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 part of a team responsible for designing, developing and maintaining a comprehensive distributed Metrics and Monitoring solution for HPC systems to ensure the reliability, performance, and scalability of HPC infrastructure. In this position, the Software Engineer must be proficient with Splunk.
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 ten (10) 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 twelve (12) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity
- Fourteen (14) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
- Experience using the Linux CLI and the Linux suite of tools
- Experience developing Shell/Perl scripts to automate manual processes
- Recent software development experience using Python
- Experience with Splunk SPL, dashboard creation, and report development
- Experience with Splunk data onboarding, field extractions, data models, and performance tuning
- Experience with Splunk alerting, incident management workflows, and event correlation
- Familiar interfacing with Log Management tools including Syslog-ng and rsyslog
- Familiar Message Brokers such as Kafka
- Experience with IaC (Infrastructure as Code) principles and automation tools including Ansible
- Experience with CI/CD principles, methodologies, and tools such as GitLab CI
- Experience with Git Source Control System
- Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite (JIRA, 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 10 years of relevant software engineering experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline plus 12 years of relevant software engineering experience
- 14 years of relevant software engineering experience without a stated degree requirement
- Experience using the Linux CLI and Linux tools
- Experience developing Shell and Perl scripts for automation
- Recent software development experience using Python
- Experience with Splunk SPL, dashboard creation, and report development
- Experience with Splunk data onboarding, field extractions, data models, and performance tuning
- Experience with Splunk alerting, incident management workflows, and event correlation
- Familiarity with Syslog-ng and rsyslog
- Familiarity with Kafka or similar message brokers
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code principles and Ansible
- Experience with CI/CD principles, methodologies, and tools such as GitLab CI
- Experience with Git source control
- 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.
