Operational Infrastructure Manager

Metrea•Annapolis Junction, WA

12d•Onsite

About The Position

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.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting U.S. Government, DoD, military, intelligence, SOF, ISR, EW, cyber, emergency management, expeditionary logistics, or other national security environments
Experience supporting overseas, remote, austere, or otherwise infrastructure-constrained locations
Ability to work across time zones and respond to time-sensitive operational support requirements when necessary
Ability to operate in ambiguous, fast-moving environments where priorities, access, timelines, and support requirements may change with limited notice
Familiarity with federal contracting environments, government property accountability, con-trolled access programs, or compliance-driven procurement processes
Active TS/SCI clearance preferred.

Responsibilities

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