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We design, engineer, and deliver products and deployable technologies built for environments where traditional infrastructure falls short.\nPosition Overview:\nSealing Technologies, a Parsons Company, is looking to hire an Operations Lead to drive the technical operational delivery of a strategic DoD program. This role combines technical leadership and team management with hands-on engineering work, particularly with hardware. You will lead and personally perform engineering work across the program's technical lifecycle, lead a technical team, drive defensive cyber operations research, and serve as the senior technical interface for customer engagements and program reviews.\nDuties and Responsibilities:\nLead and personally perform engineering tasks across the program technical lifecycle, including hands-on systems architecture, integration, and complex technical problem-solving.\nPerform hands-on hardware work as required, including cabling, physical setup, and configuration of servers, switches, and networking equipment in data center, lab, and staging environments.\nConduct research and evaluate technical analysis with specific emphasis on defensive cyberspace operations Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) and threats targeting US and DoD information networks.\nLead a distributed technical team across multiple locations with a primary concentration in Columbia, MD; plan and allocate resources, estimate staffing needs, and coordinate cross-functional technical activities.\nIdentify high-level functional and technical requirements through direct engagement with customers and knowledge of the DoD enterprise architecture.\nServe as the senior technical interface to customers; deliver technical demonstrations, lead technical reviews, and represent the program in customer engagements and acquisition milestones.\nLead escalation response for complex technical issues affecting kit delivery, customer operations, or program sustainment.\nCoordinate technical activities across system administration, configuration management, security, supply chain, and service delivery functions; establish and maintain operational processes, standards, and runbooks across the program technical team.\nPartner with the Program Technical Director on program technical strategy, risk management, and operational planning; drive technical decision-making across the program delivery team.\nMentor senior engineers across the program team; contribute to technical career development and program-wide engineering standards.\nSupport business development, proposal, and capture activities with senior technical input.\nMinimum Qualifications:\nU.S. Citizenship.\nAbility to obtain a security clearance.\nBachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field; equivalent experience may be considered.\n8+ years of hands-on experience in systems engineering, with demonstrated depth across systems architecture (Windows, Linux, ESXi), network security architecture, software development, networking, and virtualization.\n5 years of experience with current defensive cyberspace TTPs and defensive cyber operations within Service Cyber Command elements, DoD, or federal cyber organizations.\nDemonstrated expertise in systems architecture design, network protocols, infrastructure hardening, and defense-in-depth practices.\nWorking knowledge of defensive cyber tools including Splunk, Elastic, Zeek, Palo Alto, VMware, and similar platforms.\nExperience with virtualization technologies and management platforms (vCenter, Kubernetes, container deployment).\nExperience with automation tools (Ansible, Python, scripting) for systems and security operations.\nDemonstrated experience managing technical teams.\nDemonstrated experience managing technical solutions for federal government (preferably DoD) valued at $25M or greater.\nExperience with Agile project management tools (Jira, Confluence) and security frameworks for compliance and auditing.\nStrong technical decision-making, customer-facing communication, and demonstrated ability to lead through influence in a matrixed technical organization.\nWillingness and ability to learn cabling and physical setup for servers, switches, and other networking equipment.\nComfortable working with hardware in a data center or server room environment, including running, organizing, and labeling cables.\nMust be able to lift, carry, and move packages weighing up to 50 lbs repeatedly throughout the workday to support delivery order fulfillment, with or without reasonable accommodation.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience supporting DoD Defensive Cyberspace Operations (DCO) programs within Service Cyber Command elements.\nExperience with deployable or tactical edge computing platforms.\nExperience leading sustainment or service delivery for fielded DoD systems.\nExperience producing and delivering technical demonstrations to DoD customers.\nExperience with configuration management, quality management, and supply chain coordination in a program context.\nExperience supporting business development, capture, and proposal efforts.\nMaster's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.\nSealing Technologies is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status. Working is no longer solely about the job. Here at Sealing Tech, we understand your happiness and health is vital to our success. We are innovative in our approach to cultivating balanced work environments and offer a plethora of added perks. Sealing Tech offers competitive compensation packages, health, dental, and vision insurance, retirement contributions, continuing education budgets, tuition reimbursement, flexible schedules, and generous vacation policies. Other perks include complimentary snacks, drinks & monthly catered lunches, and company retreats and gatherings. Plus, flexible work arrangements, pet friendly offices and quarterly merit bonuses for qualified employees. We are looking for a new member to join our team, take on challenges, be innovative and willing to grow with us. 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