Security Operations / SIEM Analyst
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 2, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 7, 2026.
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.
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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 % .
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.