<p><strong>EMPLOYER IS A CONTRACTOR FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. THIS POSITION WILL REQUIRE U.S. CITIZENSHIP.<br><br>Please note that eligible Department of Defense Service members must be within 180 days of separating from Service. <br><br>Based on the evolving needs of our fast paced startup, we recruit for SkillBridge on a rolling basis.</strong></p><h3><strong><strong>Role Description: </strong></strong></h3><p><strong>We are seeking Mission Manager SkillBridge interns to join our team in a remote capacity. As a Mission Manager Skillbridge Intern at <a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/defense-unicorns">Defense Unicorns</a>, 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.</strong></p><p data-start="860" data-end="1048"><strong>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.</strong></p><p><strong>You will join a team of talented and dedicated Unicorns who are focused on advancing freedom and independence globally. </strong></p><h3><strong>Responsibilities: </strong></h3><p><strong>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.</strong></p><h3><strong>In this position, you will be: </strong></h3><ul><li><strong>Serves as Mission Manager for assigned Delivery Effort </strong></li><li><strong>Collaborates with Tech Lead(s) to establish technical roadmap for Mission Outcomes with Mission Heroes </strong></li><li><strong>Aligns <a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/defense-unicorns">Defense Unicorns</a>’ Product Roadmaps to technical roadmap for your Hero and provides feedback to Product segment on Mission Need dates for features to drive adoption </strong></li><li><strong>Share and facilitate feedback from Delivery segment with Product segment regarding <a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/defense-unicorns">Defense Unicorns</a>’ OSS projects and productized services </strong></li><li><strong>Work with Tech Leads to collaborate on an aligned Delivery roadmap, using Product roadmaps </strong></li><li><strong>Follow company best practices and engineering standards for building Delivery solutions </strong></li><li><strong>Balance priorities fr