Software Engineer Level 3
Markon Solutions3 months ago
Fort Meade, MD, USASenior
Base Salary
$220k - $230k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect, design, and develop large-scale, high-performance backend applications and distributed services.
- Lead Java application and API development supporting enterprise mission capabilities.
- Design event-driven and message-based workflows using RabbitMQ or comparable messaging technologies.
- Engineer, deploy, and optimize containerized applications within Kubernetes environments.
- Establish coding, testing, performance, security, scalability, and maintainability standards.
- Troubleshoot complex system-wide issues across applications, messaging services, databases, and infrastructure.
- Mentor engineers through architecture reviews, code reviews, and technical guidance.
- Lead technical design, architectural tradeoff evaluation, and modernization of legacy applications and distributed systems.
- Coordinate technical priorities across Agile teams and create technical documentation and production-readiness assessments.
Requirements
- Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph for the customer.
- Bachelor's degree and 20+ years of software engineering experience.
- Expert experience designing and developing large-scale, high-performance backend applications and distributed systems.
- Expert experience developing Java applications and RESTful APIs.
- Experience with Kubernetes and message broker technologies such as RabbitMQ.
- Experience troubleshooting complex enterprise-scale application, messaging, and infrastructure issues.
- Demonstrated experience mentoring software engineers, conducting code reviews, and leading technical design efforts.
- Experience with Git, Atlassian tools, IntelliJ, or Eclipse.
- Desired experience with Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Kotlin, Python, MongoDB, or Apache NiFi.
- Desired experience designing event-driven and distributed system architectures and establishing software quality, performance, security, and testing standards.
- Desired experience modernizing enterprise applications supporting Intelligence Community missions.
- Strong technical leadership, analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and collaboration skills.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage.
- 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, employee assistance program, training and tuition assistance.
- Paid time off and holidays.
About Markon Solutions
Markon Solutions provides cyber, digital transformation, and critical intelligence consulting services to U.S. federal agencies, including the Intelligence Community. The privately held firm delivers technology-enabled services such as red teaming, software engineering, and secure infrastructure support across classified programs. Headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, it operates as a government contractor focused on national security missions and enterprise IT modernization.