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 senior level software engineer who shall be responsible for implementing access controls and permission mechanisms for securing access to critical HPC system resources through robust permission management, ensuring compliance with the Agency’s security policies and industry standards.
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 five (5) 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 seven (7) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity
- Nine (9) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
- Experience using the Linux CLI
- Proficiency in scripting (Bash) to automate tasks and processes
- Experience developing software solutions using the Python programming language
- Experience implementing RBAC/ABAC for HPC systems
- Experience with advanced Linux security administration including PAM, SELinux, file permissions, ACLs, and audit logging.
- Experience developing IAM solutions using Keycloak
- Experience implementing identity federation and SSO (SAML, OIDC, OAuth2)
- Experience developing and maintaining secret management integrations using HashiCorp Vault
- Experience developing Ansible playbooks to orchestrate the automation of provisioning HPC hardware and software components
- Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker, PodMan, containers
- Experience with CI/CD principles, methodologies, and tools including GitLab CI
- Experience with Git Source Control System
- Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite (JIRA, Confluence)
- Familiar with Agile, Scrum, or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodologies
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
- Master's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline plus five years of relevant software engineering experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline plus seven years of relevant software engineering experience
- Nine years of relevant software engineering experience
- Current Top Secret/SCI U.S. Government security clearance with a favorable polygraph
- U.S. citizenship
- Experience using the Linux command-line interface
- Bash scripting experience for task and process automation
- Python software development experience
- Experience implementing RBAC and ABAC for HPC systems
- Advanced Linux security administration experience, including PAM, SELinux, file permissions, ACLs, and audit logging
- Experience developing IAM solutions with Keycloak
- Experience implementing identity federation and SSO using SAML, OIDC, or OAuth2
- Experience developing and maintaining HashiCorp Vault secret-management integrations
- Experience developing Ansible playbooks for HPC hardware and software provisioning
- Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker, Podman, or containers
- Experience with CI/CD principles, methodologies, and tools including GitLab CI
- Experience with Git source control
- Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite, including JIRA and Confluence
- Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, or Scaled Agile Framework methodologies
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.









