Systems Architect

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.

 

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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.

Markon is seeking an experienced Systems Architect to join our program supporting a key IC government customer.

• Design, develop, maintain, and document solution architectures ensuring traceability to the Enterprise architecture and Enterprise requirements.
• Conduct the analysis of user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate or improve existing systems and review computer system capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations.
• Develop proposed changes to the solutions architecture design based on analysis of requirements and new technology.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program 
• 6+ years architecture working experience in government or industry.
• Active TS/SCI clearance. A CI polygraph level is available after start.

Desired Skills:

• Working knowledge of Model Based Systems Engineering, processes, tools and languages.
• Ability to code in Python, Excel, and Access VBA
• Experience developing tools in Access
• Knowledge of how to build UI components and queries work in Access
• Experience with the pandas library
• Optimizer-specific skills/experience:
• Experience formulating and solving linear programs (LPs)
• Experience using Optimizer
• Experience with Node.js and Tableau

USD $130,000.00 - USD $150,000.00 /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.