Chief Platform Architect
Markon Solutions1 month ago
Chantilly, VA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$175k - $210k/yr
Responsibilities
- Provide DevSecOps technical guidance covering automation, security integration, and compliance with intelligence community and federal standards.
- Analyze and refine system requirements, architecture designs, and client requirements while coordinating EPICs and technical feedback.
- Define and oversee CI/CD pipelines and automation strategies to improve performance, reliability, and maintainability.
- Embed security into engineering workflows and develop DevSecOps maturity models for enterprise transformation.
- Identify engineering risks and mitigation strategies and provide technical advice to government leadership and mission partners.
- Direct and advise on digital engineering, model-based engineering, and model-based systems engineering concepts and structures.
- Participate in design reviews, sprint planning, and cross-functional technical discussions.
- Prepare and deliver technical briefings to senior leaders, stakeholders, and mission audiences.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with 12 or more years of experience; master’s degree with 10 or more years; or PhD or JD with 6 or more years.
- At least 7 years of experience with DevSecOps and related tools.
- At least 3 years of platform architecture review, client consultation, and technical leadership experience.
- Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with polygraph, preferably from the client.
- Experience with digital engineering, model-based engineering, and model-based systems engineering.
- Knowledge of cloud technologies such as AWS and Azure.
- Experience with CONOPS requirements development, interface control documentation, technical specification review, and architecture development.
- Program lifecycle experience from concept development and design through deployment, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and Project.
- Strong written and verbal communication, interpersonal skills, judgment, initiative, and ability to define solutions for broad topics.
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.
- Work location is Chantilly, Virginia, supporting a mission-critical government program.