Business Continuity Analyst

Ensure business impact analysis, business continuity planning, disaster recovery planning, and testing is completed to support the resiliency of mission-critical business processes according to industry standards and company policy.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plan, facilitate, and document exercises and simulations of system and business disruptions to continuously improve plans and resilience strategies.

• Coordinate, establish and train staff in response efforts for department-specific response plans and provide recommendations for resilience strategies

• Support the identification of BC and DR requirements for hardware or software configurations that could affect disaster recovery plans

• Support partnerships with vendors, outsourcers, and contractors when obtaining protection services and products

• Participate in the execution of business continuity and disaster recovery plans when a business or IT operations disruption occurs, in coordination with the business continuity manager

• Provide project management support for business continuity and IT disaster recovery activities

• Perform administrative activities, including periodic status reporting, documentation, and other activities, as assigned, in a timely fashion

• Maintain an effective working knowledge of business continuity and disaster recovery industry technologies, trends, and best practices

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Bachelor’s degree required with an emphasis in Information Technology or Business preferred

• Four (4) years of experience in Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

• Knowledge of all types of disasters, natural or otherwise, and their effect on company technologies

• Excellent verbal and written skills necessary to communicate intricate job-related processes to internal and external customers

• Ability to maintain composure and adapt in a dynamic, fast-paced, customer-focused work environment characterized by rapid change, minimal lead times, and multiple competing priorities

• Two (2) years of experience in project management, preferred

• Business continuity or disaster recovery certification, preferred

• Microsoft Office Visio and SharePoint experience, preferred

PHYSICAL DEMANDS, WORK ENVIRONMENT AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• Up to 10% domestic travel

• Ability to obtain and maintain a valid driver’s license

• Requires a favorable motor vehicle report upon hire

• Additional work hours including weekends, holidays, and on-call as required

Top Skills Details

Disaster recovery, Business continuity, Recovery, Business requirements, infrastructure management, data management

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Nice-to-Have:

1. Fusion (Salesforce Risk Management), ServiceNow, or Archer

2. Certification in Business Continuity or Disaster Recovery

3. 2+ years of Project Management experience