Founded in 2007, Markon is a nationally recognized consulting firm headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia. With employees in seven states and overseas, we support the intelligence community, defense and civilian sectors, as well as commercial clients. Markon is committed to advancing clients through project management and business improvement services offered in a premiere, highly personal environment.

Join our winning team! We empower our employees to make decisions and encourage them to take on leadership roles. New ideas from employees are also encouraged. Markon is a place where you can truly demonstrate your capabilities to your full potential. We are consistently named a Washington Post Top Workplace and Best Place to Work in Virginia because we put our employees first. Markon offers an exceptional benefits package that ranks in the top tier of our industry.

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 is seeking an experienced Platform Solutions Architect to support a high performing team with one of our Intelligence Community Customers.

Responsibilities:

• Institute automation improvements throughout the CI/CD pipeline including build, test, package and deploy.
• Monitor and manage software configuration, incidents, and defect tracking.
• Develop platform architecture recommendations to implement current security policies while taking advantage of emerging technologies.
• Analyze developer recommendations for software enhancements across cloud, containers, and open-source solutions.
• Facilitate transfer from a multi-tenant platform environment into a tailorable single-tenant environment solution.
• Assess developer performance by analyzing contract deliverables, program management reviews, architecture designs, and demonstration/tests.
• Optimize pre-increment planning and iterative integration demos and tests via Agile software development best practices.
• Work seamlessly with other government and contractor team members in an engaging work environment.

Required:

• Requires 10 to 12 years with BS/BA or 8 to 10 years with MS/MA or 5 to 7 years with PhD
• Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI and be eligible for a CI Polygraph
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Information Technology, or in related technical or scientific fields such as engineering or related STEM program
• Experience with Enterprise CI/CD tools (GitLab, Ansible, Jenkins, Docker, etc.)

Desired:

• Experience working with Developers, DevOps, and Engineering teams in a dynamic environment to promote/implement the DevSecOps program throughout the organization.
• Extensive experience with DevSecOps.
• Familiarity with RHEL system administration.
• Familiarity with virtualization platforms or container technologies.
• Experience w/ Git-based development workflows and tools.
• Experience or training with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) agile methodologies.

Proof of COVID vaccination may be a requirement for employment.