Month: May 2025

Fairfax, VA – Highlight Technologies (“Highlight”) is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place To Work® for the fourth year in a row. The prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Highlight. This year, 95% of employees said it’s a great place To Work – 38 points higher than the average U.S. company.

Great Place To Work® is the global authority on workplace culture, employee experience, and the leadership behaviors proven to deliver market-leading revenue, employee retention and increased innovation.

“Great Place To Work Certification is a highly coveted achievement that requires consistent and intentional dedication to the overall employee experience,” says Sarah Lewis-Kulin, the Vice President of Global Recognition at Great Place To Work. She emphasizes that Certification is the sole official recognition earned by the real-time feedback of employees regarding their company culture. “By successfully earning this recognition, it is evident that Highlight stands out as one of the top companies to work for, providing a great workplace environment for its employees.”

“When 95% of our people say Highlight is a great place to work, it tells me that we’re getting the important things right. I’m incredibly proud of how our teams support each other, celebrate wins together, and genuinely care about making a positive impact on our workplace,” said Highlight  Vice President of People and Culture, Fiona Dykes. “This recognition is a win for everyone, but the true achievement is knowing our employees feel valued, challenged, and excited to be part of the Highlight team.”

According to Great Place To Work research, job seekers are 4.5 times more likely to find a great boss at a Certified great workplace. Additionally, employees at Certified workplaces are 93% more likely to look forward to coming to work, and are twice as likely to be paid fairly, earn a fair share of the company’s profits and have a fair chance at promotion.

 

Highlight’s Previous Great Place to Work List Achievements

Highlight has been recognized as

• #8 on Best Workplaces for Parents 2024
• #1 on Best Workplaces for Women 2024 (Small and Medium) 
• #4 on Best Workplaces for Technology 2024 (Small And Medium)
• #10 on Best Medium Workplaces List 2024
• #51 on PEOPLE®’s Companies that Care List 2024
• #79 on Best Workplaces for Millennials™ 2024 (Small And Medium)
• #35 on PEOPLE®’s Companies that Care List 2023
• #28 on Best Medium Workplaces List 2023
• #15 on Best Workplaces for Technology 2023
• #25 in Best Workplaces for Millennials™ 2023 (Small And Medium)
• #2 in Fortune Best Workplaces for Women™ 2022 (Small And Medium)
• #10 in Fortune Best Workplaces in Technology™ 2022 (Small And Medium)
• #16 in Fortune Best Medium Workplaces™ 2022
• #33 in Best Workplaces for Millennials™ 2022 (Small And Medium)

 

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Looking to grow your career at a company that puts its people first? Visit our careers page at: https://careers.highlighttech.com/

About Highlight

Highlight Technologies (“Highlight”) is an award-winning, 100% employee-owned, ISO® 9001, ISO 20000, ISO 27001, ISO 44001 certified, ISO 56000 certified, CMMI-DEV Level 3, and CMMI-SVC Level 3 appraised federal contractor that provides Application Development, Business & Mission Operations, Data and Analytics, Hybrid Cloud and Automation, Cybersecurity, and IT Services to more than 20 U.S. federal government customers. Our customers include National Security (DHS, Army, Air Force, Intel), Health (USAID, NIH, HHS), and Citizen Services (FCC, GSA, SBA). For more information, please visit www.highlighttech.com.

About Great Place to Work Certification™

Great Place To Work® Certification™ is the most definitive “employer-of-choice” recognition that companies aspire to achieve. It is the only recognition based entirely on what employees report about their workplace experience – specifically, how consistently they experience a high-trust workplace. Great Place to Work Certification is recognized worldwide by employees and employers alike and is the global benchmark for identifying and recognizing outstanding employee experience. Every year, more than 10,000 companies across 60 countries apply to get Great Place To Work-Certified.

About Great Place To Work®

As the global authority on workplace culture, Great Place To Work® brings 30 years of groundbreaking research and data to help every place become a great place to work for all. Their proprietary platform and For All™ Model helps companies evaluate the experience of every employee, with exemplary workplaces becoming Great Place To Work Certified™ or receiving recognition on a coveted Best Workplaces™ List.

Learn more at greatplacetowork.com and follow Great Place To Work on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

 

 

Fairfax, VA – Highlight Technologies (“Highlight”) has secured a role on the multi-award Enterprise Wide Agile Acquisition Contract (EWAAC) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract. This contract aims to support the Department of the Air Force and Air Force Materiel Command across the enterprise. The EWAAC contract has a maximum value of $46 billion and spans a duration of 10 years, including all optional periods.  

The primary objective is to provide innovative capabilities such as Digital Engineering and Management, Agile Processes, Open Architecture, Armament and Weapons Development, and Enterprise Analytics to the warfighter with increased speed and agility.  

“This award underscores our commitment to delivering ingenuity and innovations in Digital Engineering, Agile Processes, and Open Architecture that enhance the capabilities of DAF and AFMC. I am grateful to our talented team whose capabilities and accomplishments made this award possible, marking a significant advancement in our efforts to provide critical solutions for the warfighter with increased speed and agility,” said Ashley Nichols, Highlight’s Vice President of Corporate Strategy & Development.  

 

About Highlight 

Highlight Technologies (“Highlight”) is an award-winning, 100% employee-owned, ISO® 9001, ISO 20000, ISO 27001, ISO 44001 certified, ISO 56000 certified, CMMI-DEV Level 3, and CMMI-SVC Level 3 appraised federal contractor that provides Application Development, Business & Mission Operations, Data and Analytics, Hybrid Cloud and Automation, Cybersecurity, and IT Services to more than 20 U.S. federal government customers. Our customers include National Security (DHS, Army, Air Force, Intel), Health (USAID, NIH, HHS) and Citizen Services (FCC, GSA, SBA). For more information, please visit www.highlighttech.com. 

About Air Force Materiel Command 

Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) is a major command of the United States Air Force, headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. Established on July 1, 1992, AFMC is responsible for conducting research, development, testing, evaluation, acquisition, and logistics support for air power systems. With a workforce of approximately 80,000 military and civilian personnel, AFMC is the Air Force’s largest command in terms of funding and second in terms of personnel. The command plays a crucial role in developing, acquiring, and sustaining the air power needed to defend the United States and its interests, ensuring agile war-winning capabilities through innovative and efficient management of existing and future weapon systems.  

Fairfax, VA – Highlight Technologies (“Highlight”), a leading Application Development provider of Cloud Native Infrastructure and DevSecOps services today announced that it has achieved “Awardable” status through the Platform One (P1) Solutions Marketplace.  

The P1 Solutions Marketplace is a digital repository of post-competition, 5-minute long readily-awardable pitch videos, which address the Government’s greatest requirements in hardware, software and service solutions. 

Stratus is Highlight’s cloud-native DevSecOps services framework designed to meet the operational needs of federal missions. The repeatable and proven blueprint streamlines deployment, automates security, and standardizes pipelines across various environments to reduce vulnerabilities, accelerate delivery, and simplify compliance. 

“We are thrilled to bring our Stratus offer to the Platform One Solutions Marketplace,” said Aarish Gokaldas, CEO of Highlight, “and continue to deploy the same capability we’ve successfully built amidst engagements with DHS, US Army, and US Air Force clients.” 

Highlight’s video, Highlight Stratus: Cloud-Native Infrastructure DevSecOps, accessible only by government customers on the P1 Solutions Marketplace, presents an actual use case demonstrating how Stratus accelerates secure software delivery through a cloud native, automated deployment pipeline. Stratus’s framework optimizes infrastructure management, fortifies cybersecurity with automated compliance checks, and significantly reduces deployment timelines—empowering mission-critical applications to move seamlessly from development to production with enhanced reliability and security. Highlight was recognized among a competitive field of applicants to the P1 Solutions Marketplace, whose solutions demonstrated innovation, scalability, and potential impact on DoD missions. Government customers interested in viewing the video solution can create a P1Solutions Marketplace account at https://p1-marketplace.com/.  

About Highlight Technologies
Highlight Technologies (“Highlight”) is an award-winning, 100% employee-owned, ISO® 9001, ISO 20000, ISO 27001, ISO 44001 certified, ISO 56000 certified, CMMI-DEV Level 3, and CMMI-SVC Level 3 appraised federal contractor that provides Application Development, Business & Mission Operations, Data and Analytics, Hybrid Cloud and Automation, Cybersecurity, and IT Services to more than 20 U.S. federal government customers. Our customers include National Security (DHS, Army, Air Force, Intel), Health (USAID, NIH, HHS), and Citizen Services (FCC, GSA, SBA). For more information, please visit www.highlighttech.com.

For more information or media requests, contact: marketing@highlighttech.com   

About the P1 Solutions Marketplace 

The P1 Solutions Marketplace is a digital repository of post-competition, readily awardable pitch videos that address the Department of Defense’s (DoD) most significant challenges in hardware, software, and service solutions. All awardable solutions have been assessed through complex scoring rubrics and competitive procedures and are available to Government customers with a Marketplace account. Government customers can create an account at https://p1-marketplace.com/.

For more information or media requests, contact: support@p1-marketplace.com.