Defense and civilian government contractor with 3,000 employees across 300+ contracts
Bowhead is a mid-market government services prime with deep DoD and civilian agency relationships, running ~300 active contracts from 15 U.S. offices. The tech stack is heavily Microsoft-centric (Office 365, Azure, Intune, Active Directory) with emerging adoption of Splunk — a pattern consistent with government compliance and log-aggregation requirements. Engineering and ops hiring dominates (246 of 442 open roles), signaling active scaling of technical delivery capacity across defense and civilian programs.
Notable leadership hires: Chief Engineer, Party Chief, Chief Architect
Bowhead (UIC Government Services), a division of Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation, is an Alaska Native Corporation founded in 1999 and headquartered in Springfield, Virginia. The company operates across five service lines: Systems & Information Technology, Logistics & Marine, Engineering & Program Management, Manufacturing & Products, and Advanced Technology. With 3,000 employees and 300+ contracts, Bowhead serves DoD branches, civilian agencies, and international government customers. Current project focus spans AEGIS training, Navy and Army systems development, Coast Guard aviation logistics, and shipyard modernization.
Primarily Microsoft enterprise (Office 365, Azure, Intune, Active Directory, Teams), with supplementary SQL Server, VMware vSphere, Citrix virtualization, and Cisco ISE. Currently adopting Splunk for log management and security monitoring.
Active projects include AEGIS training development, Navy and Army systems, Coast Guard aviation training logistics, NSWCDD configuration management, and shipyard infrastructure modernization for DoD and civilian agencies.
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