Systems Engineer

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.

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SYSTEMS ENGINEER II

• Lead or support systems engineering activities for a cloud-based enterprise system throughout planning, design, integration, testing, deployment, sustainment, and modernization.
• Develop and maintain system architecture products, technical baselines, data-flow diagrams, interface descriptions, system inventories, and engineering documentation.
• Assess current and future system architecture to ensure scalability, reliability, availability, maintainability, interoperability, and security.
• Coordinate technical integration among cloud infrastructure, networking, identity services, cybersecurity tools, applications, data services, and end-user capabilities.
• Support technical planning and analysis for infrastructure upgrades, application integrations, capability releases, and system modernization initiatives.
• Evaluate proposed changes for technical feasibility, mission impact, integration risk, cybersecurity implications, operational dependencies, and lifecycle support requirements.
• Support configuration management processes, including technical baseline reviews, change-control activities, configuration documentation, and release planning.
• Define and support system integration, verification, validation, and acceptance-testing activities.
• Identify technical risks, system dependencies, constraints, integration issues, and capability gaps; develop mitigation options and provide recommendations to leadership.
• Support service availability, performance, capacity, continuity, disaster recovery, and operational resiliency planning.
• Coordinate with cybersecurity personnel to ensure security requirements and controls are incorporated into system architecture, engineering decisions, and change activities.
• Support Risk Management Framework activities by providing system architecture information, technical evidence, control implementation details, and remediation support as required.
• Analyze system performance, service incidents, operational trends, and user feedback to identify root causes and recommend engineering improvements.
• Develop and maintain Splunk Dashboards for Security Information and Event Monitoring.
• Execute and Analyze Server Scans to mitigate cybersecurity vulnerabilities and manage risks.
• Implement STIGs and review checklists to ensure compliance with DoW Technical Requirements.
• Prepare technical reports, engineering assessments, decision papers, briefings, and status updates for government and contractor leadership.
• Participate in technical working groups, design reviews, architecture reviews, integrated product teams, operational planning sessions, and after-action reviews.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in systems engineering, computer science, information technology, engineering, cybersecurity, or a related discipline; or an equivalent combination of education, technical training, certifications, and relevant experience.
• US Citizen with active Secret clearance
• 3–5 years of progressively responsible experience in systems engineering, enterprise information technology, cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, or related technical roles.
• Must meet DoDM 8140.03 requirements or be DoD 8570 Certified at Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level I (e.g., CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+, CySA+, CISSP, or CCNP Security) and have satisfied all continuing education requirements.
• Must have completed Microsoft Windows Server Training.
• Working knowledge of Windows Task Scheduler, Microsoft PowerShell, and PuTTY (specifically psftp)
• Demonstrated experience integrating and supporting DBSign, a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) digital signature tool, within DoD Web applications.
• Experience supporting configuration management, change management, technical documentation, and system lifecycle processes.
• Experience supporting Risk Management Framework activities, authorization documentation, continuous monitoring, and cybersecurity control implementation.
• Ability to develop and interpret system architecture diagrams, interface-control documentation, data-flow diagrams, network diagrams, and technical specifications.
• Experience with development and maintenance of Splunk Dashboards for Security Information and Event Monitoring.
• Experience executing and analyzing server scans to mitigate cybersecurity vulnerabilities and manage risks.
• Ability to communicate complex technical issues, risks, and recommendations clearly to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, mission-focused environment. 

PREFERRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Experience supporting Air National Guard, Department of War, federal, or other large-scale enterprise environments.
• Experience designing, integrating, or sustaining systems on an Amazon Web Services cloud platform utilizing the AWS Console.
• Familiarity with Department of War architecture, cybersecurity, and systems-engineering processes.
• Experience with Microsoft Windows Server, Active Directory, virtualization platforms, enterprise networking, storage, and backup/recovery systems.
• Experience with enterprise monitoring, logging, incident management, performance-analysis tools, and backup/recovery systems.

 PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Travel by land or air transportation < 5%

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.