ACAS Tier II Systems Engineer - Intermediate

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Empower AI: As an ACAS Tier II Systems Engineer, you will provide services in support of the Army Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM) on the Army Department of Defense Information Network (DoDIN-A) Cybersecurity and Network Operations Mission Support (ADCNOMS) contract. Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM) and Internet Protocol Network Scanning (IPNS) / Internet Protocol Vulnerability Assessment Tool (IPVAT /Assured Compliance Assessment Solution® (ACAS) is the mandated DoD enterprise vulnerability scanning capability for Army and DoD networks and components. ACAS is a suite of tools which provides real-time and continuous network monitoring of the DoDIN-A networks and systems. Data is collected and organized into usable reports to find and identify critical security issues. ACAS also provides packet-level monitoring using analytics. The current ACAS tool consists of Nessus Network Monitor, Nessus Agent, Nessus Manager, Nessus Scanner, Tenable SC/Tenable IO.  You will provide help desk, incident, and problem management services to the ACAS user community.

Highlights of Responsibilities:

• Provide support for Tier II trouble tickets.
• Use established Government guidelines, tools, and reporting procedures in all instances which encompass incident and problem management.
• Monitor capability incident queues, respond to > 95% of new incidents in accordance with minimum response times as established in NETCOM incident management policy, and resolve > 95% of incidents in accordance with Service Level Targets as established in NETCOM incident management policy.
• Generate monthly standardized reports of incident and problem management KPIs.
• Provide weekly in-depth discussions by capability on incident management performance utilizing Government provided dashboards. Deep dives should be performed in conjunction with the Project management Interim Progress Report (IPR) deliverable.
• Document all known errors, problems, and solutions discovered in the process of executing break/fix operations.
• Develop mitigation plans when incident management trends reveal deficiencies in break/fix support performance or procedures.
• Utilize Government provided dashboards and reports to ensure resolution times fall within established Government service level targets.
• Draft technical guidance outlining step-by-step remediation procedures as illuminated through break/fix actions.
• Develop an After-Action Report (AAR) using the Government template to document significant outages, events, or activities impacting supported capabilities and services.

Minimum Requirements:

• Secret Security Clearance
• Bachelor’s degree
• 4 – 9 years of experience
• Intermediate experience with Operations center/call center or technical helpdesk
• Intermediate knowledge and experience in applications and technology comprising ACAS.
• Basic knowledge of Active Directory and Directory Services.
• Basic knowledge of network management.
• Basic knowledge of Dell and Hewlett Packard hardware IA, STIG, SCAP benchmarks, and ACAS.AUDIT compliance audit scan.
• Basic knowledge of IP data networking.
• Basic knowledge of IP vulnerability assessment products, architecture and integrations and API/Python scripting.

Preferred Qualifications:

• DoD Cyber Workforce Framework (DCWF 632) Systems Developer Intermediate qualified (BS degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Information Systems, or Computer Science or GCLD or GSEC or CSSLP) or equivalent certification
• ITIL v4 Foundations certification

Physical Requirements:

• Sitting for long periods
• Standing for long periods
• Ambulate throughout an office
• Ambulate between several buildings
• Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl as required
• Travel by land or air transportation 10% or less

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.