Dark Wolf Solutions
Mid-Level DevSecOps SME / Cloud Security Engineer (ISSE)
$130K
Herndon, VA or Colorado Springs, CO +2 · Full-time · Posted May 21, 2026
- Location
- Herndon, VA or Colorado Springs, CO
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Herndon, Virginia, United States - Experience
- 5+ years in IT security, information assurance, or DevSecOps engineering.
- Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, or a related technical field.
- Visa sponsorship
- US citizenship and active TS/SCI clearance required; new hires must verify identity and complete employment eligibility verification.
About the job
Conducts cloud and container security engineering, vulnerability assessments, risk and compliance work, and continuous authorization support for customer information systems.
What you'll do
- Evaluate information system designs, containerized applications, and cloud architectures; perform vulnerability scans and software risk assessments.
- Maintain continuous ATO and security documentation, implement DISA STIGs, and address security findings.
- Automate security workflows and monitor logging, metrics, tracing, and zero-trust traffic management in containerized environments.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of experience in IT security, information assurance, or DevSecOps engineering.
- Secure software development experience, scripting or programming proficiency, automation emphasis, and foundational REST API knowledge.
- Experience authoring security documentation and hardening configurations for modern cloud environments; Kubernetes administration and containerization knowledge.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, or a related technical field; IAT Lvl 2 certification; US citizenship and active TS/SCI clearance.
Nice to have
- Previous ISSE / ISSM experience in a DoD or federal environment.
- CKA, CKS, or cloud-specific professional DevOps/Security certifications.
Pay
$130,000.00 - $140.000.00 USD base salary
Tools
AWS, GCP, SonarQube, Snyk, NeuVector, OWASP ZAP, Kubernetes, ArgoCD
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