DevSecOps ISSE: Cloud, Kubernetes & Zero-Trust

Dark Wolf; Colorado Springs (CO); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Dark Wolf seeks a Mid-Level DevSecOps SME / ISSE to join a collaborative team in a fast-paced environment. The role involves evaluating information systems, securing containerized apps, and coordinating security actions with a customer-facing posture.

The candidate will work hybrid from Colorado Springs, CO or Herndon, VA, with strong automation, cloud, and Kubernetes experience, and holds a TS/SCI clearance and IAT Level 2 certification.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in IT security, information assurance, or DevSecOps engineering.
• Background in secure software development with a scripting or programming language (e.g., Python, Golang).
• Experience with customer-facing security improvements and security documentation.

Responsibilities

• Conducting technical evaluations of information systems design, containerized applications, and cloud architectures (AWS or GCP), and information security aspects and accreditation.
• Performing vulnerability assessments using automated software, pipeline, and container scanning tools including SonarQube, Snyk, NeuVector, and OWASP ZAP.
• Reviewing requests for software installation and conduct technical risk assessments on software implementation, specifically within Kubernetes clustered environments.
• Coordinating and tracking security action requests and report status to senior managers, leveraging GitOps workflows and automation tooling like ArgoCD and GitLab CI/CD.
• Analyzing, modifying when necessary, and maintaining the client’s certification to field security approvals (continuous ATO) by implementing DISA STIGs through automated Ansible Playbooks and hardened Dockerfiles.
• Conducting and analyzing auditing requirements continuously, implementing and monitoring logging, metrics, and tracing stacks via Grafana, Loki, Prometheus, Tempo, and Alloy.
• Enforcing zero-trust network architectures and traffic management within containerized environments using Istio or similar service meshes.

Skills

IT security

DevSecOps

Kubernetes Admin

Containerization

Security documentation

Customer interaction

REST APIs

Automation scripting

Python

Golang

Education

Bachelors in CS

IAT Level 2

Tools

ArgoCD

GitLab CI/CD

Job description

Dark Wolf seeks a Mid-Level DevSecOps SME / ISSE to join a collaborative team in a fast-paced environment. The role involves evaluating information systems, securing containerized apps, and coordinating security actions with a customer-facing posture.

The candidate will work hybrid from Colorado Springs, CO or Herndon, VA, with strong automation, cloud, and Kubernetes experience, and holds a TS/SCI clearance and IAT Level 2 certification.