Senior Cybersecurity Engineer, Cloud Automation & Security Controls

Dark Wolf is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer, Cloud Automation & Security Controls to join a collaborative team to assess and validate cybersecurity configurations and best practices of complex, cloud‑based systems. The role supports both the Dark Wolf team and customers through advanced technical evaluations of cloud cybersecurity architecture, ensuring high engineering standards of security and compliance. The position is based in the Washington DC Metro area and onsite at customer locations.

Responsibilities

• Develop recommendations to remediate cybersecurity program deficiencies and improve client cybersecurity processes, technologies, and configurations.
• Conduct technical evaluations of information systems design, containerized applications, and cloud architecture, ensuring security and operational requirements align with NIST and CNSS controls.
• Validate the efficacy of information system cybersecurity policies and procedures.
• Develop automated methods to monitor and measure risk and security compliance efforts.
• Utilize automated cloud security posture assessment tools to continuously monitor the AWS environment for configuration drift, ensuring strict adherence to the Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide.
• Leverage AI‑assisted tools to ingest infrastructure‑as‑code (e.g., Terraform) and system documentation to rapidly identify cybersecurity and compliance gaps.
• Draft and brief statements of preliminary or residual cybersecurity risks for system operation.
• Assess the design and effectiveness of existing security controls and work with solution and product development teams to identify, define, and document additional controls based on solution‑specific or product‑specific requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
• 5+ years of relevant cybersecurity experience focusing on control assessment or implementation, penetration testing, or quality assurance testing.
• Active IAT Level 2 certification (e.g., Security+ CE, CySA+, CND, CCNA Security).
• Demonstrated experience conducting technical evaluations of information systems design, containerized applications, and cloud architecture.
• Ability to communicate technical subjects in clear, concise, non‑technical language, including strong written communication, document feedback, and briefing preparation.
• U.S. citizenship and an active Top Secret security clearance.

Desired Qualifications

• IAT Level 3 or higher certifications (e.g., CISSP, SecurityX, CCNP, CISA).
• Experience with Terraform, OpenTofu, or other declarative IaC tools.
• Understanding of container security (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker) and securing DevSecOps pipelines.
• Demonstrated experience providing technical guidance to cloud engineers and system administrators.

Pay

The salary range for this position is estimated to be between $155,000.00 and $180,000.00, commensurate with experience and technical skillset. Candidates at Principal or Senior Principal (or equivalent) levels will be considered.