DR Test Coordinator

Socket.dev; Washington, Reston (District of Columbia, VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Empower AI is partnering with the Department of State to deliver disaster recovery planning, testing, and support across DoS facilities at home and abroad. The DR Test Coordinator will validate recovery capabilities through rigorous testing, coordinate tests, and document results with a focus on continuity of operations for mission-critical systems.

The role requires 5+ years of IT experience, a Bachelor’s degree in IT or a related field, and a Secret Security Clearance; CompTIA Sec+ and ITIL 4

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in IT/related field.
• Bachelor's in IT or related field.
• Secret Security Clearance.
• Comp TIA Sec+, ITIL 4 Foundation Certification(s) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide disaster recovery planning, testing and support for customer personnel, facilities, servers, storage platforms, systems, networking equipment, and hosted systems at DoS facilities domestically and overseas.
• Coordinate DR tests and document results, including pre-planning and post-exercise reviews.
• Ensure testing scope includes applications and full functionality of systems from alternate locations; validate security controls in DR environment.
• Develop and implement corrective action plans addressing gaps or deficiencies identified during DR testing.

Skills

Disaster recovery

COOP planning

Security clearance

Documentation

Test coordination

Education

Bachelor's in IT or related field

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 DR Test Coordinator provides disaster recovery (DR) planning, testing and support for customer personnel, facilities, servers, storage platforms, systems, networking equipment, and hosted systems at DoS facilities both domestically and overseas.

Responsibilities:

• The DR Test Coordinator ensures the customer can perform continuity of operations (COOP) when needed due to contingencies and disasters without adverse impact to their mission.
• This role is responsible for validating the efficacy of recovery capabilities through rigorous, periodic testing and the implementation of corrective actions.
• You will be responsible for validating recovery capabilities through periodic tests conducted according to Government-approved schedules.
• This includes targeted recovery tests (conducted quarterly or as directed), semi‑annual recovery tests, annual full DR exercises, partial tests, and tabletop exercises.
• You will also coordinate DR tests and document results, ensuring pre‑planning and post‑exercise reviews.
• You will ensure the testing scope includes applications and full functionality of systems from alternate locations or provide full documentation and prevention recommendations.
• You will also ensure DR testing for High Value Assets (HVAs) meets all applicable security requirements and includes validation of security controls in the DR environment.
• The DR Test Coordinator develops and implements corrective action plans to address gaps, deficiencies, or failures identified during DR testing, with timelines and status tracking.

Qualifications

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

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

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

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:

• Comp TIA Sec+, ITIL 4 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 up to 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.