Business Continuance Management #018

Delan Associates•Tampa, FL

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About The Position

Delan Associates, Inc. is seeking candidates for ongoing Business Continuance Management 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 based on an understanding of critical IT services. The role monitors and tests business continuance procedures, coordinates responses to system failures, and develops processes to minimize or eliminate downtime. It also develops service-level risk management agreements with business stakeholders and vendors. This is a middle-level 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. The role identifies critical points of failure, recommends ways to address them, and develops and implements business continuance policies, procedures, and test plans with IT operational and support groups. It also participates in vendor evaluation and selection 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, and leadership of business continuance planning components.

Requirements

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

Responsibilities

Implement and integrate enterprise risk management procedures to maintain critical IT services and reduce financial loss and service disruption.
Monitor and test business continuance procedures and ensure responses to system failures.
Build 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 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.