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 systems engineer with experience and interest in actively interacting with users to translate their experience with our technology stack into actionable work items
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
- Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
- Five (5) years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
- Document user operations using front-end tools to assist in test plan development
- Assist documenting the architecture, dataflows and workflows that make up a complex technology solution.
- Actively perform outreach for issues reported via our service desk to ensure clarity and completeness
- Actively perform outreach to ensure solutions (i.e. bug fixes, enhancements, etc.) meet customer needs
- Assist DevOps team with updating and maintaining System Health & Status tools
- Assist monitoring the health of the system during duty hours
- Maintain existing architecture documentation by working with team leads to understand impact of work in progress
- Assist the team in identifying risks and mitigations
- Assist TTO Lead with weekly status reporting
- Assist team leads with Sprint activities: planning, ticket maintenance, retrospective
- Assist team leads with or Lead documenting release notes
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
- Must currently hold a Top Secret/SCI U.S. Government security clearance with a favorable Polygraph
- U.S. citizenship
- Bachelor's degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline (or five years additional SE experience in lieu of degree)
- Document user operations using front-end tools to assist in test plan development
- Document architecture, dataflows, and workflows for complex technology solutions
- Perform outreach for issues reported via service desk to ensure clarity and completeness
- Ensure bug fixes and enhancements meet customer needs through active outreach
- Assist DevOps with updating and maintaining System Health & Status tools
- Monitor system health during duty hours
- Maintain and update architecture documentation with team leads
- Assist the team in identifying risks and mitigations
- Assist TTO Lead with weekly status reporting
- Assist team leads with Sprint activities: planning, ticket maintenance, retrospective
- Assist team leads with or lead documenting release notes
- Direct hires only; candidates from third-party staffing/recruiting firms will not be considered
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.
