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Dark Wolf Solutions

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darkwolf.io · HQ: Herndon, United States · Grant 2022 · 1001-5000 employees
HQ: Herndon, United States · Grant 2022 · 1001-5000 employees
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Managed Security
Custom Software Development
DevSecOps
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How Dark Wolf Solutions hires

Truth index
B 84/100
Median time to fill
55 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
64%
Reposted roles
0%

Dark Wolf Solutions scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 11 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 64% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 55 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

Overview

Dark Wolf Solutions is a specialized technology services provider offering cybersecurity, DevSecOps, and custom software engineering solutions. The company delivers advanced digital capabilities, threat intelligence, and risk management services to defense agencies, intelligence clients, and commercial enterprises. Headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, it operates across multiple locations to support mission-critical systems and complex IT environments.

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Dark Wolf Solutions over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
220
Postings analysed
73
Stack modernity
80/100AI adopter
Languages
Python55%
SQL21%
C++15%
JavaScript14%
Frameworks & libraries
PyTorch10%
LangChain10%
TensorFlow7%
LlamaIndex5%
Databases
PostgreSQL12%
ElasticSearch8%
Google BigQuery5%
Neo4j5%
Cloud & platforms
AWS70%
Kubernetes58%
GCP51%
Azure49%
AI & ML
LLM5%
LoRA1%
QLoRA1%
PEFT1%
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Full Dark Wolf Solutions tech stack 220 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$170k
Typical range
$115k – $285k
Open positions
57
54 Jobs
Junior 14.8%
Middle 14.8%
Senior 46.3%
Staff 11.1%
Principal 1.9%
Architect 11.1%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Junior 8 $143k $120k – $150k
Middle 8 $148k $130k – $180k
Senior 25 $170k $150k – $235k
Staff 6 $173k $115k – $185k
Principal 1 $185k $185k
Architect 6 $240k $180k – $285k
Highest paying role AI Lead Software Architect - SME $285k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Dark Wolf Solutions By role, level and city, against the market · 57 jobs with pay

Growth

Hiring Momentum
72/100
Growing
Open positions
66
11 opened / 7 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
52 days
faster than 26% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Security
36% ▼
AI/ML
9% ▼
DevOps
9% ▲
Data Science
7% ▼
Early Careers
7%
Product
5% ▲
Actively hiring for Security (+4 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added KEV to stack Oct 2026
Added Unstructured.io to stack Oct 2026
Added MariaDB to stack Oct 2026
+5 jobs in a week Oct 2026
Added Proxmox VE to stack Oct 2026
Added JADC2 to stack Oct 2026
Added HL7 to stack Oct 2026
Added FHIR to stack Oct 2026
Added MBSE to stack Oct 2026
Added Cameo Systems Modeler to stack Oct 2026
Added DoDAF to stack Oct 2026
Added Multimodal AI to stack Oct 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
40
Hiring now
15
Countries
2
Busiest office
Herndon
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Herndon United States
HQ
Chantilly, VA
23 open roles 17 posted in 90 days 78% engineering 13% remote 500-1000 est. staff $163k Avg Salary
hires for Security, DevOps, Data Science
seen since Mar 2026 careers board, job postings
Chantilly United States
Engineering / R&D
Chantilly, VA
16 open roles 14 posted in 90 days 94% engineering 200-500 est. staff $193k Avg Salary
hires for Data Science, AI/ML, Security
seen since Mar 2026 careers board, job postings
Colorado Springs United States
Engineering / R&D
Colorado Springs, CO
14 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 57% engineering 200-500 est. staff $163k Avg Salary
hires for Security, DevOps, Backend
seen since May 2026 careers board, job postings
Ogden United States
Regional office
Ogden, UT
11 open roles 12 posted in 90 days 55% engineering 200-500 est. staff $159k Avg Salary
hires for Security, Management, Backend
seen since Jun 2026 careers board, job postings
Washington United States
Engineering / R&D
Alexandria, VA
4 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 75% engineering 50-200 est. staff $159k Avg Salary
hires for Security, Legal
seen since Jul 2026 careers board, job postings
San Antonio United States
Engineering / R&D
San Antonio, TX
3 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 50-200 est. staff $178k Avg Salary
hires for Security, Operations, Defense
seen since Aug 2026 careers board, job postings
Arlington United States
Engineering / R&D
Herndon, VA
3 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 33% remote 50-200 est. staff $177k Avg Salary
hires for Security
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Omaha United States
Regional office
Omaha, NE
2 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Security, Early Careers
seen since Jul 2026 careers board, job postings
Tampa United States
Engineering / R&D
Tampa, FL
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 50-200 est. staff $155k Avg Salary
hires for Security, Product
seen since Jul 2026 careers board, job postings
Mountain View United States
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $175k Avg Salary
hires for Operations, Defense
seen since Aug 2026
Tucson United States
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $175k Avg Salary
hires for Operations, Defense
seen since Aug 2026
College Park United States
Engineering / R&D
College Park, MD
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 50-200 est. staff $140k Avg Salary
hires for DevOps
seen since Mar 2026 careers board, job postings
Arlington United States
Engineering / R&D
Arlington, VA
1 open roles 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff $185k Avg Salary
hires for Security
seen since May 2026 careers board, job postings
Huntsville United States
Herndon, VA
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff $150k Avg Salary
hires for Security
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
North Bay Canada
Engineering / R&D
1 open roles 10-50 est. staff
hires for Field & Service
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Melbourne United States
Regional office
Melbourne, FL
10-50 est. staff
seen since Jul 2026 careers board
Philadelphia United States
Regional office
Philadelphia, PA
careers board
San Diego United States
Regional office
San Diego, CA
careers board
Boston United States
Regional office
Boston, MA
careers board
Austin United States
Regional office
Austin, TX
careers board
Salt Lake City United States
Regional office
Salt Lake City, UT
careers board
Virginia Beach United States
Regional office
Virginia Beach, VA
careers board
El Paso United States
Regional office
El Paso, TX
careers board
Alexandria United States
Regional office
Alexandria, VA
seen since Jul 2026 careers board
Falls Church United States
Regional office
Falls Church, VA
careers board
Homestead United States
Regional office
Homestead, FL
careers board
Grand Forks United States
Regional office
Grand Forks, ND
careers board
Hampton United States
Regional office
Hampton, VA
careers board
Williamsburg United States
Regional office
Williamsburg, VA
careers board
Reston United States
Regional office
Reston, VA
careers board
McLean United States
Regional office
McLean, VA
careers board
Tysons United States
Regional office
Tysons Corner, VA
careers board
Fort Meade United States
Regional office
Fort Meade, MD
careers board
Fort Belvoir United States
Regional office
Fort Belvoir, VA
careers board
Quantico United States
Regional office
Quantico, VA
careers board
Sterling United States
Regional office
Sterling, VA
careers board
Vienna United States
Regional office
Vienna, VA
careers board
Suitland United States
Regional office
Suitland, MD
careers board
Dahlgren United States
Regional office
Dahlgren, VA
careers board
Merrifield United States
Regional office
Merrifield, VA
careers board

