Jobs at Dark Wolf Solutions

Conduct advanced penetration testing and vulnerability assessments across hardware, software, firmware, embedded systems, wireless networks, and cloud environments. Develop exploits, proof-of-concept attacks, automated test harnesses, and threat-emulation environments. Assess OWASP and API vulnerabilities, document technical findings, evaluate risks, and recommend remediation. Collaborate with customers and multidisciplinary teams, lead briefings, and produce technical reports. Requires U.S. citizenship and an active Top Secret clearance.

Leads product vision, strategy, roadmap, backlog, and lifecycle management for enterprise Kubernetes platforms in cloud-based and air-gapped environments. Oversees engineering coordination, schedules, releases, package synchronization, vulnerability remediation, security compliance, stakeholder briefings, customer requirements, Agile and DevSecOps delivery, and programmatic activities including contracts, financials, staffing, and internal reviews.

Develop front-end software and user interfaces supporting Space Systems Command defensive cyber solutions. Responsibilities include React and HTML/CSS development, UI/UX design, wireframes, prototypes, user flows, design systems, troubleshooting, and translating requirements and feedback into user-centered interfaces. The role requires onsite work in Colorado Springs and supports USSF cyber operations.

Designs, secures, and improves CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, containerized applications, and web application deployments. Integrates security scanning, secrets management, monitoring, artifact repositories, and vulnerability remediation across the software development lifecycle. Advises teams on secure development practices while working with GitLab, Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible, Terraform, and related Platform One technologies in Agile environments.

Designs, builds, and maintains secure, resilient Kubernetes platforms across multi-cloud and hybrid environments. Responsibilities include infrastructure provisioning, containerization, Helm and Terraform automation, GitOps CI/CD, service mesh configuration, security and compliance enforcement, disaster recovery, zero-downtime deployments, and operational troubleshooting. Senior and SME levels provide technical leadership, architecture, mentorship, capacity planning, and strategic platform guidance.

Paid summer internship offering software development, cloud delivery, data engineering, AI and cybersecurity experiences. Interns contribute to production-level code, cloud-native solutions, secure landing zones, data pipelines, generative AI integrations, penetration testing, cyber engineering, risk management and compliance projects. The program includes Agile collaboration, mentorship and professional development for students pursuing technical degrees.

Analyzes and remediates cloud, network, system, and application vulnerabilities; supports incident response, threat modeling, security testing, audit monitoring, risk assessments, and regulatory compliance. The role helps configure and harden secure systems, validate security controls, manage corrective actions, and prepare NIST-based control narratives and Authorization to Operate documentation. Candidates need cloud platform familiarity, cybersecurity certifications, relevant cyber experience, U.S. citizenship, and an active Secret clearance.

Leads the architecture, maintenance, and scaling of enterprise CI/CD platforms and pipelines. Integrates automated security controls, vulnerability scanning, compliance enforcement, testing frameworks, infrastructure-as-code, observability, secrets management, Kubernetes security, and multi-environment deployment strategies. Partners with engineering and security teams to remediate risks and ensure software assurance across complex defense and intelligence systems. The role requires advanced DevSecOps expertise, active TS/SCI clearance with Full-Scope Polygraph, and substantial technical leadership experience.

Designs, develops, and operates cloud-native software and data management systems for defense and intelligence customers. Responsibilities include requirements analysis, systems architecture, performant SQL and database solutions, JupyterHub enablement, security and compliance documentation, container orchestration, multi-account cloud governance, and system testing. The role also facilitates cross-team engineering decisions, consults with customers, maintains architecture and program documentation, and supports large-scale operational environments.

Plan, architect, and execute end-to-end testing for a hybrid cloud mission system. Develop scalable Playwright-based automation, validate functionality, performance, reliability, security controls, and operational readiness, and integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines. Manage Docker and Kubernetes test environments, investigate defects, perform root-cause analysis, and produce test evidence and readiness metrics. The role requires onsite support at Hill AFB, adherence to DoD security standards, US citizenship, and an active Top Secret clearance.

Designs, deploys, and sustains AWS GovCloud infrastructure supporting enterprise data science platforms. Responsibilities include cloud migration, high availability, version and patch management, backup and disaster recovery, incident response, security accreditation support, CI/CD, Kubernetes or PCF platforms, and infrastructure as code. The role also supports Posit data science tools, data applications, Agile development, customer coordination, and modernization initiatives.

Plans and manages end-to-end test and evaluation activities for defense and national security programs. Translates operational needs and vendor claims into test strategies, plans, metrics, methodologies, and data requirements. Coordinates modeling and simulation, physical range testing, regulatory approvals, commercial vendors, government program managers, and Service test organizations. Produces technically rigorous plans, milestone evidence, reports, and executive briefings to support acquisition decisions and accelerate military fielding.

Leads and executes Risk Management Framework authorization activities for systems and applications. Responsibilities include developing security documentation, conducting cloud security risk assessments, building authorization packages, supporting incident response and cyber defense operations, improving reporting and situational awareness, correlating security data, and automating inefficient processes. The role ensures compliance with NIST guidelines and DoD regulations while improving the technical and operational effectiveness of security capabilities.

Develop and secure software delivery pipelines for Space Systems Command defensive cyber solutions. Responsibilities include integrating security into CI/CD workflows, validating security requirements, configuring cloud environments to STIG and DoD standards, managing infrastructure with Terraform and Ansible, supporting AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure deployments, and assisting with Java and Python development. The role provides technical guidance and requires fully onsite support in Colorado Springs.

Lead security authorization for systems and applications across the RMF lifecycle. Develop authorization packages and security documentation, conduct cloud risk assessments, support incident response and cyber defense reporting, improve security processes and architectures, correlate security data, and automate inefficient workflows. The role requires collaboration with government stakeholders and focuses on maintaining compliant, effective IT systems and network defenses.

Monitors and analyzes cybersecurity events across on-premises ELK and AWS GovCloud Splunk environments. Performs incident response, threat detection, vulnerability management, intrusion analysis, root cause analysis, remediation, and security documentation. Develops defensive cyber operations procedures, supports customer exercises, and uses AI/ML to improve detection and response. Requires DoD cybersecurity experience, Splunk and ELK expertise, AWS security telemetry experience, GitLab proficiency, a CSSP certification, U.S. citizenship, and an active Top Secret/SCI clearance.

Lead and execute Risk Management Framework authorization processes for systems and applications. Develop security documentation, conduct cloud security risk assessments, build authorization packages, support incident response and cyber defense operations, improve reporting and situational awareness, and automate inefficient security processes. Coordinate with stakeholders to implement technical solutions that strengthen system security and compliance with NIST and DoD requirements.

Architects, develops, and deploys secure AI solutions for federal and defense organizations. Responsibilities include building RAG and LLM-agent systems, semantic search, NLP applications, predictive analytics, automated data pipelines, chatbots, explainable AI architectures, and interactive dashboards. The role integrates structured and unstructured enterprise data while ensuring compliance with DoD security requirements across classification levels.

Supports the development, maintenance, and monitoring of scalable ETL/ELT data pipelines in secure environments. Responsibilities include ingesting, cleaning, transforming, and validating structured and unstructured data; working with relational and NoSQL databases; building Docker modules; performing security scans and unit tests; and participating in Agile ceremonies and code reviews.

Architects and leads enterprise-scale data platforms, data mesh topologies, lakehouse infrastructure, and real-time analytics for classified environments. Establishes data architecture strategy, security and encryption standards, zero-trust governance, multi-cloud and air-gapped deployment strategies, and enterprise data modeling practices. Serves as the principal technical authority and advises government and executive stakeholders on mission-critical data capabilities.