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Defense Unicorns

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51 - 200 employees

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🎖️ Defense

💰 Seed Round on 2022-10

Consulting • Logistics • Defense

Defense Unicorns is a cutting-edge technology company focused on transforming the way the U. S. Department of Defense (DoD) procures and deploys mission-critical software capabilities. Through its Airgap App Store and Unicorn Delivery Service (UDS), Defense Unicorns offers a centralized marketplace of trusted, pre-approved applications designed for rapid, secure, and compliant deployments in the most secure and complex DoD environments. The company emphasizes speed and reliability in software delivery, catering to various missions across domains such as Army, Navy, Air Force, and Space Force. Defense Unicorns meets the unique challenges of DevSecOps for defense systems, ensuring operational adaptability and security in mission-critical software deployments.

📋 Description

• Set and own the overall technical direction for each hackathon • Evaluate and integrate partner technologies and third-party tools across diverse technology stacks • Define technical guardrails, reference architectures, and integration patterns • Identify technical risks and develop mitigation strategies with the Mission Manager • Serve as a technical voice for government stakeholders, industry partners, and hackathon participants • Translate complex technical capabilities into compelling mission-impact narratives • Build enthusiasm and credibility with senior decision-makers and participant teams • Support relationships across the DoW innovation ecosystem • Partner with the team, partners, and Mission Heroes throughout planning, execution, and post-event follow-up • Design and deliver technical programming, workshops, and participant enablement content • Capture technical outcomes and produce reusable post-event documentation • Travel multiple times per year for event execution and stakeholder engagement, primarily within the continental United States and occasionally OCONUS

🎯 Requirements

• Strong hands-on technical background designing and building software systems in complex, multi-technology environments • Hands-on experience with UDS or similar platform abstraction and deployment frameworks • Experience engaging directly with government or defense stakeholders in a technical capacity • Ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences • Comfort with presales or customer-facing roles combining technical credibility and value communication • Understanding of software delivery and platform engineering practices for air-gapped environments • Knowledge of offline package management, artifact distribution, and secure update mechanisms • Preferred: Familiarity with the DoW innovation ecosystem, including programs, procurement, and mission priorities • Preferred: Experience supporting or participating in hackathons, integration events, or innovation sprints in a technical leadership capacity • Preferred: Ability to operate in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and build structure • Preferred: Track record of delivering technical solutions that outlast an event or sprint

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision • Premiums are 100% Company Paid • Health Savings Account • Life Insurance • Disability Insurance • 401k Retirement Plan • Company Stock Options • Home Office Budget • Flexible Time Off (FTO) • Federal Holidays • One week for Thanksgiving • Two weeks for Christmas and New Year’s • Paid Parental Leave • Reimbursement for approved trainings/subscriptions • Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees)