Defense Unicorns

Defense Unicorns

Mission Manager

United States - Remote · Contract

No sponsorship$179k-$242kDetected 40 days ago
AWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsKubernetesTerraformHelmCI/CDSite Reliability EngineeringPlatform EngineeringComplianceAgileStakeholder ManagementForecastingProcurementRecruitingZero TrustLeadershipCommunicationMentoring

About the role

  • As the Mission Manager for a DoW platform modernization program, you will lead a Defense Unicorns delivery team supporting our Mission Hero through a DoW prime contractor partner.
  • You will serve as the primary point of contact with the prime's program management, own delivery execution and financial performance on a multi-year contract, and partner with Defense Unicorns Tech Leads across the company to ensure the team delivers mission value across platform engineering, DevSecOps, cloud, and SRE disciplines.
  • First-Year Outcomes

Responsibilities

  • Partner with the prime to align Defense Unicorns' scope, deliverables, and team performance with program priorities
  • Own delivery execution across the team, ensuring commitments are met on time and to quality
  • Partner with Defense Unicorns Tech Leads to align program work with broader technical direction
  • Lead a cross-functional team spanning platform engineering, DevSecOps, cloud, SRE, configuration management, and Zero Trust
  • Balance priorities from the Mission Hero, prime, leadership, and team to deliver mission value
  • Own burn rate management and monthly forecasting against the contract ceiling
  • Lead staffing plans, backfills, and ramp planning across option years in coordination with the contracts team
  • Partner with the contracts team on modifications, option year exercises, and contract compliance
  • A foundational operational environment established to support ongoing mission delivery

Requirements

  • Experience leading large (20+) cross-functional engineering or delivery teams
  • Experience delivering software or platform programs in a DoW or federal environment
  • Experience managing prime-sub or multi-party contractor relationships

Nice to have

  • Experience transitioning programs from an incumbent contractor
  • Familiarity with DoW impact levels (IL2 and above) and authorization processes
  • Background in DevSecOps, platform engineering, or cloud infrastructure delivery
  • Familiarity with federal contracts, procurement vehicles, and the budget process
  • Experience with modern software development practices including DevSecOps, Continuous Delivery, and Agile frameworks
  • Technical depth sufficient to understand architectural decisions and translate them for stakeholders, users, and the team
  • The listed responsibilities are not exhaustive and additional responsibilities may be assigned based on the evolving needs of the organization.
  • Full compensation packages are based on candidate experience.

Compensation

  • Travel is expected 4-12 times per year, primarily to the National Capital Region.

Benefits

  • Medical/Dental/Vision
  • Health Savings Account
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • 401k Retirement Plan
  • Company Stock Options
  • Home Office Budget
  • 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

Company info

  • Kubernetes
  • Cloud Environments (AWS/GCP and Azure)
  • Infrastructure-as-code (like Terraform/Pulumi)
  • Continuous Delivery and automation tooling
  • GitOps
  • Containers
  • CNCF projects and open source products and packages
  • Helm/Kustomize-Value Stream Mapping
  • Building and improving security delivery
  • Defense Unicorns delivers mission value by streamlining software delivery so our customers can focus on the most important challenges.
  • We share a vision of freedom and security for the advancement of progress and innovation.
  • Our commitment to this vision, and to our mission-driven customers, means a commitment to speed, user experience and optionality, without compromising security.
  • We create and deliver secure solutions for continuous software integration and delivery.
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