Sustainment Lead

Compensation

• The salary range for this position is $140,000 – $175,000 annually, with a target midpoint of $157,000. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, certifications, and geographic location. Avum offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical (Cigna), dental and vision (Principal), 401(k), PTO, education reimbursement, and certification reimbursement.

Work Environment & Requirements

• Hybrid/remote work environment with potential on-site requirements based on contract needs
• U.S. citizenship required
• Security clearance: Active Secret clearance required or ability to obtain

Equal Employment Opportunity

Required Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and/or maintain a U.S. government security clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Logistics, Operations Management, or a related technical discipline.
• At least 3 years of experience in technical leadership, sustainment, production operations, or engineering management.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms, distributed systems, APIs, databases, and modern software development practices.
• Experience managing production incidents and leading root cause analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize competing operational and engineering needs.
• Experience with observability, monitoring, logging, alerting, and performance management.
• Strong understanding of continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD), version control, automated testing, and release management.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technical issues to operational, management, and business audiences.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, product, security, and business teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Logistics, Operations Management, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience using Jira for issue tracking or work management.
• Experience supporting applications built on the Appian platform.
• Knowledge of security, compliance, and vulnerability management practices.
• Experience leading teams through major platform migrations or modernization initiatives.