Disaster Recovery / Resiliency Engineer

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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.

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 % . 

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.  

If hired for this position, the base salary range would be within the range provided. The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high end of the salary range for this position. Actual salaries may vary based on various factors including but not limited to work location, skills, experience, gov con contractual requirements, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Empower AI's total compensation package for employees.