Overview

As a Software Development Team Lead, you will work with our growing DevSecOps practice as a technical project manager or team lead valuating, identifying, and developing complex software solutions using cloud-native services, APIs, and micros-service solutions. We are looking for candidates with 5-7 years experience with responsibility for leading cross functional and technical teams to drive projects from conceptual design feasibility through requirements, budget, completed design, implementation, testing, and deployment.

Contributions

Responsibilities include:

• Serve as the technical delivery leader, accountable for completion of team delivery efforts including quality oversight and client acceptance

• Build and maintain client relationships, developing a strategic vision for clients and internal teams

• Handle challenging client situations and offers technical and business guidance & direction to client executives

• Design, develop, and deploy modular micro-services and cloud-based systems

• Troubleshoot software quality, security and reliability issues

• Responsible for communicating technical options, and associated tradeoffs and risks with necessary personnel

• Follow industry trends, innovative technologies, software development methods and tools in order to improve and evolve the product architecture, user experience, and Agile development and DevSecOps practices

• Manage staff and monitor performance and training needs to create skills expansion and career advancement opportunity

• Foster the use of Agile practices within teams to enable delivery of deployable software within specified times

• Actively participate in design sessions, sprint ceremonies and cross functional and integration team meetings\

• Provide guidance and oversight of testing practices and code reviews and ensure the security and integrity of the code base and product

• Collaborate with team members and integration partners to develop new features as well as to troubleshoot, debug, and resolve issues in all environments

• Document as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations

• Leverage virtualization and containerization to optimize and modernize software systems

• Assist in sales and technical strategy activities beyond their current program

• Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement for the services provided

Qualifications

Required:

• Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance

• BS Degree in an IT field OR BS in a non-IT field and 2 years related IT experience

• Proven experience of leading the deployment of enterprise and custom Software solutions in client environments

• Demonstrated ability to influence and consult while providing thought leadership to sponsors/stakeholders in solving governance, program/project management, business process and/or technical problems

• Proven experience growing and selling while delivering

• 8 Years of experience with Ruby; additional programming languages (Java, react, C++, C) a plus

• 8 Years of experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket

• 8 Years of experience with one or more programming or scripting languages (Python, Bash, JavaScript)

• Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance

• 5 Years of experience with one or more clouds (I.e. AWS, Azure, or GCP)

• 5 Years of experience using CI/CD pipelines with tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Pipelines, CircleCI, TravisCI

• Experience implementing docker containers and utilizing platforms such as Kubernetes

• Experience implementing Automated Testing frameworks including unit testing

Preferred:

• MS Degree

• Certifications:

• AWS Cloud Practioner

• AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate

• Azure Developer Associate

• SAFe Scrum Master Certification

• Certifed Scrum Master

About steampunk

Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $140,000 to $160,000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk’s total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.

Identity Statement

As part of the application process, you are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors. Through our Human-Centered delivery methodology , we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges. As an employee owned company , we focus on investing in our employees to enable them to do the greatest work of their careers – and rewarding them for outstanding contributions to our growth. If you want to learn more about our story, visit http://www.steampunk.com .

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Steampunk participates in the E-Verify program.

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Job Location US-VA-McLean

Posted Date 1 week ago (3/31/2025 3:37 PM)

Job ID 6206

Clearance Requirement Public Trust