Captivation Software

Software Engineer 2 - DevOps

Annapolis Junction, MD
Salary
$130,000 - $270,000
Level
Mid

Not stated in the posting: work type, visa.

Open. First seen 4 November 2026.

About the role

Captivation Software's standard text

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 will be working in a DevOps focused position. In this position, the DevOps Software Engineer shall be responsible for overseeing and monitoring live production operations to ensure the availability, reliability, and performance of the project's software application suite. Responsibilities include identifying, diagnosing, and responding to service disruptions, performance degradation, and operational issues, performing basic troubleshooting and corrective actions, supporting system sustainment activities, and collaborating with development and operations teams to maintain system health, improve operational efficiency, and support continuous service delivery.

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
  • Experience developing scripts using Bash
  • Recent Python (3.x) software development experience
  • Experience with NoSQL databases including MongoDB
  • Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and containers
  • Experience with CI/CD principles, methodologies, and tools including GitLab CI
  • Distributed logging and monitoring (ELK Stack, Prometheus/Grafana)
  • Familiar with container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes
  • Familiar with Helm Charts to deploy containerized services on Kubernetes
  • Familiar with Messaging Frameworks including RabbitMQ
  • Familiar with IaC principles, methodologies, and tools such as Ansible
  • Experience with Git Source Control System

Desired Skills:

  • Experience with SQL databases including PostgreSQL
  • Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite including Jira and Confluence
Captivation Software's standard text

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

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

Grafana · Helm · Kibana · MongoDB · NoSQL · PostgreSQL · Prometheus · RabbitMQ

Rare in Captivation Software's other 73 open postings.

Standard for DevOps / SRE / cloud roles

CI/CD · Docker · Kubernetes · Linux · Python

Common in DevOps / SRE / cloud postings at any company.

81% of this description is written for the role. The rest is Captivation Software's standard text, folded away below.

Compared with Captivation Software's other open jobs.

The team: Software Engineer HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 40 open in Software Engineer. 31 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in May: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

Java (25 of 40), Python (25 of 40), Jira (21 of 40), Linux (21 of 40), Git (20 of 40), Docker (18 of 40), AWS (16 of 40)

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