Founded in 2007, Markon Solutions is a nationally recognized consulting firm headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia. Markon is the Federal Business Unit of Anser Advisory. With employees in seven states and overseas, we support the intelligence community, defense and civilian sectors, as well as commercial clients. Markon is committed to advancing clients through project management and business improvement services offered in a premiere, highly personal environment.

Join our winning team! We empower our employees to make decisions and encourage them to take on leadership roles. New ideas from employees are also encouraged. Markon is a place where you can truly demonstrate your capabilities to your full potential. We are consistently named a Washington Post Top Workplace and Best Place to Work in Virginia because we put our employees first. Markon offers an exceptional benefits package that ranks in the top tier of our industry.

Markon Solutions 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 Solutions is actively looking for a CST to perform the following duties:

Construction Surveillance Technicians must demonstrate an ability to learn the principles of multiple construction disciplines, to include Civil, Architectural, and Mechanical, Electrical, and Electronic Engineering. They shall be capable of reading and analyzing designs and blueprints and recognizing the architect’s intended use. CST’s shall be capable of analyzing designs and structural complexities, which are intended to mask an ulterior purpose not wanted by the architect. The CSTs shall demonstrate knowledge of Technical Surveillance Countermeasures, construction principles and devices used by hostile and friendly intelligence services for the purpose of clandestine surveillance. CSTs shall become thoroughly knowledgeable of Department of State security procedures and the level of security required in various parts of each facility under construction/renovation. CSTs must be able to effectively communicate in English, as well as be able to write detailed reports, analyses of problems, findings, and security situations which require staff actions. CSTs shall be capable of independent decision-making, possess a high degree of individual initiative, and function with minimal supervision. The CSTs are required to maintain detailed daily notes during their tour of duty. CST Notes are to be submitted to the Contractor’s Team Leader who will review them for accuracy and present them to the SSM for review.

Surveillance:

The SSM will develop (CST) Orders and Standard Operating Procedures governing the surveillance function. These operating procedures will be in accordance with the Security Policy Board Guides 1, 2, 3 and the latest OBO Construction Surveillance Technician Field Guidebook. The CSTs shall monitor, observe, and interact with the construction workers as they accomplish their various construction tasks to preclude the introduction of electronic, electrical, mechanical, or hostile surveillance monitoring devices into finished construction.

Inspection:

The CSTs shall be responsible for x-raying or otherwise examining as directed by the SSM or other USG Representative, equipment, materials, furnishings, or other specific items destined for use in the Controlled Access Areas (CAA). The CSTs may be called on to assist with random selection of materials required for construction and installation in, or contiguous to CAAs as directed by the SSM.

Construction Surveillance Technicians shall be responsible for both the daily opening and closing (securing) of new facilities, where applicable. They shall monitor un-cleared workers during designated phases of construction, fully annotate within the CST notebook a full description of the activities they observe. They shall be responsible for the inspection of material, equipment, and furnishings by use of x ray and/or visual inspection, for those items designated for use within the Secure areas of the construction site or facility. They may be required to assist in the random selection of materials required construction and installation in the CAA and areas contiguous to the CAA, and take part, as needed, in decertification of containers. Construction Surveillance Technicians are often tasked with having to navigate difficult terrain to include unfinished flooring, scaffolding, confined spaces, or other occupational hazards such as heights; and long durations in respective elements, to name a few.

Construction Surveillance Technicians must have at least five (5) years’ experience in at least one of the following areas of expertise:

• Construction security surveillance

• Technical Surveillance Countermeasures

• Industrial or government security involving counterintelligence

• Construction quality assurance

• Hands-on supervisory construction experience

Employment as a CST may require a blueprint reading test prior to being accepted into the CST Training Program. Tests will be administered by the COR, ACOR, or cognizant training representative at the Diplomatic Security Center.

COVID vaccination may be required.