash, etc.) to automate evidence collection or data parsing
Strong interest in matters of national security
Having a Secret clearance is preferred
The base salary for this position will fall between $125,000-140,000 Your ultimate compensation will be determined by professional background, technical proficiency, seniority, and regional cost factors. Furthermore, this opportunity includes potential eligibility for equity awards and discretionary bonuses, rounding out a comprehensive total rewards offering.
Viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth
Having a bias toward action and tangible, measurable results
Striving to be both compassionate and direct with your feedback
Being team-oriented and inclusive with your action
This role is a full time position. As a public benefit corporation, we’re a team of purpose-driven trailblazers transforming the future of U.S. national security. We hire the best to do their best and, as such, we are committed to providing the perks and benefits you need to be successful—both in- and outside the workplace.
We offer you:
Competitive Salary
100% Healthcare, vision and dental coverage
401(k) + 3% company contribution
Wellness perks (Fitness classes, mental health resources)
Equity incentive plan
Tech + office supplies stipend
Annual professional development stipend
Flexible paid time off + federal holidays off
Parental leave
Work from anywhere
Referral Bonus
Visit our careers page to learn more.
Second Front Systems (2F) is a public-benefit software company powering software for the free world. We eliminate the friction that slows innovation, enabling faster, more secure development and deployment of software across government and regulated networks. Built by national security veterans and backed by top-tier venture capital, our platform is trusted by the world’s leading organizations to cut deployment timelines from years to weeks. We move fast, solve hard problems, and deliver trusted capabilities where they’re needed most. Our work strengthens global security and gives the United States and its allies a lasting competitive advantage. Learn more at secondfront.com.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Colorado:
In accordance with Colorado law, applicants may redact their date of birth, dates of attendance, and dates of graduation from any uploaded documents.
Maryland:
Under Maryland law, an employer may not require or demand, as a condition of employment, prospective employment, or continued employment, that an individual submit to or take a polygraph examination or similar test. An employer who violates this law is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not exceeding $100.
","descriptionPlain":"Second Front Systems (2F) is looking for a battle-tested, high-agency Cybersecurity Assessment Engineer to support our team.. We sit at the high-stakes intersection of defense tech and national security, and this role is about building a modern, resilient operations function from the ground up. You’ll be protecting the infrastructure and platforms that power mission-critical software for the free world—ensuring our nation’s defenders have the secure environment they need to move fast.\n\n\n\nAt 2F, we pair a startup’s bias for action with a relentless sense of purpose. As a Cybersecurity Assessment Engineer at Second Front Systems, you will help ensure that Game Warden maintains a strong security posture. You will work hand-in-hand with the DevOps Engineering and Mission Success teams to oversee the software vulnerability scanning process, review vulnerability scan results, assist the customers in understanding those results, and make approval recommendations for vulnerabilities that can't be immediately resolved. This role will require learning new things like researching identified vulnerabilities, assessing risk, solving big problems, speaking your mind, and contributing to a culture of diversity, innovation, and excellence. This role is key to the security of our cloud platform and of the customer applications running on it.\n\n\n\nNote: Candidates must reside in one of our approved hiring hubs:\n\n - DC/Maryland/Virginia\n\n - Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC\n\n - Denver/Colorado Springs, CO\n\n - Dallas/Fort Worth, TX\n\n\n\n\nWHAT YOU'LL DO\n\n - Review web application artifacts of customer developed applications and provide customer feedback\n\n - Primary face of the cybersecurity team to software development and mission success teams\n\n - Assist with incident response plans to respond to application outages or downtime\n\n - Technical Security Validation: Conduct comprehensive assessments of cloud infrastructure, applications, and containerized environments to verify compliance with DISA STIGs, SRGs, and CIS Benchmarks.\n\n - Authorization Lifecycle Management: Author, review, and maintain high-quality security artifacts, including System Security Plans (SSP), Security Assessment Plans (SAP), and Security Assessment Reports (SAR).\n\n - Continuous Monitoring (ConMon): Monitor and report on the ongoing effectiveness of security controls, ensuring the platform maintains a robust and authorized security posture.\n\n - Vulnerability & Risk Analysis: Utilize automated scanning suites (e.g., Anchore, Trivy, Tenable) to identify vulnerabilities, distinguish true positives, and provide actionable remediation guidance to dev teams.\n\n - Supply Chain Security: Implement and manage technical workflows for SBOMs (Software Bill of Materials) to support modern, continuous authorization standards.\n\n - Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with DevOps and Software Engineering teams to translate complex NIST 800-53 controls into implementable technical requirements.\n\n\n\n\nWHAT YOU BRING\n\n - Experience solving complex and sometimes ill-defined problems\n\n - Intermediate knowledge of DevSecOps tools and software development\n\n - Ability to create and implement incident response plans\n\n - Background in cybersecurity and understanding of vulnerability risk analysis\n\n - Hands-on experience assessing or securing services within AWS, Azure, or GCP, particularly within PaaS or Kubernetes-based environments.\n\n - Proficient knowledge of NIST SP 800-37 (RMF) and NIST SP 800-53 rev 5 security controls\n\n - Deep understanding of the FedRAMP authorization process and Department of Defense (DoD) security standards.\n\n - 3-5 years of relevant experience\n\n - Ability to attain DOD 8570 Baseline Certification for IAT II within 6 months of hire date (preferably CYSA+)\n\n\n\n\nPREFERRED\n\n - Extensive experience with Department of Defense DevSecOps practices, policies, and security\n\n - Experience with Docker, Gitlab, Kubernetes, Anchore, or other container scanning tools\n\n - Ability to write basic scripts (Python, Bash, etc.) to automate evidence collection or data parsing\n\n - Strong interest in matters of national security\n\n - Having a Secret clearance is preferred\n \n \n\nThe base salary for this position will fall between $125,000-140,000 Your ultimate compensation will be determined by professional background, technical proficiency, seniority, and regional cost factors. Furthermore, this opportunity includes potential eligibility for equity awards and discretionary bonuses, rounding out a comprehensive total rewards offering.\n\n\n\n\nSUCCESS AT 2F LOOKS LIKE:\n\n - Viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth\n\n - Having a bias toward action and tangible, measurable results\n\n - Striving to be both compassionate and direct with your feedback\n\n - Being team-oriented and inclusive with your action\n\n\n\n\nPERKS & BENEFITS:\n\nThis role is a full time position. As a public benefit corporation, we’re a team of purpose-driven trailblazers transforming the future of U.S. national security. We hire the best to do their best and, as such, we are committed to providing the perks and benefits you need to be successful—both in- and outside the workplace.\n\nWe offer you:\n\n - Competitive Salary\n\n - 100% Healthcare, vision and dental coverage\n\n - 401(k) + 3% company contribution\n\n - Wellness perks (Fitness classes, mental health resources)\n\n - Equity incentive plan\n\n - Tech + office supplies stipend\n\n - Annual professional development stipend\n\n - Flexible paid time off + federal holidays off\n\n - Parental leave\n\n - Work from anywhere\n\n - Referral Bonus\n\nVisit our careers page https://www.secondfront.com/company/careers to learn more.\n\n\n\n\nWHO WE ARE:\n\nSecond Front Systems (2F) is a public-benefit software company powering software for the free world. We eliminate the friction that slows innovation, enabling faster, more secure development and deployment of software across government and regulated networks. Built by national security veterans and backed by top-tier venture capital, our platform is trusted by the world’s leading organizations to cut deployment timelines from years to weeks. We move fast, solve hard problems, and deliver trusted capabilities where they’re needed most. Our work strengthens global security and gives the United States and its allies a lasting competitive advantage. Learn more at secondfront.com http://secondfront.com.\n\n\n\n\n\nONE LAST THING:\n\nWe are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.\n\n \n \n\n\nSTATE NOTICES:\n\nColorado:\n\nIn accordance with Colorado law, applicants may redact their date of birth, dates of attendance, and dates of graduation from any uploaded documents.\n\n \n\nMaryland:\n\nUnder Maryland law, an employer may not require or demand, as a condition of employment, prospective employment, or continued employment, that an individual submit to or take a polygraph examination or similar test. 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Operating at the convergence of technology and national security, you will be responsible for generating a qualified pipeline that fuels our Account Executive team's growth engine.
