Logistics Operations Specialist

LMI; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 148,000 - 256,000; Full time

Job summary

LMI seeks a Logistics Operations Specialist in Tampa, FL, to support a DoD mission partner by developing and executing sustainment architectures for autonomous systems moving from factory to field. You will handle distribution, storage, prepositioning, maintenance, asset visibility, and field deployment while ensuring security clearances.

The role requires on-site support in Tampa, TS/SCI clearance, and travel to commands, units, exercises, and industry locations as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and experience in logistics, supply chain, or related field.
• Four+ years in DoD logistics, supply, maintenance, sustainment, lifecycle support, or related.
• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Experience developing/executing logistics support plans for military systems or emerging tech.
• Knowledge of supply, maintenance, spares, storage, packaging, distribution, asset visibility, field service operations.
• Ability to analyze readiness, demand, lead-time, failure, and inventory data for actionable recommendations.
• Experience coordinating across units, program offices, logistics organizations, vendors, and contractors.
• Strong written communication, briefing, planning, documentation, and stakeholder management.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, and relevant systems.
• Willingness to travel and support field activities.

Responsibilities

• Develop end-to-end logistics and sustainment plans for autonomous platforms and related hardware and software.
• Design factory-to-field distribution pipelines coordinating production, delivery, storage, staging, issue, and replacement.
• Develop storage and prepositioning strategies for global access and rapid deployment.
• Coordinate logistics across government and industry partners including maintenance, warehousing, and data management.
• Assess readiness drivers, demand patterns, lead times, sparing requirements, and sustainment risks.
• Build and maintain logistics dashboards, asset visibility products, and readiness reports.
• Support planning for exercises, demonstrations, test events, contingencies, and forward deployments.
• Integrate operator feedback and field performance data into maintenance concepts and procurement recommendations.
• Coordinate with transportation, security, facilities, and other stakeholders to resolve dependencies.
• Ensure compliance with property, supply, storage, safety, security, and records requirements.
• Identify opportunities to reduce sustainment burden and improve parts availability.
• Prepare decision-ready logistics assessments and briefings for senior leaders.

Skills

Logistics planning

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Briefings

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Teams

SharePoint

Written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in logistics, supply chain management, operations, engineering, business, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Teams

SharePoint

Job description

Overview

LMI seeks a Logistics Operations Specialist to support a Department of War mission partner with developing and executing the sustainment architecture that moves autonomous systems from factory to field and keeps them mission-ready. The specialist supports distribution, storage, prepositioning, maintenance, supply, asset visibility, and forward deployment across contested and geographically dispersed environments. The ideal candidate understands Department of Defense logistics processes and the sustainment challenges of rapidly evolving robotic and autonomous systems.

LMI is a new breed of digital solutions provider dedicated to accelerating government impact with innovation and speed. Investing in technology and prototypes ahead of need, LMI brings commercial-grade platforms and mission-ready AI to federal agencies at commercial speed.

Leveraging our mission-ready technology and solutions, proven expertise in federal deployment, and strategic relationships, we enhance outcomes for the government efficiently and effectively. With a focus on agility and collaboration, LMI serves the defense, space, healthcare, and energy sectors, helping agencies navigate complexity and outpace change. Headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, LMI is committed to delivering impactful results that strengthen missions and drive lasting value.

Position Requirements

This position requires on-site support in Tampa, Florida and an active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance. The position requires periodic travel to supported commands, operational units, exercises, test events, and industry locations.

Responsibilities

• Develop end-to-end logistics and sustainment plans for autonomous platforms, payloads, control systems, batteries, spare parts, support equipment, and associated software and data products.
• Design factory-to-field distribution pipelines that align production, delivery, storage, staging, issue, recovery, repair, and replacement activities.
• Develop storage and prepositioning strategies that support global access, rapid deployment, security, safety, and environmental requirements.
• Coordinate supply, maintenance, property accountability, warehousing, packaging, technical data, training, and field support across government and industry partners.
• Assess readiness drivers, failure trends, demand patterns, lead times, sparing requirements, and sustainment risks.
• Build and maintain logistics dashboards, asset visibility products, supportability analyses, deployment packages, and readiness reports.
• Support logistics planning for exercises, demonstrations, test events, contingencies, and forward-deployed operations.
• Integrate operator feedback and field performance data into maintenance concepts, support plans, technical documentation, and procurement recommendations.
• Coordinate with transportation, acquisition, security, safety, facilities, and operational stakeholders to resolve logistics dependencies.
• Keep logistics activities compliant with applicable property, supply, storage, safety, security, and records requirements.
• Identify opportunities to reduce sustainment burden, shorten repair cycles, improve parts availability, and increase operational readiness.
• Prepare decision-ready logistics assessments and briefings for senior leaders.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in logistics, supply chain management, operations, engineering, business, or a related field, or equivalent education and experience.
• Four or more years of experience in Department of Defense logistics, supply, maintenance, sustainment, lifecycle support, property accountability, or a closely related field.
• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Experience developing or executing logistics support plans for military systems, operational equipment, or emerging technology.
• Working knowledge of supply support, maintenance planning, spares, storage, packaging, distribution, asset visibility, and field service operations.
• Ability to analyze readiness, demand, lead-time, failure, and inventory data and convert findings into actionable recommendations.
• Experience coordinating across operational units, program offices, logistics organizations, vendors, and support contractors.
• Strong written communication, briefing, planning, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, and relevant logistics or asset management systems.
• Ability to travel and support field activities at operational, storage, test, and industry locations.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience supporting a combatant command J4, a Service logistics headquarters, or a Special Operations Forces organization.
• Experience sustaining uncrewed systems, robotics, communications equipment, tactical computing, batteries, sensors, or other rapidly evolving technologies.
• Knowledge of lifecycle logistics, reliability, maintainability, supportability analysis, or performance-based logistics.
• Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act lifecycle logistics, Project Management Professional, Certified Supply Chain Professional, or related certification.

The target salary range for this position is $148,301 - $255,653.

The salary range displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is not a guarantee of compensation. Individual salaries are determined by various factors including, but not limited to location, internal equity, business considerations, client contract requirements, and candidate qualifications, such as education, experience, skills, and security clearances.

Job Locations

US-FL-Tampa