Systems Engineer

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $87.3k - $135.2k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

⚙️ Systems Engineer

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Empower AI

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1989

🎖️ Defense

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Defense • Healthcare • Logistics

Empower AI, formerly known as NCI, is a company that enhances the capabilities of public sector teams through advanced artificial intelligence solutions. With a focus on federal agencies, Empower AI leverages its extensive technical expertise to address complex challenges in both Civilian and Defense missions, enabling government leaders to boost workforce productivity and make informed decisions quickly. The company's offerings encompass a range of specialties, including AI, cybersecurity, software development, and cloud migration, aimed at facilitating meaningful transformation within government operations.

📋 Description

• 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 for 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 incorporate security requirements and controls 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 • 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

🎯 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, with continuing education requirements satisfied • 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 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 developing and maintaining 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 technical and nontechnical stakeholders • Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills • Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, mission-focused environment • Preferred: experience supporting Air National Guard, Department of War, federal, or other large-scale enterprise environments • Preferred: experience designing, integrating, or sustaining systems on Amazon Web Services using the AWS Console • Preferred: familiarity with Department of War architecture, cybersecurity, and systems-engineering processes • Preferred: experience with Microsoft Windows Server, Active Directory, virtualization platforms, enterprise networking, storage, and backup/recovery systems • Preferred: experience with enterprise monitoring, logging, incident management, performance-analysis tools, and backup/recovery systems • Travel by land or air transportation less than 5%

🏖️ Benefits

• Base salary range of USD $87,320.00–$135,160.00 per year • Recognition as a 2024 Military Friendly Employer • Support for active-duty and veteran employees • Merit-based hiring and promotion decisions