You will drive outbound prospecting efforts against an aligned book of business, ensuring a consistent, high-quality flow of opportunities into the sales pipeline. We need a self-starter capable of working in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment, making immediate impact with minimal ramp time, and thriving under demanding, high-growth conditions. As a key partner to the Business Development Manager and Account Executive teams, you will serve as the front line of 2F's growth strategy, functioning as the engine that powers our commercial expansion.
Note: Candidates must reside in one of our approved hiring hubs:
DC/Maryland/Virginia
Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC
Denver/Colorado Springs, CO
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
Uncover prospective customer goals and challenges, aligning them to the problem Game Warden solves.
Collaborate closely with aligned Account Executives and cross-departmental teams to drive unified account strategy.
Refine processes continually based on self-evaluation and managerial feedback.
Sharpen product, industry, and sales knowledge on an ongoing basis to stay ahead of a fast-evolving market.
Exceed sales performance benchmarks through disciplined execution against daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly KPIs.
Articulate how Game Warden accelerates DoD Impact Level and FedRAMP accreditation/certification timelines, tailoring the message for both technical buyers (engineering, security) and executive decision-makers.
Maintain an accurate, up-to-date forecast in the CRM, communicating deal status and risk clearly to sales leadership.
Partner with marketing and business development to convert campaigns and warm intros into qualified, sales-ready pipelines.
1+ years of experience as a top performing BDR/SDR, Account Executive, or similar sales role
A self starter who can work independently and as part of a team
Experience with sales tools including Salesforce, Sales Navigator, Salesloft, ZoomInfo, and GovSignals
Experience supporting a book of business for multiple Account Executives
Excellent communication, written, and active listening skills
Ability to move quickly and efficiently in a fast paced environment
Team oriented, coachable, collaborative, proactive, accountable, and disciplined
Proficiency with cold messaging and calling
Have a strong passion in matters of national security
Bonus: Experience selling into the Federal Market
Bonus: Experience selling a compliance/accreditation solution to commercial organizations
The base salary for this position will fall between $70,000-80,000 with an on-target earnings (OTE) range of $90,000-$100,000 including uncapped commission. Your ultimate compensation will be determined by professional background, technical proficiency, seniority, and regional cost factors. Furthermore, this opportunity includes potential eligibility for equity awards and discretionary bonuses, rounding out a comprehensive total rewards offering.
Viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth
Having a bias toward action and tangible, measurable results
Striving to be both compassionate and direct with your feedback
Being team-oriented and inclusive with your action
This role is a full time position. As a public benefit corporation, we’re a team of purpose-driven trailblazers transforming the future of U.S. national security. We hire the best to do their best and, as such, we are committed to providing the perks and benefits you need to be successful—both in- and outside the workplace.
We offer you:
Competitive Salary
100% Healthcare, vision and dental coverage
401(k) + 3% company contribution
Wellness perks (Fitness classes, mental health resources)
Equity incentive plan
Tech + office supplies stipend
Annual professional development stipend
Flexible paid time off + federal holidays off
Parental leave
Work from anywhere
Referral Bonus
Visit our careers page to learn more.
Second Front Systems (2F) is a public-benefit software company powering software for the free world. We eliminate the friction that slows innovation, enabling faster, more secure development and deployment of software across government and regulated networks. Built by national security veterans and backed by top-tier venture capital, our platform is trusted by the world’s leading organizations to cut deployment timelines from years to weeks. We move fast, solve hard problems, and deliver trusted capabilities where they’re needed most. Our work strengthens global security and gives the United States and its allies a lasting competitive advantage. Learn more at secondfront.com.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Are you ready to join our team:
To apply, click the “Apply for This Job” button at the top or bottom of this page and complete the application form. This position will remain open until filled, and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Colorado:
In accordance with Colorado law, applicants may redact their date of birth, dates of attendance, and dates of graduation from any uploaded documents.
Maryland:
Under Maryland law, an employer may not require or demand, as a condition of employment, prospective employment, or continued employment, that an individual submit to or take a polygraph examination or similar test. An employer who violates this law is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not exceeding $100.
Second Front Systems (2F) is seeking a Senior Technical Implementation Engineer to join our UK team. We are a fast-growing defence technology company working at the convergence of technology and national security. The role is dynamic and wide-ranging, focused on the deployment and scale of our Game Warden DevSecOps platform within the UK government, NATO and secure cloud environments.
This is an individual contributor role suited to a technically strong engineer who is comfortable operating independently, managing complex deployments end-to-end, and engaging directly with senior stakeholders. You will be the primary technical presence in UK customer environments, working closely with 2F’s US-based teams to ensure delivery excellence.
Security Clearance Requirement: This position requires the holder to hold, or be eligible to obtain, Developed Vetting (DV) clearance. Candidates must be UK nationals (or hold dual nationality with the UK as one nationality) and have sufficient UK residency history to be sponsored for DV. Active DV clearance is strongly preferred. This role cannot be progressed without clearance eligibility.
Location: Hybrid remote (UK-based). The role requires frequent travel to customer and partner sites across the UK and NATO to support customer requirements. Candidates must be based within the UK and willing to travel as required by operational demand.
Manage the full lifecycle of technical implementations within the UK government and secure cloud environments, from initial scoping to live deployment, ensuring delivery on time, within scope, and to the required security and quality standards.
Act as the primary technical point of contact for UK customers during implementation, providing regular updates, managing expectations, and resolving issues with a minimum of escalation.
Provide hands-on Kubernetes expertise across deployment, configuration, and troubleshooting, ensuring best practices are applied consistently in classified and sensitive environments.
Work independently to coordinate technical requirements across internal Product, Engineering, and Growth teams, identifying and resolving blockers proactively.
Implement and continuously improve processes and tooling that increase implementation efficiency and quality, drawing on direct customer feedback.
Contribute to the development of UK-specific deployment patterns and documentation, supporting 2F’s growing presence in the UK defence, NATO and national security market.
Exhibit a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset, resolving technical and procedural challenges promptly to keep programmes on track.
Proficient in using AI tools (such as Claude and Gemini) to accelerate and enhance day-to-day work, from code generation, debugging, and documentation to research and problem-solving — with sound judgement about where AI adds value and where human oversight is required.
5+ years of experience in technical implementation, DevOps, or a related engineering discipline, with a demonstrated ability to deliver complex projects independently.
Strong hands-on knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, Keycloak and container orchestration, with proven experience deploying and managing applications at scale.
Prior experience working within UK defence tech, SaaS, or cloud-based environments.
Knowledge of compliance and security standards, particularly iUK government security frameworks and accreditation processes (e.g. JSP 604, Secure By Design)
Multi Cloud experience: AWS, Azure, GCP.
Experience working with Git and standard ticketing (JIRA) and project management tools.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to convey complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior government personnel.
Ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams with competing priorities, maintaining quality and pace in ambiguous environments.
High degree of personal accountability and resilience; comfortable operating with autonomy in a fast-moving, distributed team.
Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent demonstrable experience. Relevant certifications (e.g. CKA, AWS, Azure) are advantageous.
The base salary for this position will fall between £90,000 - £110,000 Your ultimate compensation will be determined by professional background, technical proficiency, seniority, and regional cost factors. Furthermore, this opportunity includes potential eligibility for equity awards and discretionary bonuses, rounding out a comprehensive total rewards offering.
Viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth
Having a bias toward action and tangible, measurable results
Striving to be both compassionate and direct with your feedback
Being team-oriented and inclusive with your actions
At Second Front Systems, we are a team of purpose-driven trailblazers transforming the future of national security, and defence.. We hire the best to do their best and are committed to providing the perks and benefits you need to be successful, both inside and outside the workplace.
Competitive salary benchmarked to UK market
Private healthcare (medical, dental, and optical)
Pension scheme with employer contribution
Wellness perks (fitness, mental health resources)
Equity incentive plan
Technology and home-office stipend
Annual professional development budget
Flexible paid time off plus UK public holidays
Enhanced parental leave
Remote-first working with travel expenses covered
Referral bonus scheme
Visit our careers page to learn more.
At Second Front Systems (2F), we equip defence and national security professionals with access to emerging technologies. Founded with firsthand experience of the dangers that outdated technology poses in operational environments, our team is dedicated to fast-tracking government access to disruptive, commercially-proven technology for national security missions.
Our Game Warden platform is a fully managed and compliant DevSecOps environment that accelerates the accreditation and deployment of SaaS applications for government use. Learn more at www.secondfront.com.
Second Front Systems is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and welcome applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation, in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.
Applicants have the right to work in the United Kingdom. Due to the DV clearance requirement, candidates must be UK nationals or hold qualifying dual nationality and must have resided primarily in the UK for the period required by UKSV vetting guidelines. Sponsorship for this role is not available.
This role is a full-time permanent position. Salary will be discussed during the recruitment process. We are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments at any stage of the application process for candidates with a disability or long-term health condition.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Are you ready to join our team:
To apply, click the “Apply for This Job” button at the top or bottom of this page and complete the application form. This position will remain open until filled, and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
","descriptionPlain":"Second Front Systems (2F) is seeking a Senior Technical Implementation Engineer to join our UK team. We are a fast-growing defence technology company working at the convergence of technology and national security. The role is dynamic and wide-ranging, focused on the deployment and scale of our Game Warden DevSecOps platform within the UK government, NATO and secure cloud environments.\n\n\n\nThis is an individual contributor role suited to a technically strong engineer who is comfortable operating independently, managing complex deployments end-to-end, and engaging directly with senior stakeholders. You will be the primary technical presence in UK customer environments, working closely with 2F’s US-based teams to ensure delivery excellence.\n\n\n\nSecurity Clearance Requirement: This position requires the holder to hold, or be eligible to obtain, Developed Vetting (DV) clearance. Candidates must be UK nationals (or hold dual nationality with the UK as one nationality) and have sufficient UK residency history to be sponsored for DV. Active DV clearance is strongly preferred. This role cannot be progressed without clearance eligibility.\n\n\nLocation: Hybrid remote (UK-based). The role requires frequent travel to customer and partner sites across the UK and NATO to support customer requirements. Candidates must be based within the UK and willing to travel as required by operational demand.\n\n\n\n\nWHAT YOU'LL DO\n\n - Manage the full lifecycle of technical implementations within the UK government and secure cloud environments, from initial scoping to live deployment, ensuring delivery on time, within scope, and to the required security and quality standards.\n\n - Act as the primary technical point of contact for UK customers during implementation, providing regular updates, managing expectations, and resolving issues with a minimum of escalation.\n\n - Provide hands-on Kubernetes expertise across deployment, configuration, and troubleshooting, ensuring best practices are applied consistently in classified and sensitive environments.\n\n - Work independently to coordinate technical requirements across internal Product, Engineering, and Growth teams, identifying and resolving blockers proactively.\n\n - Implement and continuously improve processes and tooling that increase implementation efficiency and quality, drawing on direct customer feedback.\n\n - Contribute to the development of UK-specific deployment patterns and documentation, supporting 2F’s growing presence in the UK defence, NATO and national security market.\n\n - Exhibit a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset, resolving technical and procedural challenges promptly to keep programmes on track.\n\n - Proficient in using AI tools (such as Claude and Gemini) to accelerate and enhance day-to-day work, from code generation, debugging, and documentation to research and problem-solving — with sound judgement about where AI adds value and where human oversight is required.\n\n\n\n\nWHAT YOU BRING\n\n - 5+ years of experience in technical implementation, DevOps, or a related engineering discipline, with a demonstrated ability to deliver complex projects independently.\n\n - Strong hands-on knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, Keycloak and container orchestration, with proven experience deploying and managing applications at scale.\n\n - Prior experience working within UK defence tech, SaaS, or cloud-based environments.\n\n - Knowledge of compliance and security standards, particularly iUK government security frameworks and accreditation processes (e.g. JSP 604, Secure By Design)\n\n - Multi Cloud experience: AWS, Azure, GCP.\n\n - Experience working with Git and standard ticketing (JIRA) and project management tools.\n\n - Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to convey complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior government personnel.\n\n - Ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams with competing priorities, maintaining quality and pace in ambiguous environments.\n\n - High degree of personal accountability and resilience; comfortable operating with autonomy in a fast-moving, distributed team.\n\n - Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent demonstrable experience. Relevant certifications (e.g. CKA, AWS, Azure) are advantageous.\n\n \n\nThe base salary for this position will fall between £90,000 - £110,000 Your ultimate compensation will be determined by professional background, technical proficiency, seniority, and regional cost factors. Furthermore, this opportunity includes potential eligibility for equity awards and discretionary bonuses, rounding out a comprehensive total rewards offering.\n\n\n\n\nSUCCESS AT 2F LOOKS LIKE:\n\n - Viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth\n\n - Having a bias toward action and tangible, measurable results\n\n - Striving to be both compassionate and direct with your feedback\n\n - Being team-oriented and inclusive with your actions\n \n\n\n\n\nPERKS & BENEFITS:\n\nAt Second Front Systems, we are a team of purpose-driven trailblazers transforming the future of national security, and defence.. We hire the best to do their best and are committed to providing the perks and benefits you need to be successful, both inside and outside the workplace.\n\n - Competitive salary benchmarked to UK market\n\n - Private healthcare (medical, dental, and optical)\n\n - Pension scheme with employer contribution\n\n - Wellness perks (fitness, mental health resources)\n\n - Equity incentive plan\n\n - Technology and home-office stipend\n\n - Annual professional development budget\n\n - Flexible paid time off plus UK public holidays\n\n - Enhanced parental leave\n\n - Remote-first working with travel expenses covered\n\n - Referral bonus scheme\n\nVisit our careers page https://www.secondfront.com/company/careers to learn more.\n\n\n\n\nWHO WE ARE:\n\nAt Second Front Systems (2F), we equip defence and national security professionals with access to emerging technologies. Founded with firsthand experience of the dangers that outdated technology poses in operational environments, our team is dedicated to fast-tracking government access to disruptive, commercially-proven technology for national security missions.\n\nOur Game Warden https://www.secondfront.com/game-warden platform is a fully managed and compliant DevSecOps environment that accelerates the accreditation and deployment of SaaS applications for government use. Learn more at https://www.secondfront.comwww.secondfront.com http://www.secondfront.com.\n\n\n\n\nUK EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION:\n\nSecond Front Systems is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and welcome applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation, in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.\n\nApplicants have the right to work in the United Kingdom. Due to the DV clearance requirement, candidates must be UK nationals or hold qualifying dual nationality and must have resided primarily in the UK for the period required by UKSV vetting guidelines. Sponsorship for this role is not available.\n\nThis role is a full-time permanent position. Salary will be discussed during the recruitment process. We are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments at any stage of the application process for candidates with a disability or long-term health condition.\n\n\n\n\nONE LAST THING:\n\n\nWe are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.\n\n \n\nAre you ready to join our team:\n\n \n\nTo apply, click the “Apply for This Job” button at the top or bottom of this page and complete the application form. 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We are a dynamic, fast-growing defence technology company at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and national security, committed to delivering transformative solutions that empower the UK’s defenders. This is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in establishing and scaling our platform capability in the UK market.
