Software Engineer 3 - Go/Python/Kubernetes/Kafka/Ansible

<div class="content-intro"><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"><strong data-redactor-tag="strong">Build to something to be proud of.</strong></span></h1> <hr> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">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.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p></div><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Description</span></h1> <hr> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Captivation Software is looking for a senior level software developer who can design, implement, and improve distributed application orchestration logic, mentor peers, and contribute to the architectural direction of the system.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Responsibilities</span></h1> <hr> <ul> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Design scalable workflows for deploying and managing Kubernetes-native applications</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Lead the development of reusable Helm charts, GitOps templates, and deployment strategies</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Build system-aware controllers or agents that automate app lifecycle tasks</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Contribute to platform-wide architecture decisions (e.g., deployment strategy, multi-cluster config, observability)</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mentor junior engineers and review code for reliability, clarity, and best practices</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Collaborate with DevOps and platform teams to ensure secure and compliant deployments</span></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Requirements</span></h1> <hr> <h3><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Security Clearance:</span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">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</span></li> </ul> <h3><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Minimum Qualifications:</span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Twenty (20) years of experience as a SWE is required.</li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science from an accredited college or university is required</li> </ul> <h3><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Required Skills:</span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Deep experience with Go or Python in cloud-native contexts</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Strong Kubernetes experience: CRDs, Helm, GitOps, multi-tenant app deployments</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Experience with event-driven or agent-based systems (e.g., Kafka, controller patterns)</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Familiar with infrastructure automation (Terraform, cloud-init, Ansible)</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Comfortable balancing automation and operator oversight in complex environments</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Owns end-to-end delivery of system components</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Helps shape internal standards and shared tooling</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Guides team through design decisions and tradeoffs</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Thinks in systems, not just services</span></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><em><strong>This position is open for direct hires only. We will not consider candidates from third party staffing/recruiting firms.</strong></em></span></p><div class="content-conclusion"><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Benefits</span></h1> <hr> <ul> <li style="text-align: left; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Annual Salary: $130,000 - $270,000 (Depends on the Years of Experience)</span></li> <li style="text-align: left; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Up to 20% 401k contribution (No Matching Required and Vested from Day 1)</span></li> <li style="text-align: left; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Above Market Hourly Rates</span></li> <li style="text-align: left; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">$3,600 HSA Contribution</span></li> <li style="text-align: left; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">6 Weeks Paid Time Off</span></li> <li style="text-align: left; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Company Paid Employee Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance/Life Insurance/Short-Term &amp; Long-Term Disability/AD&amp;D</span></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p></div>