Senior DevSecOps Engineer

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. You will be a technical leader and proactive problem solver who excels in fast-paced environments and thrives within high-performing teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage, optimize, and operate automated CI/CD pipelines using platforms such as Jenkins and GitLab CI/CD.
• 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 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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Additional Core Technical Skills Required

• Advanced Kubernetes orchestration security, admission controllers, runtime security monitoring, and pod security standards.
• Hands-on implementation of enterprise secrets managers 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.

Desired Qualifications

• Proficiency in languages such as Python, Go, Bash, or C/C++.
• Strong practical experience with containerized software practices.
• Experience working within Agile/Scrum software development methodologies.
• Multi-cloud infrastructure experience across AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Hands-on experience with modern scanner suites.

Target Salary Range: $150,000.00 – $170,000.00