At 2F we thrive on innovation and purpose, combining a start-up’s agility with a clear mission to support national security. You will be at the forefront of the DevSecOps engineering behind the deployment and scaling of our Game Warden platform — accelerating the secure adoption of mission-critical SaaS solutions for UK government and defence. If you value ingenuity, collaboration, and impact, we want to hear from you.
Security Clearance Requirement: This position requires the holder to hold, or be eligible to obtain, Developed Vetting (DV) clearance. Candidates must be UK nationals (or hold dual nationality with the UK as one nationality) and have sufficient UK residency history to be sponsored for DV. Active DV clearance is strongly preferred. As this role involves work within classified and air-gapped environments, clearance eligibility is essential and non-negotiable.
Location: Primarily remote (UK-based), with frequent travel to customer and partner sites, including Northwood and Corsham Defence Campus, and occasional travel to other UK government locations. Candidates must be based within the UK and willing to travel as operational demand requires. Note that work in air-gapped or classified environments will require on-site presence at accredited facilities.
Support the security and operations of Game Warden across air-gapped and classified environments, working directly with government partners and security teams.
Build and manage CI/CD pipelines that integrate DevSecOps best practices from development through to deployment.
Integrate and maintain SIEM and security tooling, ensuring observability and compliance across all deployed systems.
Build and implement scalable, secure cloud infrastructure using Kubernetes and Pulumi (Go-based), ensuring compliance with UK government and Ministry of Defence security requirements.
Work cross-functionally to assess infrastructure needs, prioritise development, and deliver on product roadmap milestones in a fast-paced Agile environment.
Document your work thoroughly — from infrastructure to internal procedures — to ensure secure, repeatable, and auditable deployments.
Collaborate directly with UK defence and government stakeholders to provision secure cloud resources and meet deployment and accreditation criteria in classified settings.
Contribute to R&D and experimentation needed to advance platform capabilities in secure and disconnected environments.
Act as a senior technical resource, helping to shape 2F’s UK DevSecOps strategy and infrastructure standards.
5–7+ years of relevant experience in DevSecOps, systems engineering, and software development.
Senior-level expertise designing and building cloud-native platforms using AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud-native application orchestration.
Strong proficiency in Golang or similar languages
Familiarity with UK and international compliance frameworks such as MOD Secure by Design, JSP 453, NCSC Cloud Security Principles, NIST 800-53.
Experience deploying systems in air-gapped or classified environments.
Experience building and maintaining secure CI/CD pipelines and integrating security throughout the SDLC.
Hands-on experience implementing or managing SIEM, monitoring, and alerting systems.
Understanding of REST APIs, authentication flows, event-driven architecture, and microservice patterns.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong documentation habits.
Comfortable working independently and in distributed teams, managing competing priorities across complex projects.
Proficient in using AI tools (such as Claude and Gemini) to accelerate and enhance day-to-day work, from code generation, debugging, and documentation to research and problem-solving — with sound judgement about where AI adds value and where human oversight is required.
Certified AWS, Google or Azure Solutions Architect.
Prior experience working within UK defence, national security, or regulated government environments.
Experience working in early-stage or high-growth start-up environments.
Familiarity with UK accreditation and risk-management processes and environments (e.g., MOD Secure by Design).
Familiarity with GitLab, Google Workspace, and Slack.
A genuine interest in national security and mission-driven innovation.
The base salary for this position will fall between £110,00000 - £130,000 Your ultimate compensation will be determined by professional background, technical proficiency, seniority, and regional cost factors. Furthermore, this opportunity includes potential eligibility for equity awards and discretionary bonuses, rounding out a comprehensive total rewards offering.
Viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth
Having a bias toward action and tangible, measurable results
Striving to be both compassionate and direct with your feedback
Being team-oriented and inclusive with your actions
As a public benefit company, we are a team of purpose-driven trailblazers transforming the future of national security. We hire the best to do their best and are committed to providing the perks and benefits you need to be successful, both inside and outside the workplace.
Competitive salary benchmarked to UK market
Private healthcare (medical, dental, and optical)
Pension scheme with employer contribution
Wellness perks (fitness, mental health resources)
Equity incentive plan
Technology and home-office stipend
Annual professional development budget
Flexible paid time off plus UK public holidays
Enhanced parental leave
Remote-first working with travel expenses covered
Referral bonus scheme
Visit our careers page to learn more.
Second Front Systems is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and welcome applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation, in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.
Applicants have the right to work in the United Kingdom. Due to the DV clearance requirement, candidates must be UK nationals or hold qualifying dual nationality and must have resided primarily in the UK for the period required by UKSV vetting guidelines. Sponsorship for this role is not available.
This role is a full-time permanent position. Salary will be discussed during the recruitment process. We are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments at any stage of the application process for candidates with a disability or long-term health condition.
At Second Front Systems (2F), we equip defence and national security professionals with access to emerging technologies. Founded with firsthand experience of the dangers that outdated technology poses in operational environments, our team is dedicated to fast-tracking government access to disruptive, commercially-proven technology for national security missions.
Our Game Warden platform is a fully managed and compliant DevSecOps environment that accelerates the accreditation and deployment of SaaS applications for government use. Learn more at www.secondfront.com.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Are you ready to join our team:
To apply, click the “Apply for This Job” button at the top or bottom of this page and complete the application form. This position will remain open until filled, and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
","descriptionPlain":"Second Front Systems (2F) is seeking an ambitious and capable Platform Engineer to join our UK team. We are a dynamic, fast-growing defence technology company at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and national security, committed to delivering transformative solutions that empower the UK’s defenders. This is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in establishing and scaling our platform capability in the UK market.\n\n\n\nAt 2F we thrive on innovation and purpose, combining a start-up’s agility with a clear mission to support national security. You will be at the forefront of the DevSecOps engineering behind the deployment and scaling of our Game Warden platform — accelerating the secure adoption of mission-critical SaaS solutions for UK government and defence. If you value ingenuity, collaboration, and impact, we want to hear from you.\n\n\n\nSecurity Clearance Requirement: This position requires the holder to hold, or be eligible to obtain, Developed Vetting (DV) clearance. Candidates must be UK nationals (or hold dual nationality with the UK as one nationality) and have sufficient UK residency history to be sponsored for DV. Active DV clearance is strongly preferred. As this role involves work within classified and air-gapped environments, clearance eligibility is essential and non-negotiable.\n\n\n\nLocation: Primarily remote (UK-based), with frequent travel to customer and partner sites, including Northwood and Corsham Defence Campus, and occasional travel to other UK government locations. Candidates must be based within the UK and willing to travel as operational demand requires. Note that work in air-gapped or classified environments will require on-site presence at accredited facilities.\n\n\n\n\nWHAT YOU'LL DO\n\n - Support the security and operations of Game Warden across air-gapped and classified environments, working directly with government partners and security teams.\n\n - Build and manage CI/CD pipelines that integrate DevSecOps best practices from development through to deployment.\n\n - Integrate and maintain SIEM and security tooling, ensuring observability and compliance across all deployed systems.\n\n - Build and implement scalable, secure cloud infrastructure using Kubernetes and Pulumi (Go-based), ensuring compliance with UK government and Ministry of Defence security requirements.\n\n - Work cross-functionally to assess infrastructure needs, prioritise development, and deliver on product roadmap milestones in a fast-paced Agile environment.\n\n - Document your work thoroughly — from infrastructure to internal procedures — to ensure secure, repeatable, and auditable deployments.