Director of DevSecOps — Federal Cloud & SRE Leader

UNAVAILABLE; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Steampunk seeks a Director of DevSecOps to lead the practice across Federal civilian and DoD markets. The role blends hands-on solutioning, strategic selling, and delivery leadership to drive cloud, software engineering, IT operations, SRE, and platform engineering excellence.

The leader will shape technical strategy, build client relationships, and guide delivery programs from vision to execution, including roadmaps, tooling, and metrics in a hybrid McLean, VA setting.

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance.
• 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 correction
• Excellent written and verbal communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills
• This is a hybrid role located in McLean, VA (3 days/week on site)

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 practice leads to create integrated cross-functional solutions that solve complex customer problems.
• Assess current program challenges across technical, process, and team dimensions; diagnose root causes; and work with colleagues to restore delivery confidence.
• Define, evolve, and demonstrate Steampunk's delivery approach for DevSecOps, software development, IT operations, Cloud and testing; foster innovation and adoption of emerging practices.

Skills

Leadership

Security clearance eligibility

Public speaking

Client engagement

Education

BS degree in an IT field

BS in non-IT field with 2 years IT experience

Tools

Git

GitHub

GitLab

Jenkins

CI/CD tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

Steampunk seeks a Director of DevSecOps to lead the practice across Federal civilian and DoD markets. The role blends hands-on solutioning, strategic selling, and delivery leadership to drive cloud, software engineering, IT operations, SRE, and platform engineering excellence.

The leader will shape technical strategy, build client relationships, and guide delivery programs from vision to execution, including roadmaps, tooling, and metrics in a hybrid McLean, VA setting.