The IT Business Continuity Analyst will be responsible for developing, maintaining and improving technical recovery plans. The tasks include scheduling, planning and reporting on contingency events. This role will ensure technical systems are delivering services to our customers as expected by monitoring, identifying, logging and resolving issues, including handling escalations to the Business Continuity Manager.
Qualifications Required:
Extensive knowledge in Business Continuity (BC) and Disaster Recovery (DR)
Knowledge and understanding of information technology, in distributed computing environments
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
Strong organizational, project management, and decision-making abilities
5+ years
Qualifications desired:
Detail-oriented and organized
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Able to work independently
Familiar with the Archer business continuity platform
Associate Business Continuity professional (ABCP) certification
Familiar with mainframe systems
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
Execute continuity activities in accordance with the business continuity process framework
Provide governance over technical recovery plans to ensure the recovery objectives of the business can be achieved
Partner with infrastructure/application teams to ensure application designs align with recovery objectives
Coordinate tests of technical recovery plans, reviewing the results and taking action to resolve identified issues
Support technical recovery plan execution during the invocation and restoration of service to normal operating conditions
Ensure that all employees who have a role in the recovery phase are fully trained and aware of their roles and responsibilities
Review major changes that can have impact on technical recovery plans and updating the plans accordingly
Build and maintain technical recovery scripts for new and existing services