\n\n - Collaborate directly with UK defence and government stakeholders to provision secure cloud resources and meet deployment and accreditation criteria in classified settings.\n\n - Contribute to R&D and experimentation needed to advance platform capabilities in secure and disconnected environments.\n\n - Act as a senior technical resource, helping to shape 2F’s UK DevSecOps strategy and infrastructure standards.\n\n\n\n\nWHAT YOU BRING\n\n - 5–7+ years of relevant experience in DevSecOps, systems engineering, and software development.\n\n - Senior-level expertise designing and building cloud-native platforms using AWS, Azure, or GCP.\n\n - Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud-native application orchestration.\n\n - Strong proficiency in Golang or similar languages\n\n - Familiarity with UK and international compliance frameworks such as MOD Secure by Design, JSP 453, NCSC Cloud Security Principles, NIST 800-53.\n\n - Experience deploying systems in air-gapped or classified environments.\n\n - Experience building and maintaining secure CI/CD pipelines and integrating security throughout the SDLC.\n\n - Hands-on experience implementing or managing SIEM, monitoring, and alerting systems.\n\n - Understanding of REST APIs, authentication flows, event-driven architecture, and microservice patterns.\n\n - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong documentation habits.\n\n - Comfortable working independently and in distributed teams, managing competing priorities across complex projects.\n\n - Proficient in using AI tools (such as Claude and Gemini) to accelerate and enhance day-to-day work, from code generation, debugging, and documentation to research and problem-solving — with sound judgement about where AI adds value and where human oversight is required.\n\n - Certified AWS, Google or Azure Solutions Architect.\n\n - Prior experience working within UK defence, national security, or regulated government environments.\n\n - Experience working in early-stage or high-growth start-up environments.\n\n - Familiarity with UK accreditation and risk-management processes and environments (e.g., MOD Secure by Design).\n\n - Familiarity with GitLab, Google Workspace, and Slack.\n\n - A genuine interest in national security and mission-driven innovation.\n\n \n\nThe base salary for this position will fall between £110,00000 - £130,000 Your ultimate compensation will be determined by professional background, technical proficiency, seniority, and regional cost factors. Furthermore, this opportunity includes potential eligibility for equity awards and discretionary bonuses, rounding out a comprehensive total rewards offering.\n\n \n\n\nSUCCESS AT 2F LOOKS LIKE:\n\n - Viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth\n\n - Having a bias toward action and tangible, measurable results\n\n - Striving to be both compassionate and direct with your feedback\n\n - Being team-oriented and inclusive with your actions\n\n\n\n\nPERKS & BENEFITS:\n\nAs a public benefit company, we are a team of purpose-driven trailblazers transforming the future of national security. We hire the best to do their best and are committed to providing the perks and benefits you need to be successful, both inside and outside the workplace.\n\n - Competitive salary benchmarked to UK market\n\n - Private healthcare (medical, dental, and optical)\n\n - Pension scheme with employer contribution\n\n - Wellness perks (fitness, mental health resources)\n\n - Equity incentive plan\n\n - Technology and home-office stipend\n\n - Annual professional development budget\n\n - Flexible paid time off plus UK public holidays\n\n - Enhanced parental leave\n\n - Remote-first working with travel expenses covered\n\n - Referral bonus scheme\n\nVisit our careers page https://www.secondfront.com/company/careers to learn more.\n\n\n\n\nUK EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION\n\n\nSecond Front Systems is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and welcome applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation, in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.\n\n\n\nApplicants have the right to work in the United Kingdom. Due to the DV clearance requirement, candidates must be UK nationals or hold qualifying dual nationality and must have resided primarily in the UK for the period required by UKSV vetting guidelines. Sponsorship for this role is not available.\n\n\n\nThis role is a full-time permanent position. Salary will be discussed during the recruitment process. We are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments at any stage of the application process for candidates with a disability or long-term health condition.\n\n\n\n\nWHO WE ARE:\n\nAt Second Front Systems (2F), we equip defence and national security professionals with access to emerging technologies. Founded with firsthand experience of the dangers that outdated technology poses in operational environments, our team is dedicated to fast-tracking government access to disruptive, commercially-proven technology for national security missions.\n\nOur Game Warden https://www.secondfront.com/game-warden platform is a fully managed and compliant DevSecOps environment that accelerates the accreditation and deployment of SaaS applications for government use. Learn more at https://www.secondfront.comwww.secondfront.com http://www.secondfront.com.\n\n\n\n\nONE LAST THING:\n\nWe are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.\n\n \n\nAre you ready to join our team:\n\n \n\nTo apply, click the “Apply for This Job” button at the top or bottom of this page and complete the application form. 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Second Front Systems is looking for a technically fluent, high-ownership, metrics-driven Security Operations Center (SOC) Manager to strengthen our security operations function, architecting modern defensive capabilities across cloud-native infrastructure.
Operating at the high-stakes intersection of defense tech and national security, you will be responsible for monitoring, detecting, and responding to threats in cloud-native ecosystems and scaling defensive maturity across the organization.
You will own the SOC strategy and execution, partner across engineering and product to embed security controls into platform DNA, ensuring that mission-critical software for the free world remains secure and our defenders operate in a resilient, monitored environment.
We need someone capable of architecting and governing modern SOC functions—SIEM, EDR, automated playbooks, and threat intelligence operations; leading incident response and post-mortems that drive engineering change from containment through recovery; and scaling and mentoring security teams while building detection logic and hunt programs that intercept emerging threats.
As a key partner to engineering, product, and IT leadership, you will translate technical risk and blast radius into clear, unsentimental recommendations that move defensive maturity forward, serving as the operational authority ensuring our security infrastructure scales as fast as the missions we support.
Note: Candidates must reside in one of our approved hiring hubs:
• DC/Maryland/Virginia
• Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC
• Denver/Colorado Springs, CO
• Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
What You'll Do
• Architect the SOC strategy and roadmap, defining threat intelligence operations, detection frameworks, and defensive maturity metrics.
• Build and tune detection logic across cloud stacks, identity layers, and endpoints, rejecting noise to accelerate incident response velocity.
• Own incident command, leading containment and recovery operations while driving engineering change through rigorous post-mortems.
• Govern the defensive stack—SIEM, EDR, and automated playbooks—ensuring engineering delivers lean, high-fidelity operations at scale.
• Establish proactive threat hunting programs, synthesizing external intelligence to intercept emerging threats before they reach mission-critical systems.
• Synchronize security controls with engineering and product squads, embedding rigorous automated defenses into platform architecture.
• Mentor and scale a high-performing security operations squad, anchoring a culture built on accountability and technical craft.
• Optimize vendor and MDR relationships, ensuring third-party partnerships deliver the technical execution the mission demands.
What You Bring
• 8+ years in cyber operations, incident response, and threat intelligence with minimum 3 years leading high-agency security operations teams.
• Deep technical mastery building modern SOC functions: SIEM architecture, EDR stack deployment, high-fidelity incident response frameworks.
• Fluency in cloud-native environments: AWS, Kubernetes security, containerized workload defense, logging pipeline engineering.
• Track record engineering detection logic and automated playbooks that scale defensive operations and reduce alert noise.
• Ability to mentor technical talent and lead complex security initiatives through ambiguity in high-growth startup environments.
• Clear communication translating technical blast radius and complex risk into unsentimental recommendations for leadership.
• Expertise navigating FedRAMP, DoD SRG, and CMMC compliance in regulated government and defense environments.
• Hands-on scripting and automation engineering: Python, Terraform, SOAR playbooks for detection and response tooling development.
Preferred
The base salary for this position will fall between $205,000 and $215,000. Your ultimate compensation will be determined by professional background, technical proficiency, seniority, and regional cost factors. Furthermore, this opportunity includes potential eligibility for equity awards and discretionary bonuses, rounding out a comprehensive total rewards offering.
