Senior Systems Engineer

Job Description

Company Overview :

Eager to join a team where your skills are valued, your growth is nurtured, and your impact is profound? Look no further than Markon, a premier consulting firm deeply dedicated to advancing our nation's most critical missions.

At Markon, we don't just offer jobs we offer opportunities for personal and professional transformation. Empowering our employees to lead, innovate, and excel, we foster an environment where new ideas are not just welcomed but celebrated.

As a perennial Washington Post Top Workplace, we prioritize the well-being and success of our team members, ensuring they can bring their best selves to work.

Headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, Markon has garnered national recognition for our unwavering dedication to excellence in serving the intelligence community, as well as federal civilian and defense agencies.

Our growing reach extends across 17 states, 116 countries, and 5 continents, where our team of dynamic professionals collaborates to deliver unparalleled program and project management services.

Markon values people and the tremendous impact each individual can make which is why we’re consistently recognized as one of the best places to work in federal government consulting.

Here, you can help solve the nation’s most important challenges, surrounded by colleagues who help you grow, advance, and succeed.

We are deeply dedicated to what matters bringing out the best in each other to advance our clients’ missions.

Join us and make a meaningful impact.

Markon is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Description :

Markon’s partner company is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join our program supporting a key IC government customer.

Responsibilities may include :

• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using languages such as Ansible to automate infrastructure provisioning and management.
• Implement and maintain system automation processes to enhance operational efficiency and reduce manual intervention.
• Perform security reviews of applications and infrastructure to ensure compliance with security standards and best practices.
• Develop and maintain applications using Eclipse, GitHub, DevOps tools, Java, and Python.
• Collaborate effectively in agile activities, contributing to sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives over a period of 4+ years.
• Research and integrate new technologies in object-oriented programming to enhance software development practices and outcomes.
• Utilize cloud-based services for application deployment and management, ensuring scalability and reliability of the solutions.

Job Requirements

Requirements :

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degrees in computer science are preferred with 11+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience with Infrastructure as a code (IaC) languages, such as Ansible.
• Experience working with System Automation.
• Experience working with Linux.
• Eclipse developmental duties Git Hub, DevOps, Java, and Python.
• Candidate should have experience in security review of applications and infrastructure.
• 4+ Years experience participating in agile activities.
• Research new technologies in object-oriented programming.
• Experience in Cloud based services.

Desired Skills :

• Experience with infrastructure automation technologies like Docker, Vagrant, etc.
• Experience with build automation technologies like Maven, Jenkins, etc.
• Experience with building APIs and services using REST, SOAP, etc
• Experience with scripting languages like Perl, Shell, etc.

Travel 0 - 10% Location Herndon, VA - Herndon, VA US (Primary)

Education Bachelor's Degree Job Type Full-time Career Level Experienced (Non-Manager) Category Information Technology Exemption Type Exempt Date Needed By Security Clearance TS / SCI with a Full Scope Polygraph