Defense Unicorns - Senior Mission Manager

Hybrid - USA *+ Equity1mo ago

In Office Senior NA Cloud Computing Architecture Senior Community Manager Advisor Kubernetes AWS Azure AKS Helm Terraform Sprint Planning Mentoring

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments (Azure AKS, AWS EKS, or on-prem distributions such as RKE2, K3s, or OpenShift) • Experience with Helm for packaging and deploying containerized applications • Working knowledge of GitOps workflows and Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform, OpenTofu) • Familiarity with hybrid cloud architectures, including networking, RBAC, and storage for cloud and on-prem clusters • Understanding of DevSecOps/DevOps principles and CI/CD pipelines (GitLab or GitHub) • Experience working with or supporting the U.S. Army, Army Software Factory, or similar DoD software organizations • Strong communication skills and effectiveness in a fully remote team environment • Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal supervision • Willingness to travel as needed for on-site training and support • Experience with system image creation, architecture design, and deployment pipelines • Experience with Zarf, UDS, or similar air-gapped deployment tooling • Comfortable serving as a primary customer-facing technical resource, including production support and platform guidance • DoD IAT Level II certification (such as Security+) • The listed responsibilities are not exhaustive and additional responsibilities may be assigned based on the evolving needs of the organization. We are seeking a dynamic individual who is able to adapt and take on new responsibilities as they arise.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain deep expertise in Defense Unicorns products and capabilities, including UDS, Fleet, Zarf, and supporting platform technologies • Translate customer requirements, mission needs, and operational challenges into actionable work items and delivery plans • Own mission outcomes and delivery execution with minimal oversight • Manage backlog management, sprint planning, prioritization, and delivery tracking activities • Work directly with Army stakeholders to understand mission objectives, gather requirements, and communicate progress • Effectively communicate technical concepts and solution capabilities to both technical and non-technical audiences • Drive identification of customer challenges, future capability needs, and opportunities for expanded support • Monitor delivery risks, dependencies, and issues while coordinating mitigation plans • Partner with technical leads, architects, and engineers to ensure solutions align with customer needs and engineering best practices • Contribute technical input to proposals, technical responses, white papers, and ROM development efforts • Support onboarding and mentoring of team members • Participate in hiring activities, candidate interviews, and team-building efforts • Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers throughout the delivery lifecycle

Benefits

• Health: • Medical/Dental/Vision • Premiums are 100% Company Paid • Health Savings Account • Disability Insurance • Financial: • 401k Retirement Plan • Company Stock Options • Leave: • We offer all full-time Unicorns Flexible Time Off (FTO) plus all Federal Holidays, one week for Thanksgiving, and two weeks for Christmas and New Year’s • Paid Parental Leave • Learning: • Reimbursement for approved trainings/subscriptions • Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees) • Don’t have all the preferred experience or qualifications? Studies show that underrepresented groups like women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs if they don't meet every requirement listed.