Software Engineer 1/2 - Java/MapReduce/GhostMachine/Spring/NiFi
Captivation Software · Annapolis Junction, MD
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Jul 15, 2026
Annapolis Junction, MD
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A mid-level software engineering role centered on knowledge management and data curation, with day-to-day work involving ETL pipelines across enterprise data using Java, Spring Boot, and the Portable Map Reduce framework. The team also works with NiFi, the GhostMachine analytics platform, and Atlassian/GitLab tooling. A current Top Secret/SCI clearance with a favorable Polygraph is required.
Senior level · 7+ years · National · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
Advertised as Mid, but the requirements read as Senior.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The posting is titled 'mid level' but requires 7+ years of SWE experience, which aligns more closely with a Senior-level role by standard industry bands.
A TS/SCI clearance WITH a favorable Polygraph is explicitly required — this is a hard gate; all candidates must be U.S. citizens.
A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field is required, but 4 years of additional SWE experience may be substituted — the degree requirement is set to None to reflect that equivalent experience is accepted.
The 'Notifier' tool mentioned alongside NiFi appears to be a proprietary or program-specific tool; it is captured under the NiFi skill entry as it was listed together. If Notifier is a distinct required tool, it should be confirmed with the hiring team.
AVP/AVG process familiarity is listed under Required Skills but refers to a program-specific process/methodology rather than a named technology tool, so it is not emitted as a skill.
Claude Code is mentioned only in narrative context ('recently started leveraging') as a development aid, not as a gated requirement.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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