Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery Analyst

Centra Health • Lynchburg, VA

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About The Position

The Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery Analyst role is responsible for assisting in safeguarding the organization’s operations within a healthcare environment. This position focuses on developing, implementing, and maintaining comprehensive business continuity plans (BCP) and disaster recovery (DR) strategies to ensure minimal disruption to critical IT systems, patient care services, and compliance with regulations such as HIPAA and HITECH, laws, and standards such as NIST CSF, 800-53 Rev. 5. By assisting with development of policies, procedures, audits, risk assessments, and coordinating recovery efforts, the specialist helps maintain data integrity, system availability, and organizational resilience against threats like cyber-attacks, natural disasters, or infrastructure failures. This role often involves collaborating with other departments to gather and analyze data, as well as contributing to the preparation of reports and documentation related to BCP / DR activities.

Requirements

• Experience in business continuity planning and disaster recovery.
• Knowledge of healthcare environment operations.
• Familiarity with HIPAA and HITECH regulations.
• Understanding of NIST CSF and 800-53 Rev. 5 standards.
• Ability to develop policies and procedures.
• Skills in conducting audits and risk assessments.
• Capability to coordinate recovery efforts.
• Proficiency in data integrity and system availability maintenance.
• Experience in collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Developing, implementing, and maintaining comprehensive business continuity plans (BCP) and disaster recovery (DR) strategies.
• Ensuring minimal disruption to critical IT systems and patient care services.
• Ensuring compliance with regulations such as HIPAA and HITECH, laws, and standards such as NIST CSF, 800-53 Rev. 5.
• Assisting with the development of policies and procedures.
• Conducting audits and risk assessments.
• Coordinating recovery efforts.
• Maintaining data integrity and system availability.
• Enhancing organizational resilience against threats like cyber-attacks, natural disasters, or infrastructure failures.
• Collaborating with other departments to gather and analyze data.
• Contributing to the preparation of reports and documentation related to BCP / DR activities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed