Senior Cybersecurity Analyst – Service Recovery

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Create and sustain IT contingency, business continuity, and disaster recovery plans that comply with NSF requirements and relevant federal guidelines, including NIST SP 800-34.

• Perform risk assessments and business impact analyses to pinpoint vulnerabilities and develop mitigation strategies.

• Establish service recovery protocols and outline recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs) for essential systems and services.

• Collaborate with NSF directorates, offices, and branches to incorporate IT continuity and recovery into the agency's preparedness initiatives.

• Keep contingency and recovery documentation up to date and provide leadership with regular progress reports.

• Remain informed about continuity, IT, cybersecurity practices, and federal guidelines.

• Create and conduct training sessions to ensure staff are aware of their recovery responsibilities.

• Ensure compliance with FISMA, OMB Circular A-130, the E-Government Act, NIST SP 800-34, NIST SP 800-53 Revision 5, NIST SP 800-37 Revision 2, and FEMA’s Continuity Guidance Circular.

• Suggest enhancements to contingency planning based on technological advances, business requirements, regulations, incidents, and exercises.

• Support the Oversight and Compliance Team with governance, risk, and compliance tasks, including policy development and assessment and authorization activities when not engaged in service recovery duties.

• Coordinate with federal and contractor personnel across IT operations, application development, cybersecurity policy, risk management, service recovery, and other NSF stakeholders.

• Execute other job-related responsibilities as assigned.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of five years of experience in IT service continuity, disaster recovery, cybersecurity policy, or business continuity planning.

• At least three years of experience in documenting policies, procedures, and plans.

• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and work both independently and collaboratively within cross-functional teams.

• Capacity to maintain precise and compliant documentation.

• Knowledge of federal requirements and guidelines, including FISMA, NIST, and FEMA standards.

• Strong understanding of disaster recovery tools, IT infrastructure, risk assessment and mitigation, cybersecurity, and service recovery methodologies.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, written, and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to communicate technical issues to non-technical audiences.

• Experience in analyzing, designing, and documenting plans for intricate IT environments.

• Solid comprehension of business impact analysis, risk management, and continuity planning.

• A Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related discipline.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Teams, and Adobe Acrobat Pro.

• Active Public Trust clearance is required.

• Ability to sit at a desk and work on a computer for extended periods; may occasionally involve standing or moving around the office for extended durations.

• Must successfully meet the pre-employment criteria of Cherokee Federal.

• Employees are expected to work during the federal client’s operational hours.

• A Master’s degree in a related field is preferred.

• Relevant certifications such as ABCP, CBCP, CISSP, CISA, DRCS, or a certification from the Disaster Recovery Institute International are preferred.

• Experience with AWS or Azure, hybrid IT environments, cloud disaster recovery solutions, or virtualization technologies is preferred.

• Prior experience in federal government or public-sector IT continuity planning is preferred.

• Familiarity with federal agency-specific systems or classified information environments is preferred.

• Experience with ServiceNow is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Up to a 6% 401(k) company match.

• Paid time off.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• Prescription drug coverage.

• Basic life and AD&D insurance.

• Options for supplemental life insurance.

• Coverage for short-term and long-term disabilities.

• Paid holidays.

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

• Flexible Spending Account (FSA).

• Options for Health Savings Account (HSA).

• Support for professional development, training, and certification.

• Voluntary benefits for accident, critical illness, and identity theft protection.

• Remote work arrangements available.

• Government-imaged laptop provided.