Operational Infrastructure Manager

Company Overview

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR electronic warfare secure communications aerial refuelling special air missions aerial firefighting and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack: designing building and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.

Our operating model is built around three interlocking pillars. The Support Groups provide a global shared-service spanning people finance platform operations legal and engagement. This frees up our Core Groups who develop and own mission capabilities end-to-end to focus entirely on delivery. The Market Groups apply a regional lens ensuring that our agile and adaptable capabilities remain aligned to the wicked problems that matter most to our partners across the Americas EMEA and Asia-Pacific.

At the heart of our model is a simple but powerful idea: be a true partner with skin in the game. Our partners need effects not just equipment. By owning the full stack from the lab to the field we are able to drive a continuous cycle of innovation that keeps our partners ahead. Its a fast-moving intellectually demanding environment where talented people are given real responsibility work on problems that matter and contribute to an enterprise that is growing quickly and deliberately.

Headquartered in Washington DC with facilities across the United States the United Kingdom as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific.

GroupOverview

Electromagnetic and Cyber Group (EM&C)is responsible fordeveloping flexible and survivable advanced electronic warfare and secure communications equipment while providing the industrys leading signals intelligence electronic warfare and cyber in signal classification direction finding advanced geolocation techniques and waveform development including waveforms for MANET and LPI/LPD develops special purpose radios for government customers andlicensesDF and geolocation solutions to multiple OEMs.

Position Summary

The Operational Infrastructure Manager leads the planning coordination and sustainment of infrastructure required to support sensitive distributed and operationally demanding programs. This includes the facilities equipment supply chains vendors transportation pathways access requirements communications support security considerations and sustainment processes necessary to keep mission teams ready and effective.

What Youll Do

• Lead the planning coordination and sustainment of the operational infrastructure system required to support current programs and future lines of effort
• Translate emerging mission requirements into executable logistics and infrastructure support plans including facilities equipment vendors transportation access communications support and sustainment needs
• Manage a portfolio of vendors partners service providers and supporting companies to ensure external support remains reliable accountable cost-effective and aligned to operational requirements
• Coordinate infrastructure support across teammates programs security finance vendors partners and capability areas to ensure support remains aligned to mission priorities compliance requirements cost controls and real-world constraints
• Maintain readiness of facilities equipment supply chains and support pathways so teams can deploy operate and sustain capability with minimal disruption
• Identify gaps weak links and single points of failure across facilities vendors supply chains equipment access and support processes; develop practical strategies to improve reliability scalability resilience and operational continuity
• Establish and maintain vendor relationships supply chains facilities options and service-provider pathways required to support distributed operations and additional lines of effort
• Manage infrastructure and logistics risk including access limitations vendor dependencies supply chain exposure compliance requirements environmental factors geopolitical constraints facility issues travel limitations and changing mission requirements
• Establish practical systems for tracking requirements assets vendors costs timelines operational dependencies readiness status and lessons learned

What You Bring

• 20 years of combined experience in aerospace defense intelligence logistics infrastructure operational support or other mission-focused environments
• Significant experience leading logistics infrastructure facilities vendor or operational support functions in complex distributed or sensitive environments
• Proven ability to translate operational requirements into practical support plans involving facilities equipment vendors transportation access supply chains and sustainment
• Experience managing budgets forecasts spend plans vendor costs or resource allocation in support of operational priorities
• Demonstrated ability to identify process gaps weak links and operational dependencies then build practical systems that improve accountability reliability and scalability
• Experience managing external relationships across vendors partners service providers subcontractors or supporting organizations
• Experience coordinating across diverse stakeholders including operators program managers security finance vendors executive leadership and external partners
• Familiarity with facility moves expansions closures buildouts continuity planning or infrastructure projects that require disciplined coordination and risk management
• Strong understanding of vendor management procurement inventory control accountable property transportation warehousing distribution or supply chain operations
• Ability to manage competing priorities under ambiguity while maintaining sound judgment discretion documentation and follow-through
• Comfort operating in environments where security compliance financial controls and operational effectiveness must be balanced without slowing mission execution
• Strong communication skills with the ability to brief leadership clarify requirements document decisions work independently and develop practical solutions for unique operational requirements
• Must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance

AdditionalEligibilityQualifications

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical plan options
• HSA/FSA accounts
• Dental and vision coverage
• 6% employer 401(k) match
• Fully paid parental leave for all new parents
• Generous PTO
• Life and disability insurance
• Long-term and Short-term disability coverage
• AD&D Coverage
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Subsided gym membership / plans throughWellhub

Work Authorization / Security Clearance

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
This position requires eligibility to obtain a TS/SCI clearance. U.S. citizenship is required. Candidates will be subject to a background investigation in accordance with federal requirements.

AAP/EEO Statement

Metrea Spectrum Operations LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

PositionTypeandExpectedHoursofWork

This is a full-time exempt position with typical working hours of Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Hours and work shifts may change in accordance with department and business needs. Exempt Employees must have the ability to be on-call and available as business needs require.

WorkEnvironment

This job operates in an office setting.

Travel

Frequent travel to our US facilities (FL DC MD NY and CA) and overseas locations as required not to exceed 20% of the time.