**Overview**
As a **Software Development** **Team Lead,** you will work with our growingDevSecOpspractice as a technical project manager or team leadvaluating,identifying, and developing complex software solutions using cloud-native services, APIs, and micros-service solutions.We are looking for candidates with 5-7years experiencewithresponsibility 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:**
+ Serves as the technical delivery leader, accountable for completion of team delivery efforts including quality oversight and client acceptance
+ Fosters and promotes innovative thinking across the client environment
+ Builds andmaintainsclient relationships, developing a strategic vision for clients and internal teams
+ Handles challenging client situations and offers technical and business guidance & direction to client executives
+ Manages staff and monitors performance and training needs to create skills expansion and career advancement opportunity
+ Design, develop, and deploy modular micro-services and cloud-based systems
+ Understanding the needs of stakeholders and conveying this to other developers
+ Write and debug code for innovative software solutions
+ Troubleshoot software quality,securityand reliability issues
+ Participate in code reviews and quality assurance activities
+ Automate unit and functional tests
+ Test and examine code written by others and analyzing results
+ Ensure that software is secure against cyber threats
+ Identifyingtechnical problems, performing root cause analysis, and developing software updates and 'fixes'
+ Support production releases (including deployment, troubleshooting, and testing)
+ Document software code, features, and training guides
+ Document as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations
+ Leverage virtualization and containerization tooptimizeand modernize software systems
+ Act as an individual contributor and mentor more junior team members
+ Engineer and implement solutions andproviderecommendations for continuous improvement for the servicesprovided
+ Leads and manages team members
+ Assistsin sales and technical strategy activities beyond their current program
+ Engineer and implement solutions andproviderecommendations for continuous improvement for the servicesprovided
+ Present regular status updates andprovidecross training to other team members.
**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 whileprovidingthought 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 one or more programming languages (Java, Ruby, react, C++, C)
+ 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)
+ 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 andutilizingplatforms such as Kubernetes
+ Experience implementing Automated Testing frameworks including unit testing
**Preferred:**
+ MS Degree
+ Certifications:
+ AWS CloudPractioner
+ AWS Certified Solution ArchitectAssociate
+ Azure Developer Associate
+ SAFeScrum Master Certification
+ CertifedScrum Master
+ 5 years of application development experience in an Agile environment
+ Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills
**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 $130,000 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 .
_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** _12 hours ago_ _(11/28/2025 10:16 AM)_
**_Job ID_** _7098_
**_Clearance Requirement_** _Public Trust_