Lead Architect

Steampunk • Mclean, VA • 2w ago

Overview

As a DevSecOps Architect , you will work with our growing DevSecOps practice delivering features to support cloud and application development. We are looking for candidates with 8-10 years experience with cloud platform services and DevSecOps practices such as build/release management, CI/CD practices, and process automation. You will act as both technical visionary and be responsible for hands-on delivery.

Contributions

Responsibilities include:

Establishing development tools and infrastructure for automation

Understanding the needs of stakeholders and conveying this to developers

Automate and improve development, testing, deployment, and release processes

Testing and examining code written by others and analyzing results

Perform root cause analysis on complex business processes and technical components.

Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats

Identifying technical problems, performing root cause analysis, and developing software updates and 'fixes'

Working with software developers and software engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended

Support enterprise Cloud applications or infrastructure through infrastructure as code including any activities around automated server or network configurations, large-scale software deployments, and monitoring and testing, such as CI/CD

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

Act as an individual contributor and mentor team members

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

Present regular status updates and provide cross training to other DevOps 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

8 Years of Experience with one or more clouds (i.e. AWS, Azure, or GCP)

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

8 Years of application DevSecOps Experience with actual/active development experience in an Agile environment

3 Years of Experience implementing docker containers and utilizing platforms such as Kubernetes

8 Years of Experience implementing infrastructure as code and orchestration

8 Years of Experience building CI/CD pipelines with tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Pipelines, CircleCI, TravisCI

5 Years of Experience integrating deployments with industry standard DevSecOps tooling and orchestration

Experience integrating test automation including performance, security, and functional tests into CI/CD Pipelines

Preferred:

MS Degree in an IT-related field

Certifications:

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer

AWS Certified Solution Architect Professional

Microsoft Certified DevOps Engineer Expert

SAFe DevOps Certification

Experience implementing Automated Testing frameworks including Selenium

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills

Experience with documenting an as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations preferred

Experience with scripting in Concourse, Bash, PowerShell, Python, Groovy, or Ruby

Experience with automation tools, including Pivotal, Chef, Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible

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 $150,000 to $180,000. 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 12 hours ago (11/28/2025 10:53 AM)

Job ID 7118

Clearance Requirement Public Trust

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