Senior Platform Engineer — Cloud, Kubernetes & DevSecOps

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

Job summary

Dark Wolf Solutions in Herndon, VA is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure. You will work within a hybrid team to ensure high availability, security, and scalable platforms across DevSecOps services and mission apps in a Kubernetes environment.

The role requires 8+ years with cloud providers, Terraform IaC, and strong DoD security credentials, with a US citizenship and DoD clearance.

Qualifications

• 8+ years with AWS, GCP, or Azure at IL6-level platforms.
• Experience architecting Kubernetes or Docker platform services for high availability.
• Experience integrating cloud services within a Kubernetes cluster.
• Terraform IaC for DISA STIG baseline configuration.
• DevSecOps tools: GitLab CI, ArgoCD, FluxCD, Helm, Kustomize.
• DoD 8570 Baseline Certifications required.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and maintain Kubernetes platform services on cloud-native architecture.
• Integrate platform with enterprise services to satisfy security requirements.
• Implement secure automation, monitoring, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Deploy CI/CD pipelines across multiple environments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams on latest tech.
• Develop and iterate best practices to improve deployment quality and speed.
• Apply industry best practices for system hardening and configuration management.

Skills

Kubernetes

AWS

CI/CD

DevSecOps mindset

Security compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/CE or related

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

Terraform

GitLab CI

ArgoCD

FluxCD

Helm

Kustomize

Job description

Dark Wolf Solutions in Herndon, VA is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure. You will work within a hybrid team to ensure high availability, security, and scalable platforms across DevSecOps services and mission apps in a Kubernetes environment.

The role requires 8+ years with cloud providers, Terraform IaC, and strong DoD security credentials, with a US citizenship and DoD clearance.