Senior DevSecOps Engineer
About The Position
Dark Wolf constructs and deploys data management and analytics solutions for the defense and intelligence communities. We’re proud to boast a world-class engineering team that thrives on rolling up their sleeves to solve your mission’s biggest challenges. Dark Wolf is seeking a Senior DevSecOps Engineer to manage, automate, and elevate the Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and processes used across the development lifecycle. In this role, you will ensure end-to-end security, observability, and operational resilience for deployed software products. We are looking for a technical leader and proactive problem solver who excels in fast-paced environments and thrives within high-performing teams.
Requirements
- Must be a US Citizen holding an active TS/SCI security clearance with an active Full-Scope Polygraph.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Minimum 7+ years building and maintaining automated CI/CD pipelines.
- Minimum 3+ years of experience with automation tools for infrastructure provisioning and configuration management.
- Proficiency with Git, GitLab, Jira, and associated developer ecosystem tools.
- Strong background in Linux systems administration and fundamental networking principles.
- Superior troubleshooting skills, strong collaboration abilities, and the capability to articulate complex technical ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Unwavering commitment to strict security protocols and DevSecOps best practices.
- Advanced Kubernetes orchestration security, admission controllers (e.g., Open Policy Agent/OPA, Kyverno), runtime security monitoring (e.g., Falco), and pod security standards.
- Hands-on implementation of enterprise secrets managers (e.g., HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager) for automated secret rotation and dynamic injection.
- Deep experience implementing GitOps operational models using tools such as ArgoCD or Flux.
- Experience deploying end-to-end monitoring, centralized logging, and metrics stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, OpenTelemetry).
Nice To Haves
- Proficiency in languages such as Python, Go, Bash, or C/C++.
- Strong practical experience with containerized software practices (Docker, Podman).
- Experience working within Agile/Scrum software development methodologies.
- Multi-cloud infrastructure experience across AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Hands-on experience with modern scanner suites (e.g., SonarQube, Snyk, Trivy, OWASP ZAP).
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) / Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer / Azure DevOps Engineer
- CompTIA Security+, CISSP, or Certified DevSecOps Professional (ADP)
Responsibilities
- Maintain, optimize, and operate automated CI/CD pipelines using platforms such as Jenkins and GitLab CI/CD.
- Seamlessly integrate security tools and controls directly into the CI/CD pipeline, including Static Application Security Testing (SAST), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST), and container/dependency scanning.
- Implement and maintain robust automated testing frameworks across unit testing, integration testing, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
- Collaborate closely with development teams to identify, prioritize, and remediate application and infrastructure security vulnerabilities.
- Enforce and maintain strict compliance with government and organizational security regulations and standards.
- Design resilient Policy-as-Code workflows and lead security posture improvements across multi-environment deployment platforms.
Benefits
- We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
