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Dark Wolf Solutions

DevSecOps Engineer - Expert

Chantilly/Herndon, VA$160k–$210kmidAdded 2 days ago

About this role

Dark Wolf seeks an Expert DevSecOps Engineer to architect and scale enterprise CI/CD infrastructure, security automation, and compliance frameworks for defense and intelligence missions. This leadership role requires 10+ years of progressive experience integrating security controls, automated testing, and observability across complex development lifecycles, with deep expertise in Kubernetes, Policy-as-Code, secrets management, and distributed telemetry.

What you'll do

  • Architect, maintain, and scale production CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, and custom workflow engines
  • Integrate automated security controls including SAST, DAST, dependency auditing, and vulnerability scanning throughout the pipeline
  • Design and implement robust automated testing frameworks for unit, integration, and UAT environments
  • Partner with development and security teams to identify, prioritize, and remediate vulnerabilities and architectural risks
  • Establish compliance with federal, DoD, and organizational security standards; lead enterprise-level incident response
  • Define Infrastructure-as-Code standards and multi-environment deployment frameworks

What they're looking for

  • Kubernetes cluster management and container security (NetworkPolicies, Service Meshes, runtime enforcement)
  • Policy-as-Code tools (OPA/Gatekeeper, Kyverno)
  • Secrets management architecture (HashiCorp Vault)
  • Distributed observability (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch)
  • CI/CD platforms (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD)
  • Security scanning tools (SonarQube, Snyk, Trivy, OWASP ZAP, Fortify)
  • Programming/scripting (Python, Go, Bash, C/C++)
  • Multi-cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
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Dark Wolf Solutions

Dark Wolf Solutions builds DevSecOps platforms, integration systems, and data analytics solutions for defense and intelligence customers, with a focus on DoD and Space Force operations. The company is hiring DevOps engineers, full-stack software engineers, systems engineers, and data engineers to support cloud infrastructure, platform development, radar systems, and mission-critical defense applications.

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Likely interview questions

  • Describe your experience architecting a zero-trust security model within a Kubernetes environment using Policy-as-Code—what challenges did you face and how did you overcome them?
  • Walk us through how you've integrated secrets management across CI/CD pipelines and runtime platforms; what tools did you use and what were the key design decisions?
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