Senior Platform Engineer - Cloud, Kubernetes & DevSecOps

Dark Wolf; Herndon (VA); Hybrid; USD 155,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Dark Wolf Solutions seeks Platform Engineers to design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure for scalable, secure, mission-focused applications in a hybrid role in Herndon, VA. The senior position demands 8+ years with AWS/GCP/Azure, Kubernetes, IaC with Terraform, and DoD security compliance.

Candidates must hold DoD 8570 baseline certs, US citizenship, and a DoD Secret clearance or higher. The role emphasizes CI/CD pipelines, secure automation, and collaboration across engineering teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience with major cloud providers and security-focused platforms.
• Experience with Kubernetes or Docker platform services for high availability.
• Experience with IaC using Terraform to enforce DISA STIG baselines.
• DoD 8570 Baseline Certifications (e.g. Security+).
• US Citizenship and an active DoD Secret clearance or higher.
• Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/CE or equivalent experience.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps tools.

Responsibilities

• Deploying and maintaining Kubernetes platform services on cloud-native architecture.
• Integrating a Kubernetes platform with enterprise services for security compliance.
• Implementing secure automation, monitoring, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Deploying CI/CD pipelines across multiple environments.
• Collaborating with a cross-functional engineering team on new technologies.
• Developing best practices to improve deployment quality and velocity.
• Implementing security hardening and STIG-compliant configurations.

Skills

Kubernetes

AWS

8+ years experience

DevSecOps

US Citizenship

Security clearance

DoD 8570

Agile/Scrum

DISA STIG

IaC

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Systems / Computer Engineering

Tools

GitLab CI

ArgoCD

FluxCD

Helm

Kustomize

Artifactory

Terraform

Docker

Job description

Dark Wolf Solutions seeks Platform Engineers to design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure for scalable, secure, mission-focused applications in a hybrid role in Herndon, VA. The senior position demands 8+ years with AWS/GCP/Azure, Kubernetes, IaC with Terraform, and DoD security compliance.

Candidates must hold DoD 8570 baseline certs, US citizenship, and a DoD Secret clearance or higher. The role emphasizes CI/CD pipelines, secure automation, and collaboration across engineering teams.