Senior DevSecOps Engineer — Secure CI/CD & Observability

Dark Wolf Solutions, LLC; Herndon, Chantilly (VA, VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Dark Wolf is seeking a Senior DevSecOps Engineer to lead, automate, and secure CI/CD pipelines across the development lifecycle. You will own platform security, observability, and resilience for deployed software, working with Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, and cloud tools in a fast-paced defense-focused environment.

The ideal candidate brings 7+ years building automated pipelines, strong Linux administration, and a proactive security mindset. Clear TS/SCI with Full-Scope Polygraph is required.

Qualifications

• US Citizenship with active TS/SCI security clearance and Full-Scope Polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years building and maintaining automated CI/CD pipelines.
• 3+ years of infrastructure automation experience.
• Proficiency with Git, GitLab, Jira and related developer tools.
• Strong Linux systems administration background and networking basics.
• Security-focused DevSecOps mindset and ability to articulate complex ideas clearly.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, optimize, and operate automated CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD).
• Integrate SAST/DAST and container scanning into CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement and maintain automated testing across unit, integration, and UAT.
• Identify, prioritize, and remediate security vulnerabilities in apps and infra.
• Ensure compliance with government and organizational security standards.
• Design policy-as-code workflows and lead security posture improvements across environments.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Security integration

Automation tooling

Linux admin

Git/Jira/GitLab

Scripting

Education

Bachelors in CS/IS/Eng

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

Kubernetes

HashiCorp Vault

ArgoCD

Job description

Dark Wolf is seeking a Senior DevSecOps Engineer to lead, automate, and secure CI/CD pipelines across the development lifecycle. You will own platform security, observability, and resilience for deployed software, working with Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, and cloud tools in a fast-paced defense-focused environment.

The ideal candidate brings 7+ years building automated pipelines, strong Linux administration, and a proactive security mindset. Clear TS/SCI with Full-Scope Polygraph is required.