Defense Unicorns

Mission Manager

Defense Unicorns

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $142,375 - $192,625 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesTerraform

About the role

  • Collaborates with Domain Tech Lead to establish technical roadmap for Mission Outcomes with Mission Heroes (customers)
  • Aligns Defense Unicorns’ Product Roadmaps to technical roadmap and provides feedback on Mission Need dates for features to drive adoption
  • Share and facilitate feedback from Delivery segment with Product segment regarding Defense Unicorns’ OSS projects and productized services
  • Work with Tech Leads to establish an aligned Delivery roadmap, using Product roadmaps
  • Follow company best practices in strategies for building Delivery solutions and balance priorities from users, customers, stakeholders, and the team to deliver mission value in a scalable way
  • Foster an environment for Unicorn growth, mentorship, and coaching within the team
  • Foster an environment for Defense Unicorns values and principles to thrive
  • Travel to customer or team locations 4-12 times per year

Requirements

  • Active Secret Clearance required
  • Experience with modernizing and transforming complex legacy systems
  • Proficient in translating pain points to root cause problems and working with engineers to build a roadmap for value delivery
  • Experience with modern software development processes and practices, including DevSecOps, Continuous Delivery, and User-Centered Design
  • Expertise in Value Stream Architecture and varying Agile frameworks; able to apply and adapt principles and ceremonies
  • Experience managing cross functional engineering teams
  • Skilled in expectation management across different personas
  • Experience and passion for software delivery for Mission Success within the tech industry or Department of Defense
  • Familiarity with federal government contracts, procurement vehicles, and budget process
  • Technical depth to understand architectural decisions and translate for stakeholders and teams
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes, Cloud Environments (AWS/GCP and Azure), Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/Pulumi), Continuous Delivery and automation tooling, GitOps, Containers, Helm/Kustomize
Benefits
  • Medical/Dental/Vision
  • Premiums are 100% Company Paid
  • Health Reimbursement Account
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • 401k Retirement Plan
  • Company Stock Options
  • Home Office Budget
  • Unlimited paid time off with mandatory 10 days off plus 11 federal holidays, Thanksgiving week, and last two weeks of December (including New Year’s Day)
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Reimbursement for approved trainings/subscriptions
  • Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees)

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
DevSecOpsContinuous DeliveryUser-Centered DesignValue Stream ArchitectureAgile frameworksInfrastructure-as-codeKubernetesAWSGCPAzure
Soft skills
collaborationmentorshipcoachingexpectation managementfeedback facilitationprioritizationcommunicationproblem-solvingadaptabilityleadership
Certifications
Active Secret Clearance