Defense & Space, Cybersecurity, Information Technology Services, Government Contracting

DevOps Engineer

RemoteRemoteContract$100,000–$140,000 /yrPosted 16 days agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

DevSecOps
PaaS
DoD customer
Kubernetes
on-prem
cloud-native
IaC
GitOps
Linux
RHEL

Nice to have

Bachelor’s Degree
CircleCI
AWS
Azure
GCP
SonarQube

Role summary

Dark Wolf seeks a DevOps Engineer for a fast-paced DevSecOps Platform as a Service (PaaS) role supporting a DoD customer. Responsibilities include building and maintaining Kubernetes-based PaaS solutions, automating deployments, documentation, and monitoring security and performance. The role involves deploying critical services, implementing system hardening, using IaC and GitOps, and ensuring compliance with DoD policies. Candidates must have US Citizenship and an active Secret security clearance, with on-site presence required 3 days a week in College Park, MD. Experience with Kubernetes or Linux administration, CI/CD, IaC, GitOps, and identity management is essential.

Dark Wolf is looking for a DevOps Engineer who is interested in working in a fast-paced environment building and maintaining a DevSecOps Platform as a Service (PaaS) for a DoD customer. The successful candidate will work within the team to develop and maintain multiple Kubernetes-based PaaS solutions at different classification levels, automate deployment of services, provide and develop documentation, and monitor security and performance of the platform and deployed services. Our DevOps engineers are asked to solve challenging problems for unique customers and have a direct impact on the direction of software products and solutions used by those customers.

Key Responsibilities:

Deploying and maintaining critical services supporting both on-prem and cloud-native architecture.

Working with the Cybersecurity team by implementing industry best practices for system hardening and configuration management.

Using automation best practices, such a IaC and GitOps, for repeatability and fast provisioning of environments.

Deploying and maintaining Kubernetes platforms in multiple environments and classification levels.

Working closely with development teams to provide onboarding support.

Ensuring platform and networks are compliant with DoD policies.

Supporting backup and disaster recovery planning.

Required Qualifications:

On site presence at least 3 days a week. US Citizenship and an active Secret security clearance required.

Path 1: Kubernetes Candidate

2+ years of experience administering Kubernetes in production environments

Deploying and maintaining critical services supporting both on-prem and cloud-native architecture.

Using automation best practices, such as IaC and GitOps, for repeatability and fast provisioning of environments.

Deploying and maintaining Kubernetes platforms in multiple environments and classification levels.

Experience with deploying and maintaining CNCF products to on-prem or cloud environments

HS Diploma

On site presence at least 3 days a week US Citizenship and an active Secret security clearance required

Path 2: Generalist Candidate

3+ years of relevant experience administering Linux servers (ex. RHEL, Ubuntu) in production environments

Experience with CI/CD automation servers (ex. GitLab CI, Jenkins)

Experience with administration of Linux endpoints (clients)

Experience with traditional Linux authentication services such as LDAP(S), SSSD, Kerberos and/or tools such as FreeIPA/RHEL IdM

Hands-on experience with digital certificate management and provisioning across services, systems, and user accounts.

Experience with providing Identity Management services including SSO using OpenID Connect (OIDC) or SAML

Scripting experience including at least a subset of the following: Bash, Python, Terraform/OpenTofu, Ansible

2+ years experience administering (or a power-user on) hypervisors (e.g. VMware, Proxmox) in production environments

HS Diploma

On site presence at least 3 days a week. US Citizenship and an active Secret security clearance required

Desired Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Experience with CI/CD automation servers including GitLab CI, Jenkins, or CircleCI

Experience with deploying and maintaining CNCF products to on-prem or cloud environments

Scripting experience including at least a subset of the following: Bash, Python, Terraform, Ansible

Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines on cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP

Experience and/or familiarity with security scanning tools such as SonarQube, OWASP-DC, Anchore, Claire, OPA, Fortify, Checkmarx, Synk, and OpenSCAP

This location is located in College Park, MD with a part time remote option. On-site presence is expected 3 days per week with the option of 2 days of remote work. The estimated salary range for this position is $100,000.00 - $140,000.00, commensurate on experience and technical interview.

We are strictly looking for direct, full-time W2 employees. We do not engage with third-party staffing agencies, C2C, or 1099 independent contractors for this role.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity, confirm US Citizenship, and complete the required employment eligibility verification upon hire.

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