• Cybersecurity Engineering Team Lead

    Steampunk (Mclean, VA)


    Overview

     

    As a **Cybersecurity Engineering Manager,** you will lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of cybersecurity engineers, providing both technical guidance and strategic direction to address complex, portfolio-wide vulnerabilities. The ideal candidate will have a passion for IT, strong problem-solving skills, and proven experience leading diverse engineering teams in enterprise environments. This role requires effective management of multiple workstreams, strong organizational and planning abilities, and responsiveness to both internal and external customers. The candidate will foster a collaborative environment while promoting best practices to ensure the team's work consistently meets organizational goals and customer needs.

     

    Contributions

    Responsibilities include:

    + Lead, motivate, and manage a team of cybersecurity engineers across multiple concurrent projects and workstreams, providing direction, coaching, and professional development opportunities.

    + Represent the cybersecurity engineering team in customer-facing meetings, communicate technical findings, prioritize customer requests, and drive forward effective solutions.

    + Advocate for and ensure appropriate security practices are communicated and implemented throughout all relevant team projects and system portfolios.

    + Coordinate with operational, development, and security teams to ensure findings are efficiently understood, remediated, and managed.

    + Establish team processes, maintain SOPs and knowledge bases.

    + Build and maintain organizational plans for resource allocation, workload balancing, and project prioritization to meet deadlines and service-level commitments.

    + Interface and ensure accurate reporting for all official deliverables to internal & external stakeholders.

    Qualifications

    Required

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

    + BS in an IT field & 7+ years of IT work, including 2+ years in a leadership, supervisory, or managerial role OR BS in a non-IT field and 9 years of IT work, including 2+ years in management

    + One or more active certifications related to area of subject matter expertise

    + Demonstrated experience in managing teams and complex projects in a technical environment

    Preferred

    + Prior experience in a lead engineering role

    + Experience leading cloud security initiatives

    + Strong understanding of Federal IT Compliance and DHS-specific regulations.

    + Ability to analyze security environments and provide strategic recommendations

    + Working knowledge of JIRA, Service Now, or equivalent project management platforms

    + Hands-on experience with Vulnerability Scan tools and underlying data

    + Strong customer service orientation and experience communicating technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences

    Certifications

    + Possesses at least one active professional certification relevant to the technical service provided

    + Certification in leadership or project management (such as PMP, CSM, or relevant management certification) preferred

     

    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** _2 days ago_ _(10/2/2025 2:23 PM)_

    **_Job ID_** _6892_

    **_Clearance Requirement_** _Public Trust_