Dark Wolf Solutions
DevSecOps Engineer - SME
$185K–$240K
Chantilly/Herndon, VA +1 · Full-time · Posted Aug 18, 2026
- Location
- Chantilly/Herndon, VA
Chantilly, Virginia, United States - Experience
- 15+ years of total technical experience, including at least 7+ years building, securing, and maintaining automated CI/CD pipelines; minimum 7+ years using infrastructure provisioning and configuration-management automation tools.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. citizen; active TS/SCI security clearance with Full-Scope Polygraph required.
About the job
Architects and leads secure CI/CD, compliance automation, testing, and platform engineering for high-security defense and intelligence environments.
What you'll do
- Architect, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines; integrate security scanning and automated governance to support Continuous ATO.
- Design automated testing frameworks and lead vulnerability identification, prioritization, and remediation with engineering and security teams.
- Set compliance and infrastructure-as-code governance, guide DevSecOps roadmaps, and mentor engineering teams.
What they ask for
- U.S. citizenship with an active TS/SCI clearance and active Full-Scope Polygraph.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Expertise translating NIST SP 800-53, DISA STIGs, and CNSSI 1253 controls into automated pipeline checks; hands-on engineering in air-gapped or CDS networks.
- Expert-level Kubernetes security knowledge, including Service Mesh policies, admission controllers, and runtime security; experience with identity-aware security and secrets management.
Nice to have
- Proficiency in Python, Go, Bash, or C/C++; experience with Agile, Scrum, or SAFe.
- Multi-cloud experience, security-scanning tools, and listed certifications such as CKS, CKA, CISSP, or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional.
Pay
$185,000.00 – $240,000.00+ USD base salary
Tools
Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Terraform, Ansible, Git, Kubernetes, Istio, HashiCorp Vault
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