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# Systems Engineer Level 2

- **Company:** Markon, LLC.
- **Location:** Annapolis Junction, MD, United States
- **Salary:** $185,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Systems Engineering, Confluence, JIRA, DevOps, Elasticsearch, Scrum Methodology, Grafana, Kubernetes, Rancher, Atlassian Tools, Kibana
- **Published:** November 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9302744/systems-engineer-level-2

## About the Role

Active TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph through this customer is required.
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Bachelor's degree and 14+ years of relevant experience required.
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Experience using Jira and Confluence.
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Experience gathering, analyzing, and documenting requirements.
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Experience coordinating sprint planning and retrospectives.
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Experience facilitating customer and technical team meetings.
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Experience communicating project status, priorities, and milestones to stakeholders.
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Experience coordinating with DevOps teams to manage and track project tasks.

Desired Qualifications
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Familiarity with Kubernetes, Rancher, and Helm.
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Familiarity with Elasticsearch and Kibana dashboards.
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Familiarity with Grafana dashboards.

## Description

Markon is seeking a Systems Engineer Level 2 to support the Fort Meade Customer. This role focuses on requirements gathering, Agile project coordination, sprint planning, and collaboration with customer stakeholders and DevOps teams to support mission-critical systems.

Responsibilities

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Gather, analyze, and document customer requirements.
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Coordinate with customers and developers to clarify technical requirements and priorities.
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Manage sprint planning, retrospectives, and Agile development activities.
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Facilitate internal customer meetings and engineering team discussions.
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Communicate project status, priorities, milestones, and deliverables to customer management.
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Collaborate with DevOps teams to ensure tasks are documented, tracked, and updated in Jira.
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Maintain project documentation and requirements using Confluence and Jira.
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Monitor progress to ensure customer requirements and project objectives are met.