Global Logistics and Customs Specialist at Metrea · Agra

Company Overview

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special air missions, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack: designing, building, and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.

Our operating model is built around three interlocking pillars. The Support Groups provide a global shared-service – spanning people, finance, platform, operations, legal, and engagement. This frees up our Core Groups, who develop and own mission capabilities end-to-end, to focus entirely on delivery. The Market Groups apply a regional lens, ensuring that our agile and adaptable capabilities remain aligned to the wicked problems that matter most to our partners across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific.

At the heart of our model is a simple but powerful idea: be a true partner with skin in the game. Our partners need effects, not just equipment. By owning the full stack – from the lab to the field – we are able to drive a continuous cycle of innovation that keeps our partners ahead. It's a fast-moving, intellectually demanding environment where talented people are given real responsibility, work on problems that matter, and contribute to an enterprise that is growing quickly and deliberately.

Headquartered in Washington, DC, with facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Position Summary

The Global Logistics & Customs Specialist will oversee end-to-end international logistics, customs operations, and compliance activities for inbound and outbound shipments across India. This role ensures timely, compliant, and cost-efficient movement of goods, covering commercial, defense, technical, and high-value equipment while coordinating with multiple global stakeholders, including freight forwarders, customs brokers, government authorities, and in-ternal teams.

The ideal candidate is a logistics professional with deep knowledge of Indian Customs procedures and EXIM policies, Special Import/Export and customs procedures, defense-related clearances, temporary imports (ATA Carnet), Dangerous Goods and international freight operations.

What You'll Do

• Manage end-to-end import/export logistics (air, ocean, road)
• Oversee (IN) EXIM/Customs documentation, HS classification, valuation, and clearance
• Coordinate with internal and external global partners
• Support IOR processes and collaborate with global teams, freight forwarders, customs brokers, and government authorities for restricted or defense-related shipments
• Ensure compliance with DGFT, CBIC, SCOMET, and global export-control requirements
• Maintain shipping documentation, ERP/TMS data accuracy, and performance reporting

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, International Trade, or related field
• 4–8 years of experience in global logistics, freight forwarding, EXIM, or customs compli-ance in India
• Strong understanding of Indian Customs Act, Foreign Trade Policy, DGFT regulations, SEZ rules, and SCOMET classifications
• Experience coordinating with global freight forwarding partners
• Familiarity with cargo movements requiring oversight by Indian defense agencies (preferred)
• Proficiency with ERP/TMS systems and MS Office tools
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and cross-cultural collaboration skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment

AAP/EEO Statement

Metrea is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time role with typical working hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Hours and work shifts may change in accordance with department and business needs and teammates may be required to work over 40 hours per week with approval from the department manager.  

Work Environment

This job operates in an office and warehouse setting

Travel

25%

Our Firmware

At Metrea, our single core value is Rooted in Humility, and our four cornerstone attributes are Entrepreneurial, Systematic, Discerning, and Over-Deliver. These form what we call our Teammate Firmware. Just like technical firmware connects software and hardware, our Firmware is the constant interface between our mission and our people. It defines how we show up, how we work together, and how we solve complex problems.

Our team Firmware creates a web-like, hyper-collaborative, dynamically hierarchical way of working that helps us adapt quickly, communicate openly, and distribute decision-making to where expertise actually lives. It enables groups to self-organize around hard problems, shift fluidly as priorities evolve, and operate with the trust, curiosity, and discipline required in a complex mission space. This foundation allows us to deliver elegant, effective solutions and uphold our purpose: protecting our precious inheritance.