Business Continuity Planner III

Senior Level Business Continuity Planner

We are seeking a Senior level Business Continuity Planner to join our prime contract supporting organizational planning to address disasters, interruptions of business functions, and enterprise resilience. Interprets government regulations and applicable directives and advises government management on the best course of action to meet program goals, objectives, and compliance with program mandates. Assists with the development of plans for continuity of essential functions and resumption of complete business operations. Monitors business and operation changes to ensure plans remain current and valid. Performs business process analysis / business impact analysis (BPA / BIA), risk assessments of essential functions and / or information systems in accordance with federal directives and industry best practices. Prepares and conducts training briefings and overviews to educate workforce personnel. Prepares and submits position and information papers in response to government requirements. Position requires an active TS / SCI with Polygraph level clearance. US citizenship required.

Required Skills : Ability to perform the following :

• Assist in developing the program's COOP and ITDR Program planning documents and schedule.
• Assist with Business Process Analysis and Business Impact Analysis (BPA / BIA) efforts in identifying and standardizing the program's functional descriptions in support of BPA documentation.
• Evaluate customer's COOP plan and Concept of Operations (CONOPS) and provide recommendations on how it can be leveraged within the program's plans.
• Provide continuity expertise to support the program's System Engineering Team to incorporate COOP functionality and documentation in system designs and network builds, as appropriate.
• Provide support to the IT Disaster Recovery efforts in identifying IT assets, dependency analysis, critical infrastructure assessments, and tracking of Availability Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) actions.
• Assist with development of the ITDR and Information Systems Contingency Plans (ISCP) test, training, and exercise (TT&E) planning activities to support COOP exercises.
• Assist with drafting initial annual Availability Controls Review of ISCP.
• Review system Requests for Change (RFC) for implications to system availability / resiliency and provide a recommendation on the best course of action.
• Provide support to the customer's IT & business roadmaps by incorporating a distributed operations environment.
• Assist with aligning mission outcomes, program goals, and mission assurance activities to guide daily activities.
• Provide input into team's work breakdown structures to ensure tasks support the resiliency goals.

Qualifications : Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and thirteen (13) years of experience in performing two (2) or more areas of Continuity of Government, Continuity of Operations, Business Continuity Planning, Crisis Management, Continuity Strategic Planning and Policy, Enterprise Risk Management, and participation in national level homeland security or continuity of operational exercises. Three (3) of the thirteen (13) years must be supporting a deferral department / agency or Intelligence Community component continuity of operations exercises. Completion of the FEMA Continuity of Operations Excellence Series - Level 1 (Professional Continuity Practitioner) required. Certification through the Disaster Recovery Institute International or Business Continuity Institute (e.g., CBCP, CPSCP, and MBCI) required. Four (4) additional years of experience in one of the above areas may be substituted for a Bachelor's Degree.

The pay range for this position is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Our approach to crafting offers considers various factors to provide an equitable and competitive comprehensive compensation package. These considerations include, but are not limited to, contracted rates, education, certification(s), experience, specific competencies required for this position, and geographic location. Vibrint's comprehensive compensation package includes but is not limited to : competitive salary; annual merit-based salary increase and discretionary bonus program; 401(k) plan with a company contribution; 11 paid federal holidays; 160 hours of paid time off; medical, dental, vision, life, and short- & long-term disability insurance; employee assistance program; and a generous professional development allowance.

Equal Opportunity Employer : All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, family structure, marital status, disability, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by law in all phases of the employment process and in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. An equal opportunity employer / disability / vet.