Offensive Security Control Assessor Security Control Assessor Representative

Dark Wolf Solutions is seeking Security Control Assessor/Representatives (SCA/Rs) tolead security control assessments across high-priority projects. Working at the intersection ofcybersecurity engineering cloud architecture and DevSecOps prototyping you will evaluatesecurity controls for cutting-edge AI/LLM technologies across multiple classification levels. Thisposition is ideal for a pragmatic cloud assessor or SCAR who excels in fast-paced DevSecOpsenvironments understands AWS cloud security and is eager to shape the cybersecurity postureof next-generation DoD AI position will be based out of Arlington VA withhybrid/remote opportunities. Additional responsibilities include:

Key Responsibilities

• Execute formal SCA/R duties.
• Lead security assessment efforts establishing reusable security playbooks and assessment frameworks for rapid AI deployment into enterprise workflows.
• Evaluate technical control effectiveness across AWS cloud infrastructure DevSecOps pipelines microservices containerized workloads and GenAI/LLM application stacks.
• Bridge the gap between OffSec and development by applying software design best practices. Lead technical exchange meetings (TEMs) participate in Discovery & Framing workshops and maintain effective communication with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Act as the primary subject matter expert and lead developer for custom offensive tooling integrating disparate capabilities into a cohesive mission-ready platform.
• Review author and maintain assessment packagesincluding System Security Plans (SSPs) Security Assessment Plans (SAPs) Security Assessment Reports (SARs) and POA&Mstailored to rapid prototyping and AI systems.
• Assess technical security risks specific to AI/LLM implementations such as API exposure vector database access controls model integration surface area and software supply chain dependencies.
• Support continuous monitoring (ConMon) technical risk evaluations and cloud architecture reviews across multi-tenant multi-classification environments.
• Coordinate with Authorizing Officials (AOs) program managers and engineering leads to deliver decision-ready risk briefings and ATO recommendations.
• Provide technical input and oversight for cybersecurity engineering and penetration testing activities across prototype projects.

Required Qualifications

• Active Top Secret security clearance
• Current DoD 8570/8140 IAM Level II or Level III certification (e.g. Security CySA CISM CISSP CCISO CAP/CISC)
• 57 years of experience conducting security control assessments compliance testing or A&A/RMF activities for DoD or federal information systems
• Solid operational understanding of core AWS cloud services (EC2 S3 IAM VPCs Security Groups Security Hub) and how security controls function within cloud-native and CI/CD pipeline environments.
• Experience with GitLab CI/CD (pipeline design runners artifact management) and AWS Cloud services (EC2 VPC IAM S3).
• Strong working knowledge of NIST SP 800-53 (Rev. 4/5) NIST SP 800-37 (RMF) DoD Cloud Computing SRG and FedRAMP baselines.
• Demonstrated experience writing and evaluating core RMF artifacts (SSPs SAPs SARs POA&Ms)
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to articulate technical risk clearly to executive stakeholders Authorizing Officials and engineering teams.
• Hands-on experience navigating government GRC repositories such as eMASS or XACTA.

Desired Qualifications

• Hands-on experience mapping security controls to the NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) the OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications or the DoD Responsible AI (RAI) Guidelines.
• Familiarity evaluating secure design patterns for autonomous AI Agents (e.g. tool-calling permissions sandboxing agent execution environments prompt boundaries and ReAct/LangGraph architectures).
• Experience assessing cloud-managed AI ecosystems and foundation model platforms (e.g. AWS Bedrock AWS SageMaker Hugging Face Enterprise or self-hosted open-source models).
• Understanding of data protection access controls and boundary security for RAG pipelines and vector databases (e.g. OpenSearch Vector Engine Pinecone Milvus or PostgreSQL pgvector).
• Familiarity evaluating risks unique to LLMsincluding prompt injection data poisoning model inversion insecure output handling and open-source supply chain vulnerabilities in AI libraries (PyTorch LangChain LlamaIndex).
• Exposure to LLM guardrail platforms evaluation frameworks or AI security tools (e.g. Promptfoo Garak Giskard NeMo Guardrails) used to test model robustness and output safety.
• Experience with cATO methodologies Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates (Terraform CloudFormation) and container security (AWS EKS/ECS Docker).
• Active AWS Certifications (e.g. AWS Certified Security Specialty or AWS Certified Solutions Architect).
• Background or familiarity with offensive security penetration testing

The salary range for this position is estimated to be between $135000.00 - $160000.00 commensurate on experience and technical skillset.

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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.