Success at 2F Looks Like:
• A proactive and solutions oriented mindset
• Viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth
• Having a bias toward action and tangible, measurable results
• Being team-oriented with a focus on personal responsibility and autonomy
Perks & Benefits:
This role is a full time position. As a public benefit corporation, we’re a team of purpose-driven trailblazers transforming the future of U.S. national security. We hire the best to do their best and, as such, we are committed to providing the perks and benefits you need to be successful—both in- and outside the workplace.
Perks of Joining Our Team:
• Competitive salary
• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
• 401(k) with a 3% company contribution
• Comprehensive wellness benefits, including a One Medical membership, mental health resources, family planning support, and more
• Equity incentive plan
• New hire technology and home office stipend
• Annual professional development stipend
• Flexible paid time off, plus all federal holidays
• Generous parental leave
• Flexible remote work opportunities
• Employee referral bonus program
Who We Are:
Second Front Systems (2F) is a public-benefit software company powering software for the free world. We eliminate the friction that slows innovation, enabling faster, more secure development and deployment of software across government and regulated networks. Built by national security veterans and backed by top-tier venture capital, our platform is trusted by the world’s leading organizations to cut deployment timelines from years to weeks. We move fast, solve hard problems, and deliver trusted capabilities where they’re needed most. Our work strengthens global security and gives the United States and its allies a lasting competitive advantage. Learn more at secondfront.com.
One last thing:
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Are you ready to join our team:
To apply, click the “Apply for This Job” button at the top or bottom of this page and complete the application form. This position will remain open until filled, and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
State notices:
Colorado:
In accordance with Colorado law, applicants may redact their date of birth, dates of attendance, and dates of graduation from any uploaded documents.
Maryland:
Under Maryland law, an employer may not require or demand, as a condition of employment, prospective employment, or continued employment, that an individual submit to or take a polygraph examination or similar test. An employer who violates this law is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not exceeding $100.
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","descriptionPlain":"SOC Manager\n\nSecond Front Systems is looking for a technically fluent, high-ownership, metrics-driven Security Operations Center (SOC) Manager to strengthen our security operations function, architecting modern defensive capabilities across cloud-native infrastructure.\n\nOperating at the high-stakes intersection of defense tech and national security, you will be responsible for monitoring, detecting, and responding to threats in cloud-native ecosystems and scaling defensive maturity across the organization.\n\nYou will own the SOC strategy and execution, partner across engineering and product to embed security controls into platform DNA, ensuring that mission-critical software for the free world remains secure and our defenders operate in a resilient, monitored environment.\n\nWe need someone capable of architecting and governing modern SOC functions—SIEM, EDR, automated playbooks, and threat intelligence operations; leading incident response and post-mortems that drive engineering change from containment through recovery; and scaling and mentoring security teams while building detection logic and hunt programs that intercept emerging threats.\n\nAs a key partner to engineering, product, and IT leadership, you will translate technical risk and blast radius into clear, unsentimental recommendations that move defensive maturity forward, serving as the operational authority ensuring our security infrastructure scales as fast as the missions we support.\n\nNote: Candidates must reside in one of our approved hiring hubs:\n\n• DC/Maryland/Virginia\n\n• Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC\n\n• Denver/Colorado Springs, CO\n\n• Dallas/Fort Worth, TX\n\nWhat You'll Do\n\n• Architect the SOC strategy and roadmap, defining threat intelligence operations, detection frameworks, and defensive maturity metrics.\n\n• Build and tune detection logic across cloud stacks, identity layers, and endpoints, rejecting noise to accelerate incident response velocity.\n\n• Own incident command, leading containment and recovery operations while driving engineering change through rigorous post-mortems.\n\n• Govern the defensive stack—SIEM, EDR, and automated playbooks—ensuring engineering delivers lean, high-fidelity operations at scale.\n\n• Establish proactive threat hunting programs, synthesizing external intelligence to intercept emerging threats before they reach mission-critical systems.\n\n• Synchronize security controls with engineering and product squads, embedding rigorous automated defenses into platform architecture.\n\n• Mentor and scale a high-performing security operations squad, anchoring a culture built on accountability and technical craft.\n\n• Optimize vendor and MDR relationships, ensuring third-party partnerships deliver the technical execution the mission demands.\n\nWhat You Bring\n\n• 8+ years in cyber operations, incident response, and threat intelligence with minimum 3 years leading high-agency security operations teams.\n\n• Deep technical mastery building modern SOC functions: SIEM architecture, EDR stack deployment, high-fidelity incident response frameworks.\n\n• Fluency in cloud-native environments: AWS, Kubernetes security, containerized workload defense, logging pipeline engineering.\n\n• Track record engineering detection logic and automated playbooks that scale defensive operations and reduce alert noise.\n\n• Ability to mentor technical talent and lead complex security initiatives through ambiguity in high-growth startup environments.\n\n• Clear communication translating technical blast radius and complex risk into unsentimental recommendations for leadership.\n\n• Expertise navigating FedRAMP, DoD SRG, and CMMC compliance in regulated government and defense environments.\n\n• Hands-on scripting and automation engineering: Python, Terraform, SOAR playbooks for detection and response tooling development.\n\nPreferred\n\nThe base salary for this position will fall between $205,000 and $215,000. Your ultimate compensation will be determined by professional background, technical proficiency, seniority, and regional cost factors. Furthermore, this opportunity includes potential eligibility for equity awards and discretionary bonuses, rounding out a comprehensive total rewards offering.\n\nSuccess at 2F Looks Like:\n\n• A proactive and solutions oriented mindset\n\n• Viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth\n\n• Having a bias toward action and tangible, measurable results\n\n• Being team-oriented with a focus on personal responsibility and autonomy\n\nPerks & Benefits:\n\nThis role is a full time position. As a public benefit corporation, we’re a team of purpose-driven trailblazers transforming the future of U.S. national security. We hire the best to do their best and, as such, we are committed to providing the perks and benefits you need to be successful—both in- and outside the workplace.\n\nPerks of Joining Our Team:\n\n• Competitive salary\n\n• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents\n\n• 401(k) with a 3% company contribution\n\n• Comprehensive wellness benefits, including a One Medical membership, mental health resources, family planning support, and more\n\n• Equity incentive plan\n\n• New hire technology and home office stipend\n\n• Annual professional development stipend\n\n• Flexible paid time off, plus all federal holidays\n\n• Generous parental leave\n\n• Flexible remote work opportunities\n\n• Employee referral bonus program\n\n\n\nWho We Are:\n\nSecond Front Systems (2F) is a public-benefit software company powering software for the free world. We eliminate the friction that slows innovation, enabling faster, more secure development and deployment of software across government and regulated networks. Built by national security veterans and backed by top-tier venture capital, our platform is trusted by the world’s leading organizations to cut deployment timelines from years to weeks. We move fast, solve hard problems, and deliver trusted capabilities where they’re needed most. Our work strengthens global security and gives the United States and its allies a lasting competitive advantage. Learn more at secondfront.com http://secondfront.com.\n\nOne last thing:\n\nWe are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.\n\nAre you ready to join our team:\n\nTo apply, click the “Apply for This Job” button at the top or bottom of this page and complete the application form. This position will remain open until filled, and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.\n\nState notices:\n\nColorado:\n\nIn accordance with Colorado law, applicants may redact their date of birth, dates of attendance, and dates of graduation from any uploaded documents.\n\nMaryland:\n\nUnder Maryland law, an employer may not require or demand, as a condition of employment, prospective employment, or continued employment, that an individual submit to or take a polygraph examination or similar test. An employer who violates this law is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not exceeding $100.\n\nwww.secondfront.com http://www.secondfront.com | All Rights Reserved | 2026","compensation":{"compensationTierSummary":null,"scrapeableCompensationSalarySummary":null,"compensationTiers":[],"summaryComponents":[]}},{"id":"346bd38d-0c08-409b-aa99-4f5b332a49d5","title":"UX Designer ","department":"Product Management","team":"Product Management","employmentType":"FullTime","location":"Remote","shouldDisplayCompensationOnJobPostings":true,"secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-08-21T14:30:09.484+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":true,"workplaceType":"Remote","address":{"postalAddress":{"postalCode":"20002","addressRegion":"District of Columbia ","addressCountry":"United States","addressLocality":"Washington, DC"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Second-Front-Systems/346bd38d-0c08-409b-aa99-4f5b332a49d5","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Second-Front-Systems/346bd38d-0c08-409b-aa99-4f5b332a49d5/application","descriptionHtml":"Second Front Systems is looking for an unusually resourceful, detail-obsessed UX Designer to strengthen our product organization and customer-facing capabilities.
