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SkillBridge Intern - Mission Manager

$15.25 - $20.50/hr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

As a Mission Manager Skillbridge Intern at Defense Unicorns, you'll get hands-on experience working alongside experienced Tech Leads, Mission Managers, and Growth professionals, contributing to ...

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Recreation Assistant NF-02

Tracy, CA · On-site

$20.28/hr

This position is located at Defense Logistics Agency San Joaquin in Tracy, CA . location with the Morale, Welfare and Recreation/Post Base Gym. Incentives and Bonuses * Incentives will not be paid.

Defense Unicorns

Solutions Architect - Pre-Sales (FedD154)

$148K - $201K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

As a Solutions Architect at Defense Unicorns, you'll serve as the primary technical point of contact during customer engagements, working closely with business development, engineering, and product ...

Defense Unicorns

Account Executive - Cyber Operations (FedS054)

$145K - $185K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

*Please note that this is an evergreen posting for current and future Cyber Operations Account Executive opportunities at Defense Unicorns. We will reach out to highly qualified candidates as openings ...

Tria Federal

Intel Ops Planner

Washington, DC

Perform as a Strategic Intelligence Integrations Officer (Mid-Level Staff Officer) to support the Joint Programs Branch at Defense Intelligence Agency's Deputy Director for Global Integration (DDGI)

Defense Unicorns

Senior Technical Recruiter

OR · On-site +1

Representing Defense Unicorns at university career fairs, recruiting events, networking opportunities, and other early-career talent initiatives, with travel as needed to support these efforts.

Defense Unicorns

Senior Software Engineer - Zarf Team (RD120)

$148K - $201K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

At Defense Unicorns, we're committed to diversity. If you're enthusiastic about the role but don't match every criteria, we encourage you to apply. You could be the perfect fit for this or another ...

Defense Unicorns

Senior Technical Recruiter

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

Representing Defense Unicorns at university career fairs, recruiting events, networking opportunities, and other early-career talent initiatives, with travel as needed to support these efforts.

U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)

$19.76/hr

This position is located at Defense Logistics Agency's New Cumberland, PA location with the Child and Youth Services Division. Child and Youth Services (CYS) Employee Childcare Fee : (all CYS ...

Tria Federal

Strategic Integrator

Washington, DC

Perform as a Strategic Intelligence Integrations Officer (Mid-Level Staff Officer) to support the Joint Programs Branch at Defense Intelligence Agency's Deputy Director for Global Integration (DDGI)

Jobot

Defense Attorney

Irvine, CA · Remote

$140K - $200K/yr

Personal Injury Defense Attorney This Jobot Job is hosted by: Sharon Brown Are you a fit? Easy ... are available at jobot.com/legal. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI ...

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SkillBridge Intern - Mission Manager

Defense Unicorns

Remote

$15.25 - $20.50/hr

Internship

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement

Re-posted 9 days ago

Job description

EMPLOYER IS A CONTRACTOR FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. THIS POSITION WILL REQUIRE U.S. CITIZENSHIP.
Please note that eligible Department of Defense Service members must be within 180 days of separating from Service.
Based on the evolving needs of our fast paced startup, we recruit for SkillBridge on a rolling basis.
Role Description:
We are seeking Mission Manager SkillBridge interns to join our team in a remote capacity. As a Mission Manager Skillbridge Intern at Defense Unicorns, you'll get hands-on experience working alongside experienced Tech Leads, Mission Managers, and Growth professionals, contributing to impactful defense tech solutions while exploring where your future path might lead.
This role is ideal for someone who's curious, adaptable, and ready to learn the ins and outs of driving customer success, managing mission outcomes, and building relationships that matter.
You will join a team of talented and dedicated Unicorns who are focused on advancing freedom and independence globally.
Responsibilities:
In this role, your primary responsibility will be to manage the transformation and deployment of cybersecurity applications into a Kubernetes-based environment hosted on everything from cloud to bare-metal platforms. While you won't be directly writing code or configuring systems, you'll play a critical coordination role between the Application Development and Platform teams. You will ensure timelines are met, blockers are removed, and best practices are communicated and upheld. Acting as a liaison, you'll help translate technical progress into clear updates and foster collaboration across teams to support smooth delivery and operational success.
In this position, you will be:
  • Serves as Mission Manager for assigned Delivery Effort
  • Collaborates with Tech Lead(s) to establish technical roadmap for Mission Outcomes with Mission Heroes
  • Aligns Defense Unicorns' Product Roadmaps to technical roadmap for your Hero and provides feedback to Product segment 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 collaborate on an aligned Delivery roadmap, using Product roadmaps
  • Follow company best practices and engineering standards for building Delivery solutions
  • Balance priorities from users, customers, stakeholders, and the team to deliver mission value in a scalable way
  • Fosters an environment for Unicorn growth, mentorship, and coaching within the team
  • Fosters an environment for Defense Unicorns values and principles to thrive

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.
Preferred Experience and Qualifications:
  • Must be eligible for DoD (Department of Defense) Skillbridge program
  • Hold or eligible to obtain a security clearance.
  • Demonstrated ability to contribute to the product vision, strategically aligning technical solutions with long-term objectives.
  • Proven track record of evaluating and selecting optimal methods for solving complex business problems.
  • Experienced at assessing and making decisions on new products, understanding their potential impact on mission objectives.
  • Proficient in identifying and articulating gaps in existing processes, shaping the product backlog strategically.
  • Expertise in solving highly technical problems that span multiple knowledge domains.
  • A critical thinker capable of weighing various methods for solving business problems with a focus on product excellence.

Who We Are
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. Our team is composed of innovators, software engineers, and veterans with decades of experience delivering technology programs across the federal market.
What We Do
We create and deliver secure solutions for continuous software integration and delivery. Defense Unicorns consolidates the best practices for security pipelines, testing, and deployment automation in order to meet the high security requirements valued by mission owners. Our solutions are agnostic by design and we believe that growing a robust ecosystem of secure, cloud-native software solutions can help enterprise customers inside and outside the federal market buy and integrate software more easily.
Who We Serve
Defense Unicorns' customers are mission-focused leaders across public and private enterprises. We proudly support defense and civil agencies across the U.S. government and we work closely with the creators of leading-edge software solutions to deliver value to the mission-owner by improving the security and consumability of commercial software products.
What We Work On
  • 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
  • Building Kubernetes and cloud native applications
Benefits Our Unicorns Enjoy
Health:
  • Medical/Dental/Vision
  • Premiums are 100% Company Paid
  • Health Savings Account
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
Financial:
  • 401k Retirement Plan
  • Company Stock Options
  • Home Office Budget
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.
At Defense Unicorns, we're committed to diversity. If you're enthusiastic about the role but don't match every criteria, we encourage you to apply. You could be the perfect fit for this or another role! Defense Unicorns is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
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