Business Continuity Exercise Planner

Peraton; Virginia (IL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO 25 days

Bonus plan

Subsidized benefits

Job summary

Peraton is searching for a Business Continuity Exercise Planner to support mission-area resilience through COOP exercises, strategic planning, briefing leadership, and documentation. The role focuses on developing, executing, and refining exercise activities across multiple mission areas.

Required are an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph, 8+ years with a bachelor's (6 with a master's), and IC experience with COOP analytics. National security program involvement is expected.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• Eight years' experience with a bachelor's degree, or six years with a master's.
• Five years IC experience in the customer space, with three+ years COOP analytics.
• Four years of additional experience may substitute for a bachelor's degree.

Responsibilities

• Develop COOP exercises and strategy with goals and calendars.
• Facilitate workforce training and brief leadership.
• Draft and deliver planning documents, after-action reports and materials.
• Coordinate exercise planning meetings and document minutes.
• Assess COOP plans and create draft strategy documents.
• Support administrative COOP planning and continuity training for frequent exercises.

Skills

Clearance TS/SCI

COOP planning

Exercise planning

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Responsibilities

We have an exciting opportunity for a Business Continuity Exercise Planner to support administering elements of multi-faceted support to mission areas.

What you'll do:

• Provide strategic planning, business planning, briefing/reporting preparation, and other types of System Integration support. Across all mission areas, responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Developing, writing and executing COOP exercises
• Facilitating training for the workforce
• Briefing upper-level customer leadership
• Work with the customer to refine specific exercise planning and execution goals
• Provide planning documentation, preparation of delivery materials, facilitation and after-action reports
• Draft an annual exercise strategy/plan with exercise planning goals, objectives, methodology and calendar of proposed exercises
• Participate in and document exercise planning effort and meeting minutes for the exercises design, workflow, after action reporting and corrective action planning
• Assess COOP plans, OPORDS, OPLANS and issuances to develop draft COOP strategy documents
• Assist with administrative functions of COOP planning for both events and exercises
• Assist with continuity training and exercise requirements, developing continuity exercise curriculum, and supporting continuity bi-annual, annual and frequent exercises

Qualifications

Required:

• Must have an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance with relevant polygraph
• Eight (8) years of experience with a bachelor’s degree or six (6) years of experience with a master’s degree
• Five (5) years of professional IC experience in the customer space is required, with three (3) or more years of COOP business analytical experience
• Four (4) years of additional experience may be substituted for the bachelor’s degree

Benefits:

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which includes heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$80,000 - $128,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

EEO

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.