Operating at the intersection of defense technology requirements and software usability, you will be responsible for designing interfaces and workflows for classified defense operations.
You will conduct user research with warfighters and mission operators to validate design decisions, ensuring that systems remain intuitive under operational stress and meet accreditation standards.
We need someone capable of translating complex mission requirements into clear, navigable product experiences; working within security constraints and government certification processes without compromising usability; and collaborating with engineers and product managers to deliver designs that deploy reliably in contested environments.
As a key partner to product leadership, engineering, and end-user communities, you will shape the interface layer that determines warfighter effectiveness and mission success, serving as the voice of operator needs within product decisions.
Note: Candidates must reside in one of our approved hiring hubs:
• DC/Maryland/Virginia
• Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC
• Denver/Colorado Springs, CO
• Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
What You'll Do
• Drive prompt-to-prototype workflows using Claude Design and Claude Code to translate user needs and technical requirements into functional prototypes and high-fidelity interfaces.
• Partner in rapid feedback loops with engineering teams to build, test, and refine interactive prototypes and production features leveraging AI tools.
• Own the end-to-end user experience for deployment, configuration, and accreditation workflows within the customer application.
• Translate complex compliance and technical requirements into intuitive, accessible user journeys in collaboration with product managers and domain experts.
• Conduct user research with commercial software providers through interviews, usability testing, and surveys to uncover pain points and validate design directions.
• Maintain and scale the design system to ensure visual quality, accessibility, and interaction consistency across iteration cycles.
• Champion user-centered design principles throughout the product lifecycle, balancing user needs against technical feasibility and speed.
What You Bring
• 3+ years of professional experience as a Product Designer, UX Designer, or UI Designer for complex web applications or SaaS products.
• Proven proficiency with Claude Design, Claude Code, and Figma for prompt-to-prototype workflows and design systems.
• Demonstrated ability to work synchronously with AI-assisted engineering teams in fast-paced, collaborative agile environments.
• Strong portfolio showing design process, problem-solving, and real-world examples of simplifying complex technical workflows into user-friendly applications.
• Experience executing user research methodologies and translating feedback into actionable design adjustments.
• Solid grounding in information architecture, interaction design, visual hierarchy, and user-centered design principles.
• Familiarity with government compliance frameworks such as ATO, FedRAMP, or NIST 800-53 and accreditation workflows.
• U.S. citizenship required due to government contract requirements.
Preferred
The base salary for this position will fall between $120,000 and $145,000. Your ultimate compensation will be determined by professional background, technical proficiency, seniority, and regional cost factors. Furthermore, this opportunity includes potential eligibility for equity awards and discretionary bonuses, rounding out a comprehensive total rewards offering.
Success at 2F Looks Like:
• A proactive and solutions oriented mindset
• Viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth
• Having a bias toward action and tangible, measurable results
• Being team-oriented with a focus on personal responsibility and autonomy
Perks & Benefits:
This role is a full time position. As a public benefit corporation, we’re a team of purpose-driven trailblazers transforming the future of U.S. national security. We hire the best to do their best and, as such, we are committed to providing the perks and benefits you need to be successful—both in- and outside the workplace.
Perks of Joining Our Team:
• Competitive salary
• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
• 401(k) with a 3% company contribution
• Comprehensive wellness benefits, including a One Medical membership, mental health resources, family planning support, and more
• Equity incentive plan
• New hire technology and home office stipend
• Annual professional development stipend
• Flexible paid time off, plus all federal holidays
• Generous parental leave
• Flexible remote work opportunities
• Employee referral bonus program
Visit our careers page to learn more.
Who We Are:
Second Front Systems (2F) is a public-benefit software company powering software for the free world. We eliminate the friction that slows innovation, enabling faster, more secure development and deployment of software across government and regulated networks. Built by national security veterans and backed by top-tier venture capital, our platform is trusted by the world’s leading organizations to cut deployment timelines from years to weeks. We move fast, solve hard problems, and deliver trusted capabilities where they’re needed most. Our work strengthens global security and gives the United States and its allies a lasting competitive advantage. Learn more at secondfront.com.
One last thing:
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Are you ready to join our team:
To apply, click the “Apply for This Job” button at the top or bottom of this page and complete the application form. This position will remain open until filled, and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
State notices:
Colorado:
In accordance with Colorado law, applicants may redact their date of birth, dates of attendance, and dates of graduation from any uploaded documents.
Maryland:
Under Maryland law, an employer may not require or demand, as a condition of employment, prospective employment, or continued employment, that an individual submit to or take a polygraph examination or similar test. An employer who violates this law is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not exceeding $100
Second Front Systems is looking for a customer-focused, mission-driven, high-agency Mission Success Manager to strengthen our Mission Success team.
Operating at the frontline of the Second Front customer journey, you will be responsible for your customers' success, guiding their experience from the moment they sign with Second Front, through kickoff, implementation, authorization, steady-state support, and renewal.
You will serve as the dedicated primary point of contact for a portfolio of commercial customers deploying on Game Warden, and the daily connective tissue between customers, engineering, security, and product, ensuring that your customers achieve authorization, and secure deployment of their SaaS solutions.
As a key partner to essentially every function within the Second Front ecosystem, you will be the core connective tissue between those teams and our customers, serving as not just critical link to them but also to the missions that our customers support.
Note: Candidates must reside in one of our approved hiring hubs:
• DC/Maryland/Virginia
• Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC
• Denver/Colorado Springs, CO
• Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
What You'll Do
• Build deep relationships with customer technical and executive teams.
• Lead customer kickoffs, onboarding, regular syncs, and Quarterly Business Reviews.
• Own high-severity technical escalations. Coordinate cross-functional resolution with support and engineering teams.
• Navigate customers through technical implementation, the Authority to Operate / FedRAMP compliance processes.
• Own renewal and upsell opportunities to secure contract expansion and revenue retention.
• Synchronize feedback from deployed customers into product roadmap recommendations.
What You Bring
• 5+ years in customer/mission success, technical delivery, or related role, preferably supporting PaaS or cloud infrastructure in government contracts.
• Direct experience working in or supporting Department of War (DoW) missions or Federal Civilian agencies.
• Ability to manage complex customer relationships, sometimes through ambiguity.
• Working knowledge of NIST RMF, FedRAMP, or equivalent compliance frameworks.
• Demonstrated understanding of IaaS, PaaS, and/or SaaS.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to shift fluidly between technical and non-technical audiences.
Preferred
• Direct experience managing customer relationships in an IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS environment.
• Experience being in fast-paced startup environments.
• Operational fluency with Salesforce for CRM pipeline management and Jira for ticketing and cross-functional collaboration.
The base salary for this position will fall between $120,000 and $160,000. Your ultimate compensation will be determined by professional background, technical proficiency, seniority, and regional cost factors. Furthermore, this opportunity includes potential eligibility for equity awards and discretionary bonuses, rounding out a comprehensive total rewards offering.
