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 developing, sustaining, and troubleshooting the project's software suite of applications and possibly future capabilities as mission needs arise. Software development activities include implementation, testing, and integration with other COTS, GOTS, and FOSS products, packages, and libraries.
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 and Linux tools
- Experience developing scripts using Bash
- Recent Python (3.x) software development experience
- Experience with Rust programming concepts, or a willingness and aptitude to learn Rust
- Experience with NoSQL databases including MongoDB
- Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and containers
- Experience with container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes
- Experience creating Helm Charts to deploy containerized services on Kubernetes
- Familiar with Messaging Frameworks including RabbitMQ
- Familiar with CI/CD principles, methodologies, and tools including GitLab CI
- 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
- Master's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline plus five years of comparable software engineering experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline plus seven years of comparable software engineering experience
- Nine years of comparable software engineering experience
- Current Top Secret/SCI U.S. Government security clearance with a favorable polygraph
- U.S. citizenship
- Experience using the Linux CLI and Linux tools
- Experience developing Bash scripts
- Recent Python 3.x software development experience
- Experience with Rust programming concepts or willingness and aptitude to learn Rust
- Experience with NoSQL databases, including MongoDB
- Experience with Docker and containerization technologies
- Experience with Kubernetes container orchestration
- Experience creating Helm charts for Kubernetes deployments
- Familiarity with RabbitMQ or similar messaging frameworks
- Familiarity with CI/CD principles, methodologies, and GitLab CI
- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code principles and Ansible
- Experience with Git source control
- Experience with SQL databases, including PostgreSQL
- Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite, 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.
