DevOps Engineer

your Jared; College Park (MD); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Dark Wolf in College Park, MD is seeking a DevOps Engineer to build and maintain a DevSecOps Platform as a Service for a DoD customer. You will work on Kubernetes-based PaaS solutions, automate deployments, and ensure security and performance across environments.

The role requires on-site presence at least 3 days per week with a part-time remote option, and offers a salary range of $100,000–$140,000 depending on experience and interview performance.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of Linux server administration in enterprise environments.
• Experience deploying and securing Kubernetes platforms.
• Experience with CI/CD automation servers (GitLab CI, Jenkins).
• Identity management including SSO using OIDC or SAML.
• U.S. citizenship with active Secret clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Deploying and maintaining services across on-prem and cloud-native architectures.
• Collaborate with Cybersecurity to implement system hardening practices.
• Automate provisioning and configuration using IaC and GitOps.
• Operate Kubernetes platforms across multiple environments and levels.
• Provide onboarding support to开发 teams and ensure DoD policy compliance.
• Support backup and disaster recovery planning and testing.
• Monitor security and performance of platforms and deployed services.

Skills

Linux administration

Kubernetes operations

CI/CD automation

Identity Management (OIDC/SAML)

Team collaboration

Education

HS Diploma

Bachelor's Degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

GitLab CI

Jenkins

CircleCI

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Dark Wolf is looking for a DevOps Engineer who is interested in working in a fast-paced environment building and maintaining a DevSecOps Platform as a Service (PaaS) for a DoD customer. The successful candidate will work within the team to develop and maintain multiple Kubernetes-based PaaS solutions at different classification levels, automate deployment of services, provide and develop documentation, and monitor security and performance of the platform and deployed services. Our DevOps engineers are asked to solve challenging problems for unique customers and have a direct impact on the direction of software products and solutions used by those customers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deploying and maintaining critical services supporting both on-prem and cloud-native architecture.
• Working with the Cybersecurity team by implementing industry best practices for system hardening and configuration management.
• Using automation best practices, such a IaC and GitOps, for repeatability and fast provisioning of environments.
• Deploying and maintaining Kubernetes platforms in multiple environments and classification levels.
• Working closely with development teams to provide onboarding support.
• Ensuring platform and networks are compliant with DoD policies.
• Supporting backup and disaster recovery planning.

Required Qualifications:

On site presence at least 3 days a week

• 3+ years of relevant experience administering Linux servers (ex. RHEL, Ubuntu)
• Experience configuring, deploying, maintaining, and securing Kubernetes platforms
• Experience with CI/CD automation servers (ex. GitLab CI, Jenkins)
• Experience with administration of Linux endpoints (clients)
• Experience with providing Identity Management services including SSO using OpenID Connect (OIDC) or SAML
• HS Diploma
• US Citizenship and an active Secret security clearance required

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• Experience with CI/CD automation servers including GitLab CI, Jenkins, or CircleCI
• Experience with deploying and maintaining CNCF products to on-prem or cloud environments
• Scripting experience including at least a subset of the following: Bash, Python, Terraform, Ansible
• Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines on cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Experience and/or familiarity with security scanning tools such as SonarQube, OWASP-DC, Anchore, Claire, OPA, Fortify, Checkmarx, Synk, and OpenSCAP

This location is located in College Park, MD with a part time remote option. On-site presence is expected 3 days per week with the option of 2 days of remote work. The estimated salary range for this position is $100,000.00 - $140,000.00, commensurate on experience and technical interview.

We are strictly looking for direct, full-time W2 employees. We do not engage with third-party staffing agencies, C2C, or 1099 independent contractors for this role.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity, confirm US Citizenship, and complete the required employment eligibility verification upon hire.