FEDERAL CAPABILITIES
Defense and intelligence pedigree. Available for commercial and federal programs.
Scorpion Five Technologies is an SDVOSB-certified technology firm led by engineers who built and accredited classified systems on TS//SCI networks. This page is the capabilities statement — the credential record behind the work.
SDVOSB
UEI
CAGE
PRIMARY NAICS
Clever, tenacious, precise.
Deep Technical Expertise
Advanced capabilities in expert hands
Compliance Mastery
Forged by securing classified systems.
SEASONED EXPERT OWNERSHIP
Matched to your work – owns the results
SDVOSB CERTIFIED
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned
WHO WE ARE
Built to accredit what most firms can’t.
S5T specializes in engineering secure, containerized, enterprise systems and software that must undergo rigorous accreditation processes. The firm’s roots are in building and accrediting complex systems for defense and intelligence — large-scale platforms, distributed architectures, and high-performance computing in environments where the engineering had to be right and the standards were as demanding as they get.
That pedigree is the reason compliance frameworks that other firms treat as obstacles are handled here as routine. Top Secret accreditations are as difficult as it gets; FedRAMP, CMMC, and HIPAA are well within S5T’s wheelhouse.
The firm carries the founder’s defense background forward as an operating standard, not a marketing claim. The individuals leading S5T’s federal work today are the same people who delivered the programs listed below.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Technical areas S5T delivers in.
Each competency is tied to a primary NAICS code so contracting officers can confirm scope alignment at a glance.
Cloud-native architectures
Containerized systems built on Kubernetes, orchestrated for scale, cost, and security across AWS, Azure, GCP, and their FedRAMP-authorized variants.
Kubernetes and containerization
Advanced K8s with Rancher Federal, declarative configurations, automated scaling, and deployment pipelines for hardened containers.
Infrastructure and Configuration as Code
Terraform, Ansible, and Helm for rigorous code-reviewable deployments. Automation that eliminates the misconfigurations human-operated admin creates.
Zero Trust service meshes and ICAM
Istio service meshes and Keycloak-based identity management. Building to the ZT standard ahead of the DoD 2027 mandate, with accreditation on Top Secret networks already completed.
Microservices and distributed systems
REST, gRPC, WebSockets, and distributed consensus via the Raft algorithm. Systems that span from simple APIs to complex bidirectional communication between computation nodes.
DevSecOps including low-to-high pipelines
Automated security scanning, hardened image builds, and cross-domain delivery pipelines that meet the review requirements for classified networks.
RMF-based systems accreditation
Full Risk Management Framework accreditation experience including TS//SCI networks. Compliance fluency is foundational, not retrofitted.
GIS client and server development
Cesium, GeoServer, QGIS, and the broader OGC ecosystem. Cost-effective alternatives to proprietary Esri stacks without sacrificing capability.
Modular Open Systems Approach
MOSA implementation that produces reusable modules across system generations. Upgrades without full rewrites.
Software publishing
In-house product development and publishing — applicable to both government software products and reusable commercial tooling.
Data processing and hosting
Managed infrastructure and data services for regulated workloads, including FedRAMP-authorized cloud environments.
Legacy system modernization
Proven migration of legacy desktop and monolithic server applications to containerized, cloud-native architectures — without service interruption.
KEY PERSONNEL PAST PERFORMANCE
Classified programs delivered by the people who lead S5T’s federal work today.
ON THIS CITATION
S5T personnel have led architectural design and technical execution on the following classified and mission-critical programs. These are cited as key personnel past performance — direct hands-on experience by the individuals who lead S5T’s federal work today. Government contracting officers and program managers routinely recognize this form of past performance for newly-formed firms with seasoned leadership, particularly where the personnel continuity from the prior work to the firm’s current capability is direct and unambiguous.
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security
Joint Targeting Intelligence Modernization
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Integrated Munitions Effects Assessment — Enterprise
Defense Intelligence Agency — Underground Facilities Analysis Center
Underworld and Discoverable Data
Department of the Air Force
Endgame Framework and AFTES
Use of agency names does not imply endorsement. Program details available under appropriate disclosure controls on request.
COMMERCIAL PAST PERFORMANCE
Direct corporate past performance on GovCon-relevant work.
Commercial engagements that map cleanly to federal cybersecurity, Kubernetes, and modernization scopes. Contracting officers and program managers routinely recognize this form of past performance as valid for technical evaluation.
Alessa, Inc.
Anti-Money Laundering SaaS · regulated financial services
SCOPE
Kubernetes multitenant architecture, implicit-deny service meshes, Zero Trust hardening, Pod Admission Policies, IaC/CaC review, multi-cluster containerization
FEDERAL RELEVANCE
The exact technology approaches S5T’s key personnel deployed on TS//SCI networks, applied to a commercial compliance-bound SaaS. Demonstrates direct S5T corporate past performance on the same architecture patterns federal programs require.
Prime MD
Healthcare · HIPAA-regulated
SCOPE
NIST 800-53 and NIST 800-66 cybersecurity controls, HIPAA compliance program, LegitScript certification pathway, risk management, administrative protections
FEDERAL RELEVANCE
Direct S5T corporate past performance on compliance work. Leverages the same experience that built hyper-secure systems for DoD and Intel — the framework lineage is continuous.
DIFFERENTIATORS
Why this SDVOSB and not another.
Built and accredited classified systems from the ground up
Not just familiarity with accreditation — direct experience architecting systems and carrying them through full RMF accreditation on TS//SCI networks. The pedigree is real, not claimed.
Commercial performance expectations brought to federal work
S5T operates a private-sector services business alongside its federal posture. That means a performance culture that most career-GovCon firms never build: shorter cycles, direct accountability, no schedule-slip-as-default.
Migration of legacy systems to containerized architectures without service interruption
Monolithic-to-microservices transitions are S5T’s specialty, with proven execution in live environments for commercial clients. Documented methodology, not theory.
Zero Trust and service mesh expertise ahead of the DoD 2027 mandate
S5T was building to Zero Trust standards before the mandate existed. Istio, Keycloak, and implicit-deny architectures are baseline, not a roadmap item.
CORPORATE DATA
Procurement contact and credential record.
- Legal Name
- Scorpion Five Technologies, LLC
- Small Business Status
- SDVOSB (Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned)
- UEI
- ZX3DHGKX37Q5
- CAGE Code
- 9XKH6
- NAICS Codes
- 541511 (primary), 541512, 513210, 518210
- Contract Vehicles
- Open Market / SAM.gov; teaming partners welcome
- Location
- Louisburg, NC (USA)
PROCUREMENT POINT OF CONTACT
Eddie “Hildy” Hildebrandt
Founder, CEO, & Principal Investigator
hildy@scorpionfivetech.com
(919) 809-6190
Fax: (919) 234-1284