DR Program Manager

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 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 Disaster Recovery (DR) Program Manager 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. Responsibilities: 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. Qualifications EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE The following are the education and experience required for this position: 10+ years Bachelor's in IT or related field CBCP or MBCI Certification(s) Secret Security Clearance PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS: ITIL 4 Foundation, Comp TIA Sec + 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 % About Empower AI 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. Pay Band Min USD $116,220.00/Yr. Pay Band Max USD $179,890.00/Yr. #J-18808-Ljbffr Empower AI