DT/EA Application Support Analyst (Tier II)

Socket.dev; Washington, Reston (District of Columbia, VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Empower AI seeks an Application Support Analyst (Tier II) to modernize and operate a hybrid VPC and global network for the Department of State. You will manage and modernize over 200 legacy applications and related products.

Responsibilities include access management, deployment and troubleshooting of applications, and implementing DevOps practices to improve reliability and reduce downtime. Collaboration with Tier III teams ensures readiness for Authority to Operate (ATO).

Qualifications

• 4+ years of IT experience.
• Bachelor's in IT or related field.
• Secret Security Clearance.
• Preferred: CompTIA Sec+, ITIL4 Foundation certifications.

Responsibilities

• Oversee modernization of 200 legacy applications and deploy new ones.
• Manage user access and apply changes with DevOps practices.
• Monitor performance and reliability to minimize downtime.
• Coordinate with Tier III teams for Authority to Operate readiness.

Skills

4+ years of IT experience

Education

Bachelor's in IT or related field

Secret Security Clearance

Tools

CompTIA 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 Application Support Analyst (Tier II) is responsible for the modernization of and legacy application operations within the hybrid VPC and global network infrastructure for the customer. This role manages and modernizes over 200 legacy applications and products, including existing and new products introduced during this effort.

Responsibilities:

• The analyst oversees application user management to provide and maintain access.
• You will support installation and deployment of customer legacy and new applications, including troubleshooting, diagnosis, evaluation, maintenance, availability, and performance monitoring.
• This role anticipates implementing self-learning and self-healing corrective actions to enhance application reliability and minimizing operation downtime during critical, scheduled, and unscheduled maintenance by expediting deployment of approved changes/fixes or updates.
• In addition to routine application maintenance, you will be part of the team that:
  • provides emergency system support and emergency changes, updates application, patches, and deployments, ensuring minimal user disruption and implementing Development and Operations (DevOps) practices.
• You will also manage, monitor, install, remove, obtain, and renew application certifications as required in collaboration with Tier III teams to ensure application readiness for Authority to Operate (ATO).

Qualifications

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

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

• 4+ 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.