Senior Integration Engineer

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.

Description

Markon is seeking a Senior Integration Engineer to join our high-impact Enterprise Engineering & Architecture (TAE) Lead Integrator Team in Springfield, VA. In this role, you’ll bring deep systems engineering and integration expertise to help modernize the GEOINT architecture and enhance mission capabilities across the enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Apply your knowledge of the GEOINT Enterprise Architecture and the full TCPED cycle (Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination) to support integration efforts across NGA Program Executive Offices (PEOs). This includes aligning activities, ensuring enterprise-wide coordination, and maintaining accurate documentation of architecture, requirements, and interfaces. Partner with Government stakeholders to define and implement integration processes across NGA PEOs and supporting organizations.
• Lead or contribute to cross-organizational Integrated Project Teams (IPTs) focused on:
  • Analytic modernization,
  • Collection Management,
  • Data Services,
  • Foundation GEOINT,
  • IT Transformation.
• Drive development of engineering and architecture artifacts, including:
  • Integrated project plans,
  • Requirements and epics,
  • Target state architectures,
  • CONOPS,
  • Roadmaps and schedules,
  • Risk registers.
• Conduct a wide range of engineering analyses to inform investment and modernization decisions, including:
  • Analysis of Alternatives (AoAs),
  • Course of Action (CoAs),
  • Trade Studies,
  • Engineering Assessments.
• Perform baseline analyses and support requirements allocation to systems architecture components
• Ensure end-to-end traceability between mission needs, requirements, architecture, and program execution
• Capture and translate mission and customer requirements into technical solutions and capability recommendations
• Identify opportunities to improve integration processes, driving greater adoption of:
  • Agile practices,
  • Digital Engineering,
  • Cross-organization collaboration.
• Support and participate in NGA Governance, Configuration Management, and Risk Management processes

Qualifications

Required:

• An active TS/SCI with a CI Poly
  • TS/SCI with the ability to poly may be considered if the candidate meets all requirement qualifications and some of the desired qualifications.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related STEM field
  • Additional 12 years of experience as an Integration Engineer in lieu of a degree (24 years total).
• Minimum 12 years of experience in government or industry in:
  • Database Management,
  • Big Data Analysis.
• Strong working knowledge of the systems engineering lifecycle, including:
• Strong working knowledge of the systems engineering lifecycle, including:
  • Architecture,
  • Requirements,
  • CONOPS,
  • Integration,
  • Testing,
  • Transition.

Desired:

• Senior-level experience and in-depth knowledge of geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) systems and services, including the TCPED cycle
• Technical expertise supporting modernization initiatives within the GEOINT enterprise, such as:
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Tactical Edge Computering,
  • Multi-Cloud Environments.
• Hands-on experience with Jira and Confluence
• Familiarity with Digital Engineering tools and processes
• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) training and certification, with demonstrated experience applying SAFe practices in prior projects
• Proven experience leading complex system-of-systems integration projects.

Salary Range

USD $140,000.00 - USD $180,000.00 /Yr.The Markon pay range for this position is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Salary : $140,000 - $180,000