Continuity analyst

Red Cedar Consultancy; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Cedar Consultancy in Alexandria, VA seeks a Continuity Analyst to support a centralized operations center serving customers nationwide. You will maintain COOP strategies, coordinate deployments, and test continuity plans to ensure essential functions remain operational during disruptions.

The role requires a Secret clearance and at least five years of data analysis experience with COOP, disaster recovery scheduling, and risk analysis, plus a BA/BS or MA/MS degree.

Qualifications

• Experience in data analysis or related work; familiarity with continuity of operations planning, disaster recovery scheduling, and risk analysis.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree required.
• Secret security clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain COOP strategies, plans, and procedures and keep COOP plan updated with organizational changes.
• Outline response and recovery for disruptions to keep critical functions operational.
• Identify vulnerabilities, assess impacts, and create recovery strategies for emergencies.
• Coordinate deployment rosters and personnel status for accountability and reporting.
• Develop scenarios and exercises to test COOP plan effectiveness.
• Communicate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure buy