Systems Engineer 3

Captivation Software • Annapolis Junction, MD

5d • $130,000 - $270,000

About The Position

Captivation Software is looking for a senior level systems engineer to capture, track, manage, report, broker, and enrich current and historical metadata for mission analytic workflow processes.

Requirements

• Must currently hold a Top Secret/SCI U.S. Government security clearance with a favorable Polygraph.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Twenty (20) years' experience as a SE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity.
• Demonstrated experience in planning and leading Systems Engineering efforts.
• Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university.
• Five (5) years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
• Experience gathering, analyzing, and documenting user and system requirements.
• Experience developing systems engineering artifacts such as requirements specifications, interface control documents, systems engineering plans, and related technical documentation.
• Experience working directly with customers, users, and stakeholders to understand operational workflows and mission needs.
• Ability to translate complex operational challenges into clear, structured requirements for technical teams.
• Experience supporting workflow analysis, process improvement, or capability planning efforts.
• Strong technical writing, communication, and documentation skills.
• Ability to coordinate across multidisciplinary teams and maintain alignment between users, engineers, and leadership.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Agency dataflow, compliance, policy, and data-governance, as it pertains to Corporate Tools and Analyst workflow.
• Experience managing teams and threads with complex multi-regional systems with large datasets.
• Experience supporting analyst workflows, mission visibility, or contextual data tracking capabilities.
• Familiarity with content triage, transcription workflows, language analysis, or sourcing-related mission areas.
• Experience with requirements management, traceability, interface definition, and lifecycle planning.
• Experience developing concepts of operation, workflow documentation, and customer-facing systems engineering products.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering processes and mission-focused capability development.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical teams and operational users.
• Experience coordinating and integrating AI Technologies within the development workflow.
• Experience as Agency Analyst.
• Experience with Enterprise Data Labels and Data Formats.

Responsibilities

• Capture, track, manage, report, broker, and enrich current and historical metadata for mission analytic workflow processes.
• Planning and leading Systems Engineering efforts.
• Gathering, analyzing, and documenting user and system requirements.
• Developing systems engineering artifacts such as requirements specifications, interface control documents, systems engineering plans, and related technical documentation.
• Working directly with customers, users, and stakeholders to understand operational workflows and mission needs.
• Translating complex operational challenges into clear, structured requirements for technical teams.
• Supporting workflow analysis, process improvement, or capability planning efforts.
• Coordinating across multidisciplinary teams and maintaining alignment between users, engineers, and leadership.
• Managing multiple priorities.
• Managing teams and threads with complex multi-regional systems with large datasets.
• Supporting analyst workflows, mission visibility, or contextual data tracking capabilities.
• Developing concepts of operation, workflow documentation, and customer-facing systems engineering products.
• Coordinating and integrating AI Technologies within the development workflow.

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 Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior