Everforth ECS is seeking a Senior Automation SME to work in our Arlington, VA office.
Everforth ECS is seeking talented professionals to join our successful and growing team supporting the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC). The JCDC is CISA’s flagship initiative for uniting government, industry, and international partners to proactively defend against cyber threats. Our ECS team is at the center of providing support to JCDC’s critical mission as they continue to plan, share, and respond to cyber threats in real time to support the greater cyber community.
The Sr. Automation SME will support JCDC to evaluate existing processes, tools, and knowledge management systems to streamline workflows, reduce manual effort, and deliver operational efficiencies that meet customer needs across JCDC. This position will partner with stakeholders across JCDC to identify automation opportunities and develop scalable solutions to address those gaps.
Job Responsibilities:
- Assess current processes, workflows, tools, and knowledge management practices and identify system agnostic automation opportunities.
- Gather requirements and develop project artifacts such as workflows, use cases, and process changes.
- Conduct stakeholder interactions and engagement activities including root cause analysis, solution demonstrations, etc.
- Develop and maintain automation roadmaps including prioritization, business value assessments, and alignment with federal compliance, security, and accessibility standards.
- Lead the design, build, implementation, and continuous improvement of automation solutions.
- Define and track performance measures for automation solutions and conduct leadership briefs on performance to demonstrate return on investment (ROI).
- Identify gaps, risks, or dependencies and elevate them as appropriate.
- Lead the establishment of governance, training, and documentation of automation solutions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to consolidate and align related workstreams.
- Summarize key information and produce briefing materials as an individual contributor.
Salary Range: $160,000 - $195,000
General Description of Benefits
Preferred Qualifications- US citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain DHS Suitability (EOD).
- Active TS security clearance and SCI eligible.
- On-site 1-4 days per week in Arlington, VA.
- Bachelor’s degree with 10 years of experience in cybersecurity or related field.
- Experience in process automation, systems integration, and workflow optimization leveraging automation technologies and tools, e.g., Robotic Process Automation (RPA) platforms, workflow automation tools, and knowledge management systems, e.g., SharePoint.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to convey complex technical information to both technical and non-technical.
- Ability to think critically and develop short- and long-term automation strategies.
- Ability to learn quickly in a dynamic, collaborative environment.
Skills Required
- US citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain DHS Suitability (EOD).
- Active TS security clearance and SCI eligible.
- On-site 1-4 days per week in Arlington, VA.
- Bachelor's degree with 10 years of experience in cybersecurity or related field.
- Experience in process automation, systems integration, and workflow optimization using RPA platforms and knowledge management systems (e.g., SharePoint).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to convey complex technical information to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to think critically and develop short- and long-term automation strategies.
- Ability to learn quickly in a dynamic, collaborative environment.
ECS Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ECS and has not been reviewed or approved by ECS.
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Healthcare Strength — ECS advertises multiple national-network medical plan options with HSA eligibility alongside dental and vision coverage. Coverage generally begins quickly and is paired with company-paid short- and long-term disability, adding stability to the health package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with Safe Harbor and immediate vesting on employer contributions is emphasized, with an employer match available. Access to an employee stock purchase plan via the parent company provides an additional savings avenue.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave up to 30 days, adoption assistance, and other family-oriented leaves are highlighted. Feedback suggests these offerings add meaningful value beyond base pay for many roles.
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What We Do
ECS, a segment of ASGN (NYSE: ASGN), delivers advanced solutions and services in cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), application and IT modernization, and science and engineering. The company solves critical, complex challenges for customers across the U.S. public sector, defense, intelligence and commercial industries. ECS maintains partnerships with leading cloud, cybersecurity, and AI/ML providers and holds specialized certifications in their technologies. Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, ECS has more than 3,400 employees throughout the U.S. and has been recognized as a Top Workplace by The Washington Post for the last five years.