Jobs

$90k – $150k per year · In office · Top Secret · Contractor · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Ogden
Python
Terraform
Ansible
CloudFormation
CI/CD
AWS
Configuration Management
GitLab
Cybersecurity
KEV
Apply
$180k – $225k per year · In office · TS/SCI · 15+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Herndon
SQL
Google BigQuery
DevOps
Terraform
GCP
CI/CD
Kubernetes
Google GKE
Management
Agile
Apply
$100k – $140k per year · Hybrid · Secret · Contractor · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · College Park
Python
Bash
Terraform
Ansible
GCP
OpenTofu
VMWare
CircleCI
GitLab CI
Azure
CI/CD
GitOps
Jenkins
AWS
Kubernetes
Ubuntu
Configuration Management
Proxmox VE
Linux
Cybersecurity
SonarQube
Checkmarx
Fortify
LDAP
OWASP
Apply
$150k – $180k per year · In office · TS/SCI · Contractor · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Tampa
GCP
Helm
Azure
CI/CD
ArgoCD
AWS
Kubernetes
Management
Agile
Apply
$120k – $160k per year · Hybrid · Secret · Contractor · 4+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree
Python
SQL
Scala
Apache Kafka
Google BigQuery
AI/ML
Spark
Multimodal AI
AI Agents
Flink
Ray
Agentic Workflows
Machine Learning
DevOps
Terraform
GCP
Kubernetes
Service Mesh
Google Cloud Run
Cybersecurity
Zero Trust
Analytics
ETL/ELT
Management
Agile
Apply
$100k – $145k per year · Hybrid · Secret · Contractor · 2+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Washington · Herndon
GCP
Azure
AWS
Cybersecurity
Nessus
NIST 800-53
Threat Modeling
Apply
$100k – $130k per year · In office · Contractor · 4+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Tampa
Apply
$90k – $150k per year · In office · Contractor · 2+ years exp · Ogden
Terraform
AWS
GitLab
IAM
Cybersecurity
Keycloak
Least Privilege
Ping Identity
Apply
$120k – $150k per year · In office · Secret · Contractor · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Herndon
Docker Compose
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
GitHub
GitLab
IAM
Cybersecurity
NIST 800-53
Management
Confluence
Jira
Defense
DoDAF
Apply
$125k – $150k per year · In office · Secret · Bachelor's Degree · Herndon
PostgreSQL
Oracle
DevOps
Terraform
GCP
Helm
Rancher
FluxCD
Kustomize
GitLab CI
Azure
CI/CD
ArgoCD
AWS
Kubernetes
Service Mesh
Amazon EKS
Amazon S3
Cybersecurity
FedRAMP
Management
Agile
Scrum
Apply
≈ $98k – $187k per year (Estimated) · In office · TS/SCI · Contractor · 7+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Omaha
ServiceNow
Apply
$125k – $150k per year · In office · Secret · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Colorado Springs
Terraform
GCP
CI/CD
GitLab
Cybersecurity
Zero Trust
Management
Agile
Service Desk
Apply
All 54 jobs at Dark Wolf Solutions salaries, cities, levels and how long each has been open

Financials

Total raised
$2.9M
Latest round
Grant
Funding rounds
5
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Grant 2022 $74k Details
Grant 2022 $224k Details
Grant 2021 $1.7M Details
Grant 2019 $749k Details
Grant 2019 $141k Details