Enterprise System Engineer SME

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.

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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

Markon is looking for a Systems Engineer to support the customer in planning and implementing enterprise architecture, systems engineering, and integration practices to enable secure and interoperable IC Information. 

Responsibilities may include:

• Support the development and implementation of end-to-end data management processes across mission and business systems.

• Assess data quality, identify anomalies, and perform basic data analysis to support decision-making.

• Ensure data integrity, accuracy, completeness, and consistency by developing and enforcing data management policies and procedures.
• Establish and maintain data governance frameworks, including data sharing rules and security/compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across multiple agencies to gather data requirements, communicate findings, and implement effective data solutions.
• Develop and maintain integration and transition plans for enterprise initiatives across the IC.
• Draft high-quality technical and analytical documents, reports, and briefing materials that demonstrate strong writing and grammatical skills.
• Work independently or with senior leadership in a dynamic, multi-tasking environment, managing competing priorities and shifting timelines.

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• Bachelor’s degree with 12–15 years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree with 10–13 years of relevant experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience supporting or working within the Intelligence Community (IC).
• Demonstrated experience in data quality assessment, data policy development, and governance enforcement.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to interact with stakeholders at all levels.
• Proven ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams and high-pressure environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, particularly in preparing technical or analytical reports.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with exploratory data analysis (EDA) and basic statistical techniques.
• Familiarity with data reference architectures and data product standards.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise computing platforms, database systems, and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) enterprise technologies.
• Experience in data integration across large-scale systems or organizational boundaries.

USD $160,000.00 - 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.