Disaster Recovery / Resiliency Engineer

Socket.dev; Washington, Reston (District of Columbia, VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Empower AI is seeking a Disaster Recovery/Resiliency Engineer for the Department of State project. You will develop, test, and maintain the enterprise DR/COOP plan and operations supporting the hybrid VPC and global IT infrastructure to keep embassy services highly available.

The role requires 6+ years in IT, a Bachelor's degree, and a Secret clearance, with preferred CompTIA Sec+ and ITIL4 certifications. Some travel is expected as needed to support DoS missions.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of education/experience in IT and security disciplines.
• Bachelor's in IT or related field is required.
• Secret Security Clearance is required or can be adjudicated for the role.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test and maintain the enterprise DR/COOP plan and operations for the hybrid VPC and global IT infrastructure.
• Ensure IT services remain operational and highly available for U.S. embassies, consulates, passport agencies, and visa centers.
• Lead redundancy, failover management, DR Plan documentation and testing per NIST SP 800-34 and FISMA.

Skills

6+ years IT experience

Secret Security Clearance

Education

Bachelor's in IT or related field

Tools

COMP TIA Sec+

ITIL4 Foundation

Job description

Overview

Empower AI is AI for government. Empower AI gives federal agency leaders the tools to elevate the potential of their workforce with a direct path for meaningful transformation. Headquartered in Reston, Va., Empower AI leverages three decades of experience solving complex challenges in Health, Defense, and Civilian missions. Our proven Empower AI Platform® provides a practical, sustainable path for clients to achieve transformation that is true to who they are, what they do, how they work, with the resources they have. The result is a government workforce that is exponentially more creative and productive. For more information, visit www.Empower.ai.

Empower AI is proud to be recognized as a 2024 Military Friendly Employer by Viqtory, the publisher of G.I. Jobs. This designation reflects the company’s commitment to hiring and supporting active-duty and veteran employees.

Responsibilities

We have an exciting opportunity at the Department of State! The Disaster Recovery (DR) / Resiliency Engineer is responsible for the development, testing and maintenance of the enterprise DR/COOP plan and operations supporting the hybrid VPC and global IT infrastructure for the customer.

Responsibilties:

• You will ensure customer IT services remain operational and highly available to support U.S. embassies, consulates, passport agencies and centers, and visa processing centers (i.e., domestic).
• To meet this mission, you will help develop, manage, and support a robust, enterprise-wide DR program for the enterprise IT network to ensure continuous improvement, resiliency, and high availability services, aligning with redundancy requirements.
• The DR program shall comply with NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-34 (Contingency Planning Guide for Federal Information Systems), FISMA requirements, and customer DR standards.
• As the DR/Resiliency Engineer, you will play key roles in redundancy and failover management, DR Plan documentation and system alignment, and DR testing.

Qualifications

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

The following are the education and experience required for this position:

• 6+ years
• Bachelor's in IT or related field
• Secret Security Clearance

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:

• COMP TIA Sec +; ITIL4 Foundation Certification(s)

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

This position requires the ability to perform the below essential functions:

• Sitting for long periods
• Standing for long periods
• Ambulate throughout an office
• Ambulate between several buildings
• Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl as required
• Repeatedly lift and carry weight up to 40 pounds
• Travel by land or air transportation 25 % .

About Empower AI

All hiring and promotion decisions at Empower AI are based on merit to bring the best talent available to contribute to our firm’s overall success. It is the policy of Empower AI not to discriminate against any applicant for employment, or employee because of age, color, sex, disability, national origin, race, religion, or veteran status. Empower AI is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.