Software Engineer 2 - Linux/Bash/Python/MongoDB/Docker/Kubernetes/RabbitMQ/PostgreSQL
- Salary
- $130,000 - $270,000
- Level
- Mid
- Work type
- Hybrid · Annapolis Junction
Not stated in the posting: 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 shall be responsible for developing, sustaining, and troubleshooting the software suite of applications. Software development activities include implementation, testing, and integration with other COTS, GOTS, and FOSS products, packages, and libraries.
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
- 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
- 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 (JIRA, 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
Helm · MongoDB · NoSQL · PostgreSQL · RabbitMQ · SQL
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.
78% 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)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Software Engineer 2 - DevOps posted Nov 4
- Software Engineer 3 - Linux/Python/Docker/Kubernetes/LLM/CI/CD/Grafana posted Nov 4
- Software Engineer 3 - Linux/Bash/Python/Spring/NoSQL/Helm/Kafka posted Nov 4
- Software Engineer 3 - Linux/Bash/Python/Keycloak/Ansible/Docker/CI/CD posted Nov 4
- Software Engineer 3 - Linux/Bash/Python/Java/PHP/CI/CD/Ansible/Docker posted Nov 4
- Software Engineer 3 - Linux/Bash/Python/Java/IaC/Docker/CI/CD posted Nov 4
- Software Engineer 3 - Linux/Bash/Python/Apache Airflow/SQL/Jupyter Notebook/NumPy/JSON posted Nov 4
- Software Engineer 2 - Linux/Bash/Python/Rust/HPC/CI/CD/Git/Agile posted Nov 4
- Software Engineer 2 - Linux/Bash/Python/Java/Ansible/CI/CD/Docker/Kubernetes posted Nov 4
- Software Engineer 2 - Linux/Bash/Python/HashiCorp/Docker/Ansible/HPC posted Nov 4
- Software Engineer 2 - Linux/Bash/Python/CI/CD/Git/Docker posted Nov 4
- Software Engineer 2 (Hybrid) - Linux/Bash/Apache Airflow/Apache Spark/Docker/Podman/Git/AWS posted Nov 4
- Software Engineer 3 - C++/Testing posted Nov 4
- Software Engineer 1/2/3 - Grafana/Bash/Python/JavaScript/React/TypeScript posted Nov 4
- Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Engineer 1 - C++/Marian/Java/AWS/PyTorch/Python posted Nov 4
- Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Engineer 3 posted Nov 4
- Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Engineer 2 posted Nov 4
- Software Engineer 2 - Python/Kotlin/Java/Terraform/Elasticsearch/Opensearch/AWS posted Nov 4
- Software Engineer 2 - Java/MapReduce/Cloud/GhostMachine/QTA posted Nov 4
- Software Engineer 2 (Hybrid) - AWS/Hadoop/Accumulo/Terraform/Python/Java posted Nov 4
- Software Engineer 2 (Hybrid) - AWS/Hadoop/Accumulo/Terraform/Python/Java posted Nov 4
- Software Engineer 1 - Python/PySpark/AWS posted Nov 4
- Software Engineer 1 - Python/Kotlin/Java/Terraform/Elasticsearch/Opensearch/AWS posted Nov 4
- Software Engineer 1 - Java/Confluence/Jira/AWS/Maven/MapReduce posted Nov 4
- Software Engineer 2 - Spark/MapReduce/SQL/NoSQL/Pandas/Numpy/SciPy posted Nov 3
- Software Engineer 1 - MongoDB/Scala/Java/AWS posted Nov 3
- Software Engineer 3 - Java/Docker/Helm/Kubernetes/Terraform posted Nov 3
- Software Engineer 3 - Java/Spring/Docker/Kubernetes/Grafana/Prometheus/Git posted Nov 3
- Software Engineer 2 - Java/JVM/Spring/Linux/DevOps posted Nov 3
- Software Engineer 1/2/3 (Hybrid) - JavaScript/React/Angular/Java/Linux posted Nov 3
- Full-Stack Developer (Mid/Senior) (On Call) - Java/C/C++/Python/Bash/Elasticsearch/Oracle/Spring Boot/Linux posted Sep 17
- Front-End Developer (Mid/Senior) - Java/Quarkus/HTML/CSS/JavaScript/Oracle/AWS posted Sep 17
- Front-End Developer/508 Compliance Specialist (Hybrid) - JavaScript/MongoDB/HTML/Cypress/AWS posted Sep 17
- Software Engineer 1/2 - PostgreSQL/CI/CD/SpringBoot/Angular/MongoDB/Oracle/Docker/Kubernetes/JSON/XML/Jira posted Sep 16
- Software Engineer 2 - Zabbix/Python/Java/CSC/Linux posted Sep 16
- Software Engineer 2/3 - Java/Git/Gradle/Docker/REST/ELK/MongoDB/Ansible/Kubernetes/Linux posted Sep 16
- Software Engineer - Python/FASApi/JavaScript/JSON/CSS/MongoDB/Docker posted Jun 9
- Software Engineer (Hybrid) - Java/OOP/Linux/Git/Maven/REST posted May 19
- Software Engineer - Java/OOP/Linux/Git/Maven/REST posted May 19
From the team and dates on Captivation Software's own job board.
Other openings for this role
2 postings for this role in Annapolis Junction, MD - Hybrid since 2 October 2026, 1 still open. None has been taken down and posted again.
- 4 November 2026 – open (this posting)
- 2 October 2026 – closed 4 November 2026
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