Business Continuity Professional

Artech Information System LLC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT staffing company is seeking a Business Continuity Professional for a 14+ month role in Houston, Texas. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree and preferred certifications such as CBCP or PMP. This role involves conducting extensive application and infrastructure assessments, managing project delivery, and developing business impact analyses for effective disaster recovery planning. Strong communication skills and project management expertise are essential for success in this position.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; certifications preferred.
• Strong project management and communication skills.
• Advanced knowledge in disaster recovery and business continuity planning.

Responsibilities

• Conducts comprehensive and strategic application impact analysis.
• Develops business impact analysis for disaster recovery planning.
• Manages successful project delivery through disciplined management processes.

Skills

Project Management

Communication Skills

Business Continuity Planning

Risk Assessment

Cost Benefit Analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP)

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Job description

Artech is the 10th Largest IT Staffing Company in the US, according to Staffing Industry Analysts' 2012 annual report. Artech provides technical expertise to fill gaps in clients' immediate skill-sets availability, deliver emerging technology skill-sets, refresh existing skill base, allow for flexibility in project planning and execution phases, and provide budgeting/financial flexibility by offering contingent labor as a variable cost.

Job Description

Job Role: Business Continuity Professional

Duration : 14+ months

• · Bachelor’s degree required and Certifications are preferred.
• · Conducts application and infrastructure impact and risk assessments of enterprise-wide or very complex IT systems.
• · Manages successful project delivery through disciplined project management processes.
• · Beyond robust and effective project management skills, you must be highly effective in communication: highly developed verbal, written, and presentation skills are all mandatory.
• · Conducts comprehensive and strategic Application Impact Analysis (AIA) processes, templates, plans and analysis.
• · Analyzes cost/benefit/ROI/TCO dimensions of proposed disaster recovery alternatives. Materials will be used at management and executive levels for funding and scope decisions.
• · Develops comprehensive and strategic business impact analysis (BIA) in regard to disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity planning (BCP).
• · Advanced knowledge (broad expertise or unique knowledge) of policies, practices and systems in regard to Business Impact Analysis, Business Continuity Planning, and Disaster Recovery.
• · Strong technical, business and project management skills.
• · Develops advanced concepts, techniques, and standards.
• · Develops new processes and approaches based on professional principles and theories.
• · Viewed as functional expert in field within KP.
• · Applies advanced principles, theories, and concepts.
• · Contributes to the development of innovative principles and ideas.
• · Both Customer and internal IT facing position.
• · Conduct high-quality and effective Application & Infrastructure impact/risk assessments through interviews, collaboration, workshops and data analysis.
• · Documents functional requirements, develops application impact analysis (AIA), identifies and develops options and recommendations for Customer in order to reach their business objectives.

Preferred Skills:

• · Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) or Master Business Continuity Professional (MBCP) Prefer PMP (Project Management Professional) Certification