Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Specialist

Insight Global; Grapevine (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Specialist to lead company-wide resilience efforts. You will establish a mature BC program, conduct BIAs, set risk thresholds with Risk Management, and ensure vendors comply with BC requirements.

Collaborate with technology partners on disaster recovery plans, plan recovery tests, and deliver awareness training to staff. This role supports audits and leadership with crisis response planning and scorecards.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in business continuity management or disaster recovery.
• Self-starter who can work independently and in a team in a fast-paced environment.
• Familiarity with ISO 22301, NIST SP 800-53/800-3 (as applicable).
• Undergraduate degree in Information Systems, Computer Science or similar, or equivalent.
• Professional certification such as MBCI or CBCP or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Establish and mature a business continuity program aligned with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
• Conduct and review business impact analyses (BIA) to outline critical processes and recovery objectives.
• Set realistic risk thresholds with Risk Management and help partners manage BC risks.
• Collaborate with Vendor Management to ensure critical vendors meet BC requirements.
• Develop BC plans based on BIA to sustain operations during disruptions.
• Plan and conduct BC exercises and use results to improve the program.
• Work with technology partners on disaster recovery plans for infrastructure and systems.
• Plan technology recovery tests and measure DR capabilities against RTO/RPO objectives.
• Develop and deliver BC awareness and training programs for staff.
• Support audits and maintain enterprise resilience documentation.
• Coordinate crisis response planning and communication with senior leaders.
• Produce BCM program data for scorecards and stakeholder briefings.

Skills

Self-starter

Independent work

Team collaboration

Regulatory awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems or Computer Science

Job description

Job Description

Insight Global is hiring for a Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Specialist who will be responsible for all aspects of company resilience related to three main areas of focus:

1. Establishing the framework, requirements, management, training, and governance of business continuity and disaster recovery processes and procedures companywide.
2. Developing business continuity and disaster recovery management standards, guidelines and procedures.
3. Driving efforts across the organization to validate the effectiveness of business continuity plans and disaster recovery plans inclusive of related third-party risk mitigation activities.

Primary Duties:

• Collaborate with business and technology partners to establish, maintain, and mature a business continuity program, ensuring that the program aligns with industry standards and meets regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with business partners to conduct and periodically review business impact analysis (BIA), outlining critical business processes, dependencies and resources, vendors, and based on the impact of disruption, set recovery objectives.
• Establish realistic risk thresholds together with Risk Management partners. Collaborate with business partners to identify, assess and support business in managing business continuity risks.
• Collaborate with Vendor Management to ensure that critical vendors comply with business continuity requirements.
• Collaborate with business partners to develop business continuity plans based on business impact analysis, ensuring the ability to continue business operations during a disruption.
• Plan and conduct business continuity exercises with business partners, using results to improve continuity plans and the overall program.
• Collaborate with technology partners on development of technical disaster recovery plans for the critical infrastructure and critical systems.
• Collaborate with technology partners to plan and conduct technology recovery tests, and measure Disaster - Recovery capabilities to ensure the ability to perform within recovery time and recovery point objectives.
• Develop and deliver awareness and training programs (including online training content) to staff on business continuity, technology recovery, and enterprise resilience topics.
• Support responses to customer requests, audits, and maintenance of documents related to enterprise resilience.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to develop and maintain crisis response planning, management, and communication.
• Develop and provide BCM program data for scorecards and reports, and brief stakeholders.

Skills and Requirements

• 5+ years of experience with business continuity management and/or disaster recovery.
• Must be a self-starter, able to work independently, and as a part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
• Familiarity with industry standards such as ISO 22301, NIST SP 800-3.
• Undergraduate degree (Information Systems, Computer Science or similar preferred) or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Professional certification such as Certificate of the Business Continuity Institute (MBCI), Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP), or similar.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day.

We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters.

Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.

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