Location
Philadelphia, PA | United States
Job description
Join our client as a Business Continuity Analyst for a contract position in Philadelphia, PA!! In this position you will work onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday!!
- Responsible for assisting with the development and maintenance of a comprehensive business continuity/disaster recovery plans to ensure the organization s resilience in the event of disruptions and ensure the organizations critical systems and data can be restored in the event of a disaster.
- Works closely with departments to assess risks, develop strategies for mitigation, and establish procedures for response and recovery.
- Risk Assessment: Assist with identifying and evaluate potential risks, threats, and vulnerabilities that could impact business operations, the organization s IT infrastructure, and data.
- Business Impact Analysis: Assist with Assessments to determine criticality of business functions/processes/systems/data, identifying dependencies and establishing Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO).
- Plan Development: Assist with the creation and maintenance or detailed plans, outlining strategies, procedures, technologies, and responsibilities, for responding to and recovering from disruptions or disaster.
- Exercises: Assist and support the Lead and Principal Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Analyst with executing exercises to assess the plans and identify weaknesses, develop improvement plans and ensure teams are prepared for emergencies.
- Incident Response: Assist and support the Lead and Principal Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Analyst with the development and maintenance of maintain incident response protocols, including communication plans, resource allocations, and decision-making processes to guide the organization during a crisis.
- Documentation: Keep accurate records of all continuity/disaster recovery plans, revisions, and improvements based on lessons learned from exercises and actual incidents. Maintain dashboards, repositories, and reports.
- Compliance: Assist and support the Lead and Principal Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Analyst with ensuring that the plans comply with industry and regulatory standards. Assist with requests from regulatory agencies.
- Training: Assist with enabling training, training communication, and awareness for business and IT groups, including maintenance /delivery of materials and training sessions.
- Assist in collection/coordination of IT Internal Audit requests, including scheduling meetings and tracking IT Audit Findings through completion.
- Off-Hour On-Call support may be required.
- Has working knowledge and experience in own discipline.
- Continues to build knowledge of the organization, processes, and customers.
- Performs a range of straightforward assignments.
- Uses prescribed guidelines or policies to analyze and resolve problems.
- Receives a guidance and direction from more senior level roles.
Skills/Experience/Education: - Preferred: Bachelor s degree in business, Risk Management, Information Technology, or a related field
- Preferred: Experience in Business Continuity, Regulatory Compliance, Emergency Management, Risk Management, or related Role.
- Preferred: Knowledge of industry standards and frameworks.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively and influence stakeholders at all levels.
- Attention to detail and ability to work effectively under pressure.
- Significant progress towards Project Management certification (PMP) or successful completion of a recognized project management curriculum is required.
- Plus: CBCP (Certified Business Continuity Professional)
- Plus: Risk Management Certification
- Behavior & Competency Skill:
- Highly organized with ability to prioritize and manage resources efficiently.
- Analytical and critical thinker; able to merge concepts and issues from various teams together into one vision.
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills (Written and Verbal)
- Comfortable working independently or collaboratively under compressed timelines.
- Ability to work under stress in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to develop and interpret information in the context of the organization s interest.
- Ability to be flexible, take initiative, and problem solve.
- Technical Skillset:
- Preferred: Fusion Framework System
- Preferred: Data visualization tools
- Preferred: Emergency Notification Software
- Preferred: xMatters Emergency Notification
- Preferred: Windows, Red Hat, AIX, IIS, SQL, Oracle, DB2, Networking, Cloud Technologies, and Middleware
- MS365 Suite
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- Dice Id: 10275036
- Position Id: 8216165
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