Senior Business Continuity Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Illinois, +3 more states.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with both business and IT teams to create technical recovery strategies for applications and infrastructure, ensuring resilience in accordance with FFIEC guidelines.

• Provide consultation and guidance to application teams, infrastructure teams, and architects for aligning current and future technologies with enterprise resilience controls, standards, and strategies.

• Work alongside business and IT teams to develop business continuity plans, technical recovery plans, and other enterprise resilience documentation.

• Assess and evaluate plans against established standards for quality, offering feedback for operational enhancements and alignment with those standards.

• Partner with peers, information security, and the first line of defense to review and develop standards and recommendations for policies that comply with FFIEC guidelines and enterprise resilience objectives.

• Assist in the development and delivery of monthly Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and measures related to technical recovery, business continuity, and enterprise resilience.

• Create and deliver awareness and training programs (including online training content) for staff on topics related to technical recovery, business continuity, and enterprise resilience.

• Facilitate annual testing of technical recovery and business continuity, along with the documentation of tests.

• Collaborate with business partners and IT on the annual business impact analysis (BIA) process and risk assessment.

• Work with the information security team and first line of defense on key risk indicators, tracking of risks and gaps, and conducting risk analyses.

• Assist in responding to customer inquiries, audits, and maintenance of documents associated with enterprise resilience.

• This position includes an on-call component and may require participation in a 24/7 on-call or shift rotation, which could involve occasional weekend, off-hour, and holiday work.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.

• Over 10 years of relevant experience in Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, and Resilience Programs, or related fields.

• Familiarity with cloud and on-premises disaster recovery, ransomware, and business resumption technologies, processes, and practices.

• Capability to perform under pressure, such as during tight deadlines and business-related crises.

• Proficiency in negotiating win-win agreements with stakeholders in complex scenarios.

• Knowledge and experience in agile project management.

• Certification as a Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) or membership in the Business Continuity Institute (MBCI).

• Experience in developing online training materials.

• Master's degree is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.

• Wellness program.

• Life and disability insurance.

• Retirement savings plan.

• Paid leave programs.

• Paid holidays.

• Paid time off (PTO).