Success at 2F Looks Like:
• A proactive and solutions oriented mindset
• Viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth
• Having a bias toward action and tangible, measurable results
• Being team-oriented with a focus on personal responsibility and autonomy
Perks & Benefits:
This role is a full time position. As a public benefit corporation, we’re a team of purpose-driven trailblazers transforming the future of U.S. national security. We hire the best to do their best and, as such, we are committed to providing the perks and benefits you need to be successful—both in- and outside the workplace.
Perks of Joining Our Team:
• Competitive salary
• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
• 401(k) with a 3% company contribution
• Comprehensive wellness benefits, including a One Medical membership, mental health resources, family planning support, and more
• Equity incentive plan
• New hire technology and home office stipend
• Annual professional development stipend
• Flexible paid time off, plus all federal holidays
• Generous parental leave
• Flexible remote work opportunities
• Employee referral bonus program
Visit our careers page to learn more.
Who We Are:
Second Front Systems (2F) is a public-benefit software company powering software for the free world. We eliminate the friction that slows innovation, enabling faster, more secure development and deployment of software across government and regulated networks. Built by national security veterans and backed by top-tier venture capital, our platform is trusted by the world’s leading organizations to cut deployment timelines from years to weeks. We move fast, solve hard problems, and deliver trusted capabilities where they’re needed most. Our work strengthens global security and gives the United States and its allies a lasting competitive advantage. Learn more at secondfront.com.
One last thing:
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Are you ready to join our team:
To apply, click the “Apply for This Job” button at the top or bottom of this page and complete the application form. This position will remain open until filled, and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
State notices:
Colorado:
In accordance with Colorado law, applicants may redact their date of birth, dates of attendance, and dates of graduation from any uploaded documents.
Maryland:
Under Maryland law, an employer may not require or demand, as a condition of employment, prospective employment, or continued employment, that an individual submit to or take a polygraph examination or similar test. An employer who violates this law is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not exceeding $100.
Second Front Systems is looking for a technically credible, mission-focused, customer-oriented Solutions Engineer to strengthen our sales and customer success organization.
Operating at the intersection of commercial software and government accreditation, you will be responsible for owning technical sales conversations, demonstrating Game Warden's fit for mission-critical SaaS deployment, and bridging customer needs with product capability.
You will lead technical presentations, architecture workshops, and RFP responses; assess application compatibility with Game Warden; track customer feedback to inform product roadmap alignment, ensuring that customers understand deployment paths, technical risk is mitigated, and sales pipeline advances with confidence.
We need someone capable of translating cloud and DevSecOps concepts for audiences ranging from C-level to engineering teams, operating hands-on with AWS or GCP infrastructure and demonstrating platform knowledge in real time, and remain decisive under pressure in pre-sales and compliance conversations.
As a key partner to account executives and the product team, you will represent 2F as a trusted technical advisor, remove barriers to government adoption of Game Warden, serving as the technical voice customers rely on throughout the sales cycle.
Note: Candidates must reside in one of our approved hiring hubs:
• DC/Maryland/Virginia
• Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC
• Denver/Colorado Springs, CO
• Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
This is a full-time position.
What You'll Do
• Own the technical aspects of pre-sales pipeline, partnering with account executives from initial contact through RFP response.
• Lead introduction calls, technical demonstrations, architecture workshops, and RFI/RFP engagements with government and commercial customers.
• Assess customer applications for compatibility with Game Warden and DevSecOps deployment on AWS or GCP.
• Develop and maintain deep technical knowledge of Game Warden, Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, and the surrounding platform ecosystem.
• Synchronize customer feedback with product teams to inform roadmap priorities and feature alignment.
• Generate technical marketing content—blogs, whitepapers, case studies—that accelerates business development.
• Engage customers on cloud infrastructure, DevSecOps tooling, compliance accreditation, and cybersecurity architecture.
What You Bring
• 3+ years in customer-facing Sales, Solutions Engineering, or Success roles; demonstrated ability to influence technical decision-makers.
• 2+ years hands-on experience deploying or architecting on AWS, GCP, or Azure; certification or active pursuit required.
• 3–5 years of technical depth as a software engineer, sales engineer, or technical PM with proven problem-solving in production environments.
• 2+ year software development experience, preferably full-stack web development (React, Angular, Spring, Python, or Go).
• Operational knowledge of DevSecOps practices, CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, ArgoCD), and containerization (Kubernetes, Docker).
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders; composure in high-stakes customer situations.
• U.S. citizenship and residency in an approved hiring hub: DC/Maryland/Virginia, Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill NC, Denver/Colorado Springs CO, or Dallas/Fort Worth TX.
• Ability to travel up to 25% for customer engagements and market-facing activities.
Preferred
• Federal or commercial sales experience.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance.
• Previous military or federal experience.
The base salary for this position will fall between $130,000 and $155,000. This also comes with a variable bonus tied to commission and performance. Your ultimate compensation will be determined by professional background, technical proficiency, seniority, and regional cost factors. Furthermore, this opportunity includes potential eligibility for equity awards and discretionary bonuses, rounding out a comprehensive total rewards offering.
Success at 2F Looks Like:
• A proactive and solutions oriented mindset
• Viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth
• Having a bias toward action and tangible, measurable results
• Being team-oriented with a focus on personal responsibility and autonomy
Perks & Benefits:
This role is a full time position. As a public benefit corporation, we’re a team of purpose-driven trailblazers transforming the future of U.S. national security. We hire the best to do their best and, as such, we are committed to providing the perks and benefits you need to be successful—both in- and outside the workplace.
Perks of Joining Our Team:
• Competitive salary
• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
• 401(k) with a 3% company contribution
• Comprehensive wellness benefits, including a One Medical membership, mental health resources, family planning support, and more
• Equity incentive plan
• New hire technology and home office stipend
• Annual professional development stipend
• Flexible paid time off, plus all federal holidays
• Generous parental leave
• Flexible remote work opportunities
• Employee referral bonus program
Visit our careers page to learn more.
Who We Are:
Second Front Systems (2F) is a public-benefit software company powering software for the free world. We eliminate the friction that slows innovation, enabling faster, more secure development and deployment of software across government and regulated networks. Built by national security veterans and backed by top-tier venture capital, our platform is trusted by the world’s leading organizations to cut deployment timelines from years to weeks. We move fast, solve hard problems, and deliver trusted capabilities where they’re needed most. Our work strengthens global security and gives the United States and its allies a lasting competitive advantage. Learn more at secondfront.com.
One last thing:
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Are you ready to join our team:
To apply, click the “Apply for This Job” button at the top or bottom of this page and complete the application form. This position will remain open until filled, and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
State notices:
Colorado:
In accordance with Colorado law, applicants may redact their date of birth, dates of attendance, and dates of graduation from any uploaded documents.
Maryland:
Under Maryland law, an employer may not require or demand, as a condition of employment, prospective employment, or continued employment, that an individual submit to or take a polygraph examination or similar test. An employer who violates this law is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not exceeding $100.
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We hire the best to do their best and, as such, we are committed to providing the perks and benefits you need to be successful—both in- and outside the workplace.\n\n\n\nPerks of Joining Our Team:\n\n• Competitive salary\n\n• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents\n\n• 401(k) with a 3% company contribution\n\n• Comprehensive wellness benefits, including a One Medical membership, mental health resources, family planning support, and more\n\n• Equity incentive plan\n\n• New hire technology and home office stipend\n\n• Annual professional development stipend\n\n• Flexible paid time off, plus all federal holidays\n\n• Generous parental leave\n\n• Flexible remote work opportunities\n\n• Employee referral bonus program\n\nVisit our careers page to learn more.\n\n\n\nWho We Are:\n\nSecond Front Systems (2F) is a public-benefit software company powering software for the free world. 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