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.

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Description:

Markon is seeking System Engineers to support one of our Intelligence Community customers with the development, integration and management of cloud environments.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate Cloud Service Provider (CSP) and Intelligence Community (IC) activities for cross-agency and cross-fabric workloads
• Support development of Multi-Cloud IC Engineering Standards
• Organize and facilitate integration and architecture meetings
• Develop Division and Group level KPIs, using statistical analysis models and standards
• Represent Division and Group at various technical, process improvement, and senior level management meetings
• Conduct security technical analysis and ensure access control, monitoring, and 'approved to use features' are incorporated into C2E service offerings
• Track, assess, and recommend use of emerging cloud technologies and services
• Assist in management of a master schedule that includes life cycle phases, milestones and control gates
• Identify, evaluate, document and apply process improvements to requirements management and other key process areas, to increase productivity
• Support analysis of system functionality and business processes to identify and recommend any area for improvement
• Develop and implement test plans as needed

Desired Skills:

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, teamwork, technical writing, and communication skills
• Knowledge of fundamental cloud architecture, development of cloud-based web services, and programming languages
• Experience in overall project management such as project planning, project execution status monitoring and control, risk management, resource allocation and development of relevant project documents (5 - 10 years)
• Experience in managing a project master schedule that includes life cycle phases, milestones, and control gates (5 - 10 years)
• Ability to work in highly visible environment and brief customers and senior officials
• Ability to prioritize work, write in a highly professional manner
• Ability to analyze problems and identify viable solutions
• Able to work independently without close supervision; self-motivated and disciplined
• Ability to perform technical project management tasks
• Effective presentation, writing and communication skills
• Job related experience in: Project Management, Requirements Management, Service Delivery Management, Change Management