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Senior Mission Manager

2 months, 4 weeks ago
United States
Full-time
Senior
Program Manager
DevOps and Infrastructure
CI/CD DevSecOps GitHub GitLab GitOps Helm Kubernetes OpenShift Pulumi Terraform
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DefenseUnicorns

DefenseUnicorns

DefenseUnicorns specializes in providing continuous software delivery solutions tailored for national security missions, focusing on simplifying and securing the development and deployment of software and AI technologies for government operations.

Internet Software & Services
51-250
Founded 2021
$1M raised
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Description

  • Develop and maintain deep expertise in Defense Unicorns products and platform technologies, including UDS, Fleet, and Zarf.
  • 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 refinement, sprint planning, prioritization, and delivery tracking activities.
  • Work directly with Army stakeholders to gather requirements, communicate progress, and align on mission objectives.
  • Communicate technical concepts and solution capabilities to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Identify 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 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 throughout the delivery lifecycle.

Requirements

  • U.S. citizenship and active Secret clearance are required.
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments, including 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 such as Terraform or 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, including 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 is preferred.
  • Experience with Zarf, UDS, or similar air-gapped deployment tooling is preferred.
  • Comfort serving as a primary customer-facing technical resource, including production support and platform guidance is preferred.
  • DoD IAT Level II certification, such as Security+, is preferred.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance with 100% company-paid premiums.
  • Health Savings Account, life insurance, and disability insurance.
  • 401(k) retirement plan.
  • Company stock options.
  • Home office budget.
  • Flexible Time Off plus all Federal Holidays, one week for Thanksgiving, and two weeks for Christmas and New Year’s.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Reimbursement for approved trainings and subscriptions, plus conference travel, lodging, and fees.

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