DevSecOps Engineer - Expert - Dark Wolf Solutions

OpenTalent; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Dark Wolf seeks an Expert DevSecOps Engineer to architect, maintain, and scale CI/CD tools and pipelines across the development lifecycle. You will lead the integration of security controls, automated testing, and regulatory governance while guiding high-performing teams in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires a US Citizen with active TS/SCI clearance and Full-Scope Polygraph, a relevant engineering degree, and 10+ years of experience in CI/CD and secure software delivery.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI security clearance with Full-Scope Polygraph.
• 10+ years of progressive engineering experience in CI/CD and enterprise pipelines.
• Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering or related field.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, optimize, and scale production-grade CI/CD pipelines.
• Integrate automated security controls and scanning (SAST/DAST) into pipelines.
• Implement automated testing across unit, integration, and UAT.
• Lead enterprise IaC standards and multi-environment deployment frameworks.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and security governance per DoD standards.

Skills

CI/CD expertise

Security integration

Leadership

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

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 an Expert DevSecOps Engineer to serve as a technical anchor, architecting, maintaining, and scaling the Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) tools, pipelines, and infrastructure used across the development lifecycle. In this role, you will lead the integration of security and operational resilience, ensuring total observability, automated compliance, and software assurance across complex systems.

We are seeking a seasoned leader and problem solver with a proven ability to deliver superior results while guiding high-performing engineering teams in fast-paced environments.

Key Responsibilities

• CI/CD Platform Leadership: Maintain, optimize, and scale production-grade CI/CD pipelines utilizing platforms such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, and custom workflow engines.
• Automated Security Engineering: Ensure the seamless integration of automated security controls and scanning processes throughout the pipeline, including static code analysis (SAST), dynamic code analysis (DAST), dependency auditing, and vulnerability scanning.
• Testing Architecture: Implement and maintain robust automated testing frameworks across unit testing, integration testing, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Vulnerability & Risk Remediation: Collaborate directly with software development and security teams to proactively identify, prioritize, and remediate security vulnerabilities and architectural weaknesses in deployed software products.
• Regulatory Compliance & Security Governance: Implement and enforce compliance with relevant federal, DoD, and organizational security regulations and standards.
• Platform & Infrastructure Strategy: Establish enterprise Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) module standards, direct multi-environment deployment frameworks, and lead response strategies for enterprise-level vulnerabilities.

Qualifications:

• Clearance: Must be a US Citizen holding an active TS/SCI security clearance with an active Full-Scope Polygraph.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Professional Experience: 10+ years of progressive engineering experience, including deep expertise in CI/CD concepts, methodologies, and enterprise automated pipeline construction.

Core Technical Skills Required for Expert Level: (Advanced competencies expected for a 10+ year Expert practitioner)