Careers at Captivation

Build to something to be proud of. 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. Description Captivation Software is looking for a mid level systems engineer who will assist with daily responsibilities. Requirements Security 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 Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree in related technical discipline required. Six (6) years of systems engineering experience IAT level II baseline certification as defined by DoD 8570.01-M Required Skills: Containers/Cloud environments Storage Management Virtualization IP networking and Firewall exp Linux Solid understanding of PKI/TLS/crypto including crypto policies Exp w/ automation tools is a bonus Application support and general troubleshooting SSP compliance and STE/STN support on Linux systems This position is open for direct hires only. We will not consider candidates from third party staffing/recruiting firms. Benefits 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

Build to something to be proud of. 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. Description Captivation Software is looking for mid level software engineer to assist with daily responsibilities on the program. Requirements Security 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 Minimum Qualifications: Fourteen (14) years of software engineering experience Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university. Required Skills: Zabbix development experience Scripting Python Java CSC Linux environment​ This position is open for direct hires only. We will not consider candidates from third party staffing/recruiting firms. Benefits 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

Build to something to be proud of. 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. Description 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 Requirements Security 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 Minimum Qualifications: 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. Required Skills: 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 Desired Skills: 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. Benefits 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

Build to something to be proud of. 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. Description Captivation Software is looking for a senior level software engineer who will be in an extremely customer facing role leading multi faceted mission critical system development, deployment and evolution. The successful candidate will be focusing on the development, deployment, and administration of complex systems using C++ or Python, Kubernetes, and GPU technologies. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the smooth operation of our satellite communication systems, from development to deployment, and will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure software meets user requirements. Requirements Security 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 Minimum Qualifications: Twenty (20) years of experience as a SWE is required. Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science from an accredited college or university is required Desired Skills: Kubernetes cluster design, deployment, and lifecycle management Specifically Rancher, RKE2 implementation Control plane component configuration and troubleshooting Worker node management, configuration, and lifecycle automation Workload management (scheduling, affinity, resources, scaling) High availability cluster configuration Cluster monitoring Cluster networking Cluster storage (storage classes, PVC, PC) and integration with external storage systems Kubernetes security concepts and implementation (RBAC, service accounts, secrets, certificate management, policy engines) Helm Familiarity CKA certification is a plus Kubernetes application development/deployment principles CNCF projects/tools Devops principles GitOps/Builds/Pipelines Networking experience (Switching, routing, VLANs) Advanced Linux Experience (RHEL/Rocky/EL9) Operating system configuration and troubleshooting Service management Hardening PXE boot and automated OS deployment Ansible experience Playbook design Role development Ansible collection creation and management Development and Scripting Python familiarity Bash scripting experience Go (desired) YAML and JSON manipulation Git workflows Knowledge/experience with software unit testing Cross-functional team collaboration Stakeholder communication and requirements gathering Presenting technical concepts to non-technical audiences RF data processing familiarity RF application development familiarity This position is open for direct hires only. We will not consider candidates from third party staffing/recruiting firms. Benefits 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

Build to something to be proud of. 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. Description Captivation Software is looking for a mid/senior level software engineer to assist with daily responsibilities. Requirements Security 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 Minimum Qualifications: A minimum of Fourteen (14) years of experience as a SWE is required. Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science from an accredited college or university is required This position is open for direct hires only. We will not consider candidates from third party staffing/recruiting firms. Benefits 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

Build to something to be proud of. 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. Description Captivation Software is looking for a mid level systems engineer with experience in System Administration Automation, management and security compliance. Candidate must focus on maintaining system integrity, performance, and security for critical client/server environments, demanding strong problem-solving and communication skills. Candidate must be prepared to work with a small, mission focused team that frequently interacts with users and the customer. Requirements Security 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 Minimum Qualifications: A Bachelor’s degree in a Qualified Engineering Field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university Six (6) years of systems engineering experience Required Skills: Strong System Engineering and System Administration Strong knowledge of Security Compliance Strong knowledge of networking devices. (Cisco, Juniper, Arista) System Administration skills for Windows/Linux Familiarity with Kubernetes/containerization Experience with Active Directory, LDAP, Centrify, Group Policy, Network Services Strong knowledge of security protocols and patching Communication and escalation of issues to management This position is open for direct hires only. We will not consider candidates from third party staffing/recruiting firms. Benefits 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

Build to something to be proud of. 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. Description Captivation Software is looking for a experienced Java developer to fill an opening on a small, mission-focused team. Requirements Security 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 Minimum Qualifications: A minimum of Fourteen (14) years of experience as a SWE is required. Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science from an accredited college or university is required Required Skills: Git Gradle Guice/Dependency Injection Docker REST Linux Desired Skills: ELK Stack MongoDB Ansible Kubernetes Any background developing front-end UI solutions in Angular/Typescript would be beneficial Willingness to work limited-scope UI tasks This position is open for direct hires only. We will not consider candidates from third party staffing/recruiting firms. Benefits 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

Build to something to be proud of. 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. Description Captivation Software is looking for a mid level software engineer who shall be responsible for developing and maintaining system management infrastructure software and services for High Performance Computing (HPC) systems in a Linux environment. Requirements Security 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 Minimum Qualifications: Master's degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university, plus three (3) 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 five (5) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity Seven (7) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity. Required Skills: Experience using the Linux CLI and Linux tools Proficiency in scripting (Bash/Python) to automate tasks and processes Recent software development experience using Python Recent software development experience using Rust Experience with automation frameworks including Ansible for orchestrating deployment Experience developing authentication protocols, authorization logic, access control lists, and permissions for HPC systems in a Linux environment Basic Linux systems administration including User and Group Management Experience with CI/CD principles, methodologies, and tools including GitLab CI Familiar with Agile, Scrum, or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodologies Experience with Git Source Control System Desired Skills: Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker, PodMan, containers 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. Benefits 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

Build to something to be proud of. 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. Description Captivation Software is looking for a mid level software engineer who shall be responsible for developing and maintaining system management infrastructure software and services for High Performance Computing (HPC) systems in a Linux environment. Requirements Security 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 Minimum Qualifications: Master's degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university, plus three (3) 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 five (5) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity Seven (7) years of experience as a SWE, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity. Required Skills: Experience using the Linux CLI and Linux tools Proficiency in scripting (Bash/Python) to automate tasks and processes Recent software development experience using Python Familiar with CI/CD principles, methodologies, and tools including GitLab CI Familiar with Agile, Scrum, or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodologies Experience with Git Source Control System Desired Skills: Experience with automation frameworks including Ansible for orchestrating deployment Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker, PodMan, containers Experience with Secret Management tools including HashiCorp Vault Familiar with Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions including Keycloak Familiar with Datacenter Infrastructure Management (DCIM) tools including Netbox Familiar with Observability and Analytics platform solutions such as Splunk 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. Benefits 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

Build to something to be proud of. 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. Description Captivation Software is looking for a senior level software engineer who shall be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining Tools and Services in support of the Atlassian’s suite of products (such as Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo). The Software Engineer shall work closely with cross-functional teams including software developers, system administrators, project managers, and mission customers to deliver seamless integrations that enhance productivity and streamline workflows. Requirements Security 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 Minimum Qualifications: 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. Required Skills: Proficiency with the Linux command-line interface (CLI) Strong scripting experience (Bash, Python, Groovy) Recent Java software development experience in Linux environments Experience developing with the Spring Framework Proficiency in modern web technologies (JavaScript, HTML, CSS) Experience with containerization technologies including Docker Experience with Apache Velocity Experience with OpenSearch Experience using the Atlassian plugin SDK, to create and extend the Atlassian suite of applications Experience creating documentation of configurations, procedures, and system changes Desired Skills: Experience with the Atlassian suite of tools Experience with IaC principles and automation tools such as Ansible Experience with Cloud technologies This position is open for direct hires only. We will not consider candidates from third party staffing/recruiting firms. Benefits 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