Technical Operations SME

Company Overview

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas—including airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special mission aviation, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation.  

Wherever we operate, we build vertically integrated full stacks of capability—designing, building, and operating turnkey solutions that let customers scale capacity while benefiting from continuous cycles of innovation. With operators and engineers under one roof, we close the gap between lab and field—what we call connecting design with effect. 

Metrea’s solutions are built for elegance: effective, efficient, and evolving. This approach enables our partners to do more with less and achieve outsized, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.  

Headquartered in Washington, DC, Metrea has facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and beyond.  

Electromagnetic and Cyber Group (EM&C) is responsible for developing flexible and survivable advanced electronic warfare and secure communications equipment while providing the industry’s leading signals intelligence, electronic warfare, and cyber experts.  Metrea specializes in signal classification, direction finding, advanced geolocation techniques, and waveform development including waveforms for MANET and LPI/LPD applications. Metrea also develops special purpose radios for government customers and licenses DF and geolocation solutions to multiple OEMs.  

Position Summary  

This role is responsible for providing technical operations expertise, mission support, research and development, and solution design in support real world ISR mission efforts.

What You’ll Do

• Serve as a subject matter expert dedicated to identifying, developing, and delivering technical solutions in support of real world ISR mission efforts. 
• Serve as a command and control liaison between the customer and mission platforms. 
• Conduct research and development on emerging technologies, equipment, and TTPs in support of MSO’s operational solutions. 
• Maintain and continuously improve personal technical proficiency in applicable technologies, TTPs, and equipment. 
• Interface and coordinate with other Metrea entities, customers, external vendors, and attend applicable technical trade shows, workshops, and other events on behalf of Metrea. 
• Strengthen technical proficiency and customer relationships by serving as an instructor for the department on an episodic basis.   

What You’ll bring

• 20 years’ experience in a similar role, including at least five overseas deployments with Special Operations Forces or the IC in a technical operations role (SI/EW operator, tactical Cyber operator, or equivalent). 
• Must possess above average initiative and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision or guidance. 
• Must possess strong technical proficiency in Signals Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Cyberspace theory, operations, TTPs, equipment, and associated technologies, to include, but not limited to:  LINUX, computer networking, antenna construction/employment, and HF/VHF/UHF, DMR, GSM, CDMA, UMTS, LTE, 802.11, and Bluetooth protocols.  
• Must possess experience and a working proficiency in Human Intelligence/Counterintelligence TTPs. 
• Must possess the ability to maintain and quickly gain proficiency on emerging technologies and TTPs. 
• Must possess strong communications skills and a solid command of the English language, both oral and written, and be comfortable with public speaking and briefing customers. 
• 20 years’ experience including at least five deployments with Special Operations Forces or the IC in a technical role (SI/EW operator, tactical Cyber operator, or equivalent). 

Additional Eligibility Qualifications  

Certifications: 

• FCC Amateur Radio Extra License, LINUX Academy fundamentals,