Security Operations / SIEM Analyst with Security Clearance

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 Security Operations / Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Analyst works to ensure the customer IT environments is updated and current to support the customer’s mission to provide IT services to DoS users enterprise wide.

Responsibilties

• This role creates and maintains standardized secure installation guides for the operating systems, databases, virtual machines, and any other configurable software based on DoS and other Federal configuration guides (e.g., Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs)) or best industry practices) for Government approval.
• Security operations support focuses on the operational security administration and SIEM.
• The contractor shall support the implementation, configuration, and administration of the SIEM processes and tools in the CA environment.
• The contractor shall support the development, engineering, configuration, implementation, and/or management of security solutions for addressing specific threats, vulnerabilities, or exposures in the environment requested by the Government.
• You will also perform patch management and security update operations support to maintain operating environment compliance. Qualifications EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE The following are the education and experience required for this position:
• 5+ years
• Bachelor's in IT or related field
• Security+; Splunk or SIEM platform Certification(s)
• Secret Security Clearance PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:
• ITIL 4 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 10 % .