SMX Tech Stack

Mission-focused cloud, C5ISR, and advanced engineering for defense and government

IT Services and IT Consulting Hollywood, MD 1,001–5,000 employees Privately Held

SMX is a government and defense contractor built from seven legacy companies unified in 2019–2021, now operating as an integrated 1,000+ person engineering and mission-systems provider. The hiring acceleration (195 roles posted in the last 30 days, heavily weighted toward senior engineering and security) paired with active F3EAD, C5ISR, and multi-cloud infrastructure projects signals rapid scaling of classified and defense-adjacent capability. The tech stack—ArcGIS, ACAS, Palo Alto Networks, alongside Azure/AWS/Oracle adoption—and explicit pain points around DOD RMF compliance, legacy financial migration, and sensor data processing reveal a company consolidating disparate defense platforms while modernizing backend systems.

Tech Stack 200 technologies

Core StackArcGIS Linux Cisco Palo Alto Networks Active Directory ERDAS Imagine Microsoft Office ACAS SharePoint Word Excel PowerPoint Teams Visio Windows PDQ Deploy WSUS SCAP Crestron Extron Microsoft 365 VMware Horizon PowerShell Nessus Tenable Azure Virtual Desktop Amazon Workspaces Citrix Cisco UCS DNS+170 more

AdoptingGitHub Copilot SAP S/4HANA Prometheus Oracle APEX Azure AI Azure OpenAI Amazon RDS Tempo+5 more

ReplacingSAP S/4HANA SAP ECC HiveQL

What SMX Is Building

◆Challenges

Dod rmf compliance
Security compliance
Modernizing legacy data systems
Risk mitigation
Meeting compliance requirements
Transitioning legacy financial statements
Secure multi-cloud infrastructure
Legacy data migration
Ai-enabled solution adoption
Performance cost reliability optimization

▲Active Projects

Design and implementation of secure, scalable multi-cloud infrastructure
F3ead cycle integration
Mdpap visualization subsystem
Enterprise cloud migration for us air force
Data and capability protection within the financial business domain
Data visualization
Sensor data processing
Transition legacy financial statements to oracle ebs
Cloud migration and modernization initiatives
Data warehousing and integration solutions

Hiring Activity

Accelerating340 roles · 200 in 30d

Department

Engineering

166

Security

Ops

Data

Support

Finance

Intelligence

Seniority

Senior

204

Mid

Junior

Lead

Manager

Staff

C-Level

Principal

Notable leadership hires: Customer Lead, Technical Lead Program Manager, Chief Security Architect, Intelligence Discipline Lead, Technology Innovation Director

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About SMX

SMX provides cloud solutions, C5ISR systems, and advanced engineering services to U.S. government and commercial enterprises. The company traces its roots to 1995 through multiple acquisitions (Trident Technologies, Smartronix, Datastrong, C2S Consulting Group, Creoal Consulting, Outside Analytics, cBEYONData) and operates across seven core locations: Alabama, California, DC Metro, Florida, Hawaii, Maryland, and Massachusetts. With private equity backing (OceanSound Partners), SMX focuses on defense modernization, multi-cloud infrastructure, data analytics, cyber security, and systems integration. The project portfolio reflects deep government work: F3EAD cycle integration, U.S. Air Force cloud migration, DOD compliance, and sensor-data processing pipelines.

HeadquartersHollywood, MD

Company Size1,001–5,000 employees

Hiring MarketsUnited States, Germany

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What is SMX's tech stack?

Primary tools: ArcGIS, ERDAS Imagine, Palo Alto Networks, Microsoft 365 (Office, Teams, SharePoint), Cisco (UCS, switches), VMware Horizon, Citrix, Active Directory. Actively adopting Azure AI, Azure OpenAI, GitHub Copilot, Oracle APEX, SAP S/4HANA, Prometheus, Grafana.