Description

Markon is seeking an Expert Systems Integrator to support an Intelligence Community client in Chantilly, Virginia. This position will provide advanced technical leadership in the planning, integration, and validation of complex Sponsor-developed capabilities. The Systems Integrator will coordinate technical requirements across stakeholders, lead critical program management and integration activities, and apply advanced technical judgment to ensure capabilities meet mission objectives while maintaining system integrity, performance, and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced technical leadership for the planning, integration, and validation of complex Sponsor-developed capabilities.
• Lead the development and implementation of essential program management processes, including requirements, resources, schedules, configuration management, and risk management.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans supporting technical integration and mission objectives.
• Coordinate Sponsor technical requirements across stakeholders and technical teams.
• Serve as a strategic liaison between the Sponsor and stakeholder groups to maintain alignment across complex technical activities.
• Identify potential technical, integration, and interface issues and communicate risks to appropriate stakeholders.
• Apply advanced critical-thinking and analytical skills to assess Sponsor-developed capabilities for mission integrity, performance, and reliability.
• Analyze complex technical issues and provide sound, well-supported recommendations for resolution.
• Identify integration risks early and support appropriate mitigation activities.
• Coordinate technical activities involving multiple systems, interfaces, and dependencies.
• Work closely with Sponsor test teams and stakeholders to validate integration and interface requirements.
• Support the verification of Sponsor-developed capabilities prior to transition into operational environments.
• Lead complex integration efforts involving multi-system dependencies, cross-mission interfaces, and high-risk technical transitions.
• Help ensure complex capabilities integrate successfully and satisfy Sponsor mission requirements.

Qualifications

Required:

• An active TS/SCI with a FS Polygraph (preferrably from this client) is required to be considered.
• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 7 years of related experience;
  • OR a minimum of 10 years of experience relevant to the technical function being supported.
• Demonstrated successful experience developing and implementing essential program management processes, including:
  • Requirements and resources.
  • Schedule management.
  • Configuration management.
  • Risk management.
• Demonstrated successful experience coordinating Sponsor technical requirements with stakeholders and communicating potential issues.
• Demonstrated successful experience applying critical thinking to Sponsor-developed capabilities to assess mission integrity, performance, and reliability.
• Experience analyzing technical issues and providing sound recommendations to address identified concerns.
• Demonstrated successful experience developing project plans.
• Demonstrated experience working with Sponsor test teams and stakeholders to validate integration and interface requirements associated with Sponsor-developed capabilities.

Desired:

• Experience leading complex integration efforts involving:
  • Multi-system dependencies.
  • Cross-mission interfaces.
  • High-risk technical transitions.

Salary Range

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 Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. This job posting will remain open until the position is filled.

Benefits Offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Training and Tuition Assistance, Paid Time Off, and Holidays