Director of DevSecOps

Steampunk, Inc.; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Steampunk is seeking a Director of DevSecOps to lead and grow its DevSecOps practice across Federal civilian and DoD markets. Reporting to the VP of Delivery and Growth, this leader is accountable for the technical strategy, solutioning, and delivery excellence of our work in cloud, software engineering, IT operations, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and platform engineering.

This is a rare blend of roles: a hands-on technical visionary who can design a credible solution live in front of a

Qualifications

• Must obtain and maintain a U.S. government clearance.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in cloud, software engineering, IT operations, testing and DevSecOps.
• 8+ years with one or more clouds (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and CI/CD tooling.
• 5+ years with containers and Kubernetes; IaC and DevSecOps tooling integration.
• Agile delivery experience; DoD/Federal project leadership preferred.
• Hybrid role located in McLean, VA (3 days on-site).

Responsibilities

• Architect and articulate cloud, DevSecOps, SRE, and platform engineering solutions for federal clients.
• Lead strategic sales and shape account strategy with executives.
• Manage proposals, orals, technical challenges, and solution demonstrations.
• Translate vision into tactical plans, roadmaps, and delivery milestones.
• Coach teams, improve delivery practices, and foster innovation across projects.

Skills

Cloud architectures

CI/CD pipelines

Git SCM

Kubernetes

SRE practices

Agile delivery

Leadership

Client presentations

Education

BS degree in IT field

Tools

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

Job description

Steampunk is seeking a Director of DevSecOps to lead and grow our DevSecOps practice across the Federal civilian and Department of Defense (DoD) markets. Reporting to the VP of Delivery and Growth, this leader is accountable for the technical strategy, solutioning, and delivery excellence of our work in cloud, software engineering, IT operations, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and platform engineering.

This is a rare blend of roles: a hands-on technical visionary who can design a credible solution live in front of a client, a strategic seller who helps win new business, and a delivery-minded leader who can turn a vision into an executable operational plan and rescue programs that are off track.

Contributions

Responsibilities

• Solution on the spot: Architect and articulate cloud, DevSecOps, SRE, and platform engineering solutions in real time with Federal civilian and DoD clients, adapting message and depth to audiences ranging from engineers to senior executives.
• Strategic sales leadership: Partner with Sales, Capture, and Growth leadership to shape account strategy, identify opportunities, and position Steampunk's differentiated point of view on DevSecOps with client executives.
• Business development: Lead technical solutioning for proposals and pursuits, including orals, technical challenges, and solution demonstrations; build and coach pursuit teams and ensure technical volumes are compelling, compliant, and winnable.
• Vision to execution: Translate strategic vision and win themes into tactical operational plans for delivery programs, including roadmaps, team structure, tooling, metrics, and milestones that Program Managers and delivery teams can execute.
• Collaborate with Office of Innovation and Technology Leadership: Collaborate with practice leads of our other capabilities to create integrate, cross functional solutions that solve complex customer problems.
• Program health and course correction: Assess current program challenges across technical, process, and team dimensions; diagnose root causes; and work with Operations Directors, Program Managers, and technical leads to course correct and restore delivery confidence.
• Practice leadership: Define, evolve, and demonstrate Steampunk's delivery approach for DevSecOps, software development, IT operations, Cloud and testing; foster innovation and the adoption of emerging practices and technologies across client projects.
• Client relationships: Build and maintain trusted relationships with client executives, develop strategic vision for clients and internal teams, and provide technical and business guidance in challenging situations.
• Enterprise modernization services: Design and support delivery of enterprise-class services that raise client organizational maturity and build a lasting culture of continuous improvement, including advanced practices like secure software supply chain, continuous ATO, Site Reliability Engineering and compliance automation.
• People leadership: Lead, mentor, and develop technical leaders and teams of software and IT operations professionals; monitor performance and training needs and create skills expansion and career advancement opportunities.
• Thought leadership: Serve as an internal and external thought leader through white papers, conference talks, training, and reusable accelerators that strengthen Steampunk's market reputation.

Qualifications

Required:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance (DoD work may require Secret or higher)
• BS degree in an IT field, or BS in a non-IT field and 2 years of related IT experience
• 15+ years of progressive experience in cloud, software engineering, IT operations, testing and DevSecOps, including leadership of technical teams as a lead or architect
• 8+ years of experience with one or more clouds (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• 8+ years of experience building CI/CD pipelines with tools such as GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar
• 8+ years of experience with Git SCM providers (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket) and with one or more programming or scripting languages
• 5+ years of experience with containers and Kubernetes, and with infrastructure as code and integrating deployments with industry-standard DevSecOps tooling and orchestration
• Demonstrated experience in SRE and/or platform engineering practices (observability, reliability, automation, internal developer platforms)
• Demonstrated experience delivering in Agile environments and leading delivery for Federal civilian and/or DoD programs
• Proven ability to present and solution live in front of varied client audiences, and to turn a vision into a tactical, operational delivery plan
• Experience supporting business development, such as proposal solutioning, orals, or technical challenges
• Proven ability to analyze troubled or underperforming programs and lead teams through course correctionExcellent written and verbal communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills
• This is a hybrid role located in McLean, VA (3 days/week on site)

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 $180,000 to $200,000. 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.