Engineering Operations Lead Company Overview: KODA is a people-first company and a three-time Fortune Best Workplace, Great Place to Work certified, a Best Place for Working Parents, and a seven-time Huntsville Best Places to Work winner. We're a small business making a big impact on national-priority missions in missile defense, hypersonics, DoD space, and civil space. At KODA, you'll find: - Competitive pay and great benefits - Career growth and professional development - A culture of trust, integrity, and teamwork The name KODA, meaning "allies," reflects our commitment to our people, our customers, and our community. Join us and build a career that matters! Position Overview: Position Description: KODA Technologies Inc. is seeking an experienced Engineering Operations Lead to support the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Targets and Countermeasures Program Directorate (DTT) within the Chief Engineer / Targets Systems Engineering Division (DTTE). In this role, you will serve as the central operational integrator and technical synchronization point for Targets Systems Engineering. You will manage high-tempo executive engineering rhythms, direct tasker operations through government systems (ETMS2), coordinate major lifecycle and governance baseline documentation, and orchestrate cross-directorate communications across Targets stakeholders, prime contractors, and partner organizations. Key Responsibilities: Executive Engineering Battle Rhythm and Operational Briefings - Targets Systems Engineering (DTTE) Weekly Staff: Manage end-to-end rhythm for weekly division staff meetings. Coordinate chart inputs, consolidate technical presentations on the portal, manage facility logistics, and deliver pre-brief packages to key leadership. - Agency-Level Integration (MDA/DE SE Weekly Staff): Coordinate, synthesize, and submit executive updates on requirements baselines, schedule changes, and technical accomplishments to the MDA Directorate for Engineering (DE). - Directorate Staff Calls (DTT Bi-Weekly): Aggregate and format Directorate-wide programmatic and technical status briefings for the Program Director and Front Office leadership. - Engineering Technical Reviews (ETR): Track, de-conflict, and report 30/60/90-day major target program technical milestone reviews across target portfolios to DE. Harvest and deliver post-review Executive Summaries to agency leadership within required timeframes. Tasker and Workflow Management (ETMS2 Action Officer) - Action Officer Operations: Serve as the primary DTTE Action Officer in the Enhanced Tasking Management System 2 (ETMS2). Triage, distribute, monitor, and drive timely closure for Congressional, OSD, and internal agency active taskers. - Classified and Sensitive Tasking: Handle, ingest, and route classified and unclassified tasker inputs across SIPRNet and NIPRNet repositories with strict adherence to OPSEC and handling guidelines. - Public Release and Media Requests: Process and facilitate Industry Requests for Media Engagement and MDA Public Release (PR) packages. Coordinate reviews with Acquisition, Legal, and Strategic Communications, drafting Staff Summary Sheets. - Annual Historical Summaries and Data Calls: Lead the annual DTTE Historical Summary collection and coordinate inputs for Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) data calls and technical conference attendance nominations. Systems Engineering Governance and Lifecycle Documentation - Cost Analysis Requirements Description (CARD): Serve as lead operational integrator for the annual DT Targets CARD update supporting the President's Budget submit to Congress. Conduct kickoff alignments across project management shops (Logistics, Acquisition, Contracts, Software, Cyber, and IMTP Manifest teams). Consolidate classified and unclassified appendices, adjudicate comments via Form 100, generate Staff Summary Sheets, and sheph rd packages through executive sign-off. - PESHE Program Maintenance: Manage biennial updates to the Programmatic Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health Evaluation (PESHE) in coordination with Targets Quality (DTOQ) and Environmental Management (DSF). - Baseline Plans and SOP Governance: Oversee the review cycle, administrative accuracy, Form 100 comment matrix adjudication, formal routing, and publishing of core program documentation. - Data Management and Configuration Control: Maintain configuration-controlled baseline archives on designated agency SharePoint portals, DOD365 environments, and SIPR shared networks. Required Qualifications: Active DoD Secret clearance (U.S. Citi