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Fortego works with partners in government and the private sector to help solve their most difficult cyber security problems. Our capabilities include offensive cyber analysis and operations, defensive cyber analysis and operations, SIGINT discovery, big data analytics, reverse engineering, vulnerability research and exploit development, research and prototyping, emerging technology research and evaluations, CNO software engineering, embedded development, data science, DevOps, full-stack development, mobile and VR exploitation, network virtualization, SDN and encryption, among others. We also run our own research and innovation projects in Fortego Labs.... Read more

Purpose

Fortego provides end-to-end CNO capabilities across the fields of cyber analytics, cyber engineering and vulnerability analysis. Our continued success is rooted in our shared passion for technical excellence, as well as our appreciation for each other both on the job and off. We take pride in the close-knit feel of our company, where the Fortego Family is at the heart of everything we do, and we reward our people for those efforts.... Read more

Vision

Fortego’s vision is defined by three words: People, Family, Mission.
--People: Be a great place to work where people are inspired to be the best they can be.
--Family: Treat our employees, their families, our customers, the community, like they are part of our family.
--Mission: Be dedicated to making an impact on our customers’ missions every day.
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Mission

To partner with our customers by providing top-notch technical consultants that help solve cutting edge challenges in cybersecurity, intelligence and national defense.... Read more

Additional Culture Details

Spend five minutes with the Fortego Family and you’ll sense it’s something special. We provide a rewarding environment defined by our best-in-class benefits, innovative spirit, work-play mentality, team camaraderie, and steadfast values.
--Benefits: A snapshot of our package includes generous training & tech budgets, PTO, parental leave, premium health insurance plans, company-funded HSA and immediately vested 401k, among others.
--Events: There’s always fun to be had with meals delivered at work, happy hours with our office tap and brewery buyouts, family maker nights and holiday parties, tech talks, gaming and more.
--Extras: We take delight in our quarterly awards, company garb, Ogio backpacks and a plethora of swag, plus Ravens Club Level tickets and other got-to-have giveaways.
--Community: The team comes together regularly to volunteer at local organizations and support fundraisers for veterans, education, disease treatment and other meaningful causes.
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Values

Integrity
Integrity is the cornerstone for all our other core values because it is the foundation in which everyone can be held accountable. Integrity is about believing in and being committed to being morally correct. It’s being passionate about what we do AND what we believe in. Integrity supports our dedication to give honest service, both internally and externally, and upholds our exceptionally high standard of excellence and ethical conduct. We demonstrate our integrity when we work through disagreements with honesty and respect for others, when we honor our commitments, and when we accept responsibility for our actions.

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Company Snapshots

The lab space at Fortego's headquarter office is an active playground for techies who want to put their training budget to use enhancing their skills, work together on commercial projects, or just have fun tooling and tinkering around.
Fortego hosts Tech Talks and other events throughout the year where our engineers and analysts share their expertise on hot CNO topics like pentesting, reverse engineering, data science and more. There's always a fun tie-in with food and beer's served on tap or by the bottle/can from our fridge.
The Fortego Family volunteers regularly in the community and our company giving program seeks to support causes that have special meaning for our team. We are a longtime partner of The Baltimore Station and their veterans and homeless men, and we participate in activities like their annual Chili Cook-Off every year.
Fortego's annual events and other get-togethers throughout the year are always memorable affairs with our incredible family & friends, fine food & drink, and lots of laughter & love. Our 2020 Winter Party was held at Level in Annapolis and it's a good thing we did a restaurant buy-out because we were still going strong long after last call!