Lead Business Continuity Disaster Recovery Analyst

TEKsystems•Monrovia, CA

2d•$50 - $55•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a Lead Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Analyst to support and enhance an enterprise-wide Business Continuity (BC) and Disaster Recovery (DR) program. This individual will play a key role in ensuring critical business operations remain resilient during disruptive events and that recovery strategies, plans, testing, and governance activities meet business, regulatory, and audit expectations.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Operational Resilience, Risk Management, or a related discipline.
Strong knowledge of Business Impact Assessments (BIA), recovery planning, recovery testing, and incident response coordination.
Experience facilitating tabletop exercises, disaster recovery tests, and continuity planning initiatives.
Understanding of recovery objectives including RTOs, RPOs, and critical dependency mapping.
Ability to communicate effectively with technical teams, business leaders, auditors, and executive stakeholders.
Strong analytical, organizational, and documentation skills.
Experience supporting audit, regulatory, or compliance-related reviews.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Fusion Risk Management, LogicGate, ServiceNow, Jira, Workday reporting, or similar GRC and resilience management platforms.
Experience working within regulated industries such as financial services, banking, payments, fintech, or other highly regulated environments.
Familiarity with FFIEC, PCI, GLBA, SOC, and related regulatory or audit frameworks.
Experience developing training materials, job aids, testing scripts, executive presentations, audit responses, and governance reporting.
Experience in cybersecurity, technology risk, or information security programs is a plus.

Responsibilities

Lead the annual Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery program lifecycle, including Business Impact Assessments (BIAs), Business Resumption Plans (BRPs), Disaster Recovery Plans (DRPs), testing activities, risk assessments, and governance reporting.
Partner with business and technology stakeholders to maintain accurate recovery documentation, including critical dependencies, recovery strategies, RTOs, RPOs, recovery teams, and notification procedures.
Maintain BC/DR program records, workflows, dashboards, reports, plan repositories, testing evidence, and issue tracking within Fusion Risk Management and related governance platforms.
Design, coordinate, and evaluate BC/DR exercises, including tabletop exercises, disaster recovery failovers, incident response simulations, and full-scale recovery testing.
Prepare and deliver executive-level reporting, metrics, testing results, issue remediation updates, and program status reports for leadership and governance committees.
Conduct risk assessments using an all-hazards approach to identify operational resilience gaps, evaluate recovery capabilities, and recommend corrective actions.
Support third-party continuity and disaster recovery reviews by assessing vendor recovery plans, testing evidence, and critical service dependencies.
Provide recommendations to improve continuity planning, recovery strategies, testing effectiveness, and overall organizational resilience.
Serve as a subject matter expert for business continuity, disaster recovery, operational resilience, recovery planning methodologies, and regulatory readiness.
Collaborate with Information Security, Technology, Risk Management, Operations, Communications, and business teams during incidents, exercises, and recovery events.