Business Continuance Management #018
About The Position
Delan Associates, Inc. is seeking candidates for ongoing Business Continuance Management job opportunities in the Tallahassee, Florida area. The posting describes two roles: Manager, Business Continuance (Job #7000) and Business Continuance Specialist (Job #7010). The Manager, Business Continuance implements and integrates enterprise risk management procedures based on an understanding of key IT services that must be maintained to reduce financial loss and preserve critical customer service capability. The role ensures business continuance procedures are monitored and tested, coordinates responses to system failures, and proactively develops processes to minimize or eliminate downtime. It also develops service-level risk management agreements with business stakeholders and vendors. This is a middle-management role working under general direction of senior management, managing and mentoring supervisors, project leads, and/or technical staff, and serving as project leader and subject matter expert on multiple complex projects. The Business Continuance Specialist develops risk management procedures, business continuance scenarios, and contingency plans for central and distributed systems and networks so operations can continue during downtime or major disasters. The specialist identifies critical points of failure and recommends actions, develops and implements business continuance policies, procedures, and test plans with IT operational and support groups, and participates in evaluating and selecting vendors to ensure service-level agreements meet business continuance planning requirements. This is an intermediate professional role involving contingency planning and analysis for medium- to highly complex assignments, participation in multiple projects, leadership of business continuance planning components, and possible coaching of junior technical staff.
Requirements
- Manager role: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
- Manager role: Minimum of 7 years of IT and business work experience, including managing large-scale IT infrastructure and support functions, risk management, and process re-engineering or improvement.
- Manager role: Experience managing teams and projects.
- Specialist role: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
- Specialist role: Minimum of 3 years of IT work experience in information systems support, administration, and risk management.
Responsibilities
- Implement and integrate risk management procedures across the enterprise.
- Ensure business continuance procedures are monitored and tested.
- Ensure responses to system failures and develop processes to minimize or eliminate downtime.
- Develop service-level risk management agreements with business stakeholders and vendors.
- Manage and mentor supervisors, project leads, and/or technical staff; lead multiple complex projects as a project leader and subject matter expert.
- Develop risk management procedures, business continuance scenarios, and contingency plans for central and distributed systems and networks.
- Identify critical points of failure and make recommendations.
- Develop and implement business continuance policies, procedures, and test plans with IT operational and support groups.
- Participate in vendor evaluation and selection to ensure service-level agreements meet business continuance planning requirements.
- Perform contingency planning and analysis, contribute to multiple projects, and lead business continuance planning components.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
