Federal consulting firm for defense, climate science, and cybersecurity
IBSS is a 30-year-old woman-owned consulting firm serving federal defense, civilian, and commercial sectors across three domains: cybersecurity and enterprise IT, environmental/climate science, and management consulting. The tech stack is heavily Windows/.NET/Azure-based with strong security tooling (Sentinel, Tenable, Palo Alto), and the hiring mix—tilted toward ops, engineering, and security leadership roles—reflects active project work on cloud networking, DoD threat-intelligence integration, and CMMC compliance assessments. Pain points cluster around process automation and federal compliance, with notable project velocity around NOAA programs and legacy ASOS modernization.
Notable leadership hires: Security Operations Center Lead, Network Operations Center Lead
IBSS provides consulting and managed services to federal agencies and commercial clients in three areas: cybersecurity and enterprise cloud IT, environmental science and engineering (weather, ocean, coastal, and climate systems), and professional management services. Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland, the company is a woman-owned small business with 201–500 employees. Active projects span NOAA education initiatives, DoD threat-intelligence integration, ServiceNow platform optimization, and CMMC Level 2 compliance assessments. The firm emphasizes employee development and community engagement alongside client delivery.
Python, Perl, R, .NET, Angular, SQL, and JavaScript for development; Microsoft Azure, ServiceNow, and SharePoint for infrastructure; Microsoft Sentinel, Palo Alto Networks, and Tenable for security; and Google Workspace and Microsoft Office for productivity.
Active projects include NOAA education strategic planning, purple team exercises, DoD threat-intelligence feed integration, cloud networking services, CMMC Level 2 assessments, ASOS legacy modernization, and ServiceNow platform optimization.
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