Captivation has built a reputation on providing customers exactly what is needed in a timely manner. Our team of engineers take pride in what they develop and constantly innovate to provide the best solution. Captivation is looking for software developers who can get stuff done while making a difference in support of the mission to protect our country.
Captivation Software is looking for a mid level software engineer who will be working in a DevOps focused position. In this position, the DevOps Software Engineer shall be responsible for overseeing and monitoring live production operations to ensure the availability, reliability, and performance of the project's software application suite. Responsibilities include identifying, diagnosing, and responding to service disruptions, performance degradation, and operational issues, performing basic troubleshooting and corrective actions, supporting system sustainment activities, and collaborating with development and operations teams to maintain system health, improve operational efficiency, and support continuous service delivery.
RequirementsSecurity Clearance:
- Must currently hold a Top Secret/SCI U.S. Government security clearance with a favorable Polygraph, therefore all candidates must be a U.S. citizen
- Master's degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university, plus three (3) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university, plus five (5) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity
- Seven (7) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
- Experience using the Linux CLI and Linux tools
- Experience developing scripts using Bash
- Recent Python (3.x) software development experience
- Experience with NoSQL databases including MongoDB
- Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and containers
- Experience with CI/CD principles, methodologies, and tools including GitLab CI
- Distributed logging and monitoring (ELK Stack, Prometheus/Grafana)
- Familiar with container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes
- Familiar with Helm Charts to deploy containerized services on Kubernetes
- Familiar with Messaging Frameworks including RabbitMQ
- Familiar with IaC principles, methodologies, and tools such as Ansible
- Experience with Git Source Control System
- Experience with SQL databases including PostgreSQL
- Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite including Jira and Confluence
This position is open for direct hires only. We will not consider candidates from third party staffing/recruiting firms.
- Annual Salary: $130,000 - $270,000 (Depends on the Years of Experience)
- Up to 20% 401k contribution (No Matching Required and Vested from Day 1)
- Above Market Hourly Rates
- $3,600 HSA Contribution
- 6 Weeks Paid Time Off
- Company Paid Employee Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance/Life Insurance/Short-Term & Long-Term Disability/AD&D
Skills Required
- Currently hold a Top Secret/SCI U.S. Government security clearance with a favorable Polygraph
- U.S. citizenship
- Master's degree in Computer Science or related discipline plus three years of comparable software engineering experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline plus five years of comparable software engineering experience
- Seven years of comparable software engineering experience
- Experience using the Linux CLI and Linux tools
- Experience developing Bash scripts
- Recent Python 3.x software development experience
- Experience with NoSQL databases, including MongoDB
- Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker
- Experience with CI/CD principles, methodologies, and tools including GitLab CI
- Experience with distributed logging and monitoring using ELK Stack, Prometheus, or Grafana
- Familiarity with Kubernetes
- Familiarity with Helm Charts
- Familiarity with messaging frameworks including RabbitMQ
- Familiarity with infrastructure as code principles and tools such as Ansible
- Experience with Git source control
- Experience with SQL databases including PostgreSQL
- Experience with Atlassian tools including Jira and Confluence
What We Do
Build something to be proud of. Captivation is focused on engineering digital solutions for mission makers. We deliver software engineering expertise across a broad spectrum of disciplines, collaborating to solve problems with the agility and efficiency of a small business. Captivation has built a reputation on providing customers exactly what is needed in a timely manner. Our team of engineers take pride in what they develop and constantly innovate to provide the best solution. Captivation is a small, developer-oriented company that embraces the progressive attitude you would expect at a tech startup. We value transparency in the employer-employee relationship, and aim to empower our team through a flattened company structure. We actively pursue the most interesting work the Intelligence Community has to offer. Our team works with leading software technologies to create awesome solutions for happy clients.
