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 systems engineer who will assist with daily responsibilities.
Responsibilities
- Develop designs for the installation of components and assemblies into chassis, racks, cabinets, workstations, customer facilities, and/or shelters
- Plan, direct, review, and coordinate the preparation of project documentation to ensure customer contract and company requirements are met
- Prepare specifications, evaluate vendors, and analyze test reports
- Prepare functional requirements and specification for hardware acquisitions
- Analyze hardware specifications and system/subsystem requirements to conceive and document a practical design for hardware components that satisfies user's requirements
- Develop hardware installation schedules based upon set-up, integration, and test timelines
- Conduct site surveys, assessing and documenting current site network configuration and site-unique requirements
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
- A Bachelor’s degree in a Qualified Engineering Field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university
- Ten (10) years of systems engineering experience.
- Advanced Linux experience; NSYS level troubleshooting experience
- Automated testing experience
- Scripting experience or at least the ability to walk through scripts for troubleshooting purposes
- Collection system knowledge/experience
- Tiered mission support experience
- Experience creating Ansible scripts
- Experience with containers
- FORNSAT knowledge, experience within the collection environment
- Ansible experience
- TLS/server certificate installation/management/troubleshooting
- RF installation/modem experience
- NiFi knowledge and experience in operational support and administrative tasks
- Experience with Kubernetes
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
- Bachelor's degree in a qualified engineering field or related discipline from an accredited college or university
- Ten years of systems engineering experience
- Current Top Secret/SCI U.S. Government security clearance with a favorable polygraph
- U.S. citizenship
- Advanced Linux experience and NSYS-level troubleshooting experience
- Automated testing experience
- Scripting experience or ability to troubleshoot scripts
- Collection system knowledge or experience
- Tiered mission support experience
- Experience creating Ansible scripts
- Experience with containers
- FORNSAT knowledge or collection-environment experience
- TLS/server certificate installation, management, and troubleshooting
- RF installation or modem experience
- Apache NiFi operational support and administrative experience
- Kubernetes experience
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.
