Business Continuance Management #018

Delan Associates•Fort Lauderdale, FL

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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 in the Business Continuance Management job family. The Manager, Business Continuance implements and integrates enterprise risk management procedures, drawing on an understanding of the IT services that must be maintained to limit financial loss and protect critical customer service capabilities. The manager oversees monitoring and testing of business continuance procedures, responses to system failures, and proactive process development to minimize or eliminate downtime. The role also develops service-level risk management agreements with business stakeholders and vendors. It is a middle-management role that works under general direction of senior management, typically managing and mentoring supervisors, project leads, and/or technical staff. The manager leads multiple complex projects and serves as a subject matter expert. The posting also describes a Business Continuance Specialist role. This role develops risk management procedures, business continuance scenarios, and contingency plans for central and distributed systems and networks to maintain operations during downtime or major disasters. The specialist identifies critical points of failure and recommends mitigations; develops and implements business continuance policies, procedures, and test plans with IT operational and support groups; and participates in vendor evaluation and selection to ensure service-level agreements meet planning requirements. This is an intermediate professional role involving contingency planning and analysis for medium- to highly complex assignments, multiple projects, and leadership of business continuance planning components.

Requirements

For Manager, Business Continuance: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
For Manager, Business Continuance: At least 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.
For Manager, Business Continuance: Experience managing teams and projects.
For Business Continuance Specialist: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
For Business Continuance Specialist: At least 3 years of IT work experience in information systems support, administration, and risk management.

Responsibilities

Implement and integrate enterprise risk management procedures based on an understanding of key IT services.
Ensure business continuance procedures are monitored and tested, and ensure responses to system failures.
Develop processes proactively 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 and serve as a 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 regarding them.
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 for medium- to highly complex assignments, and lead business continuance planning components within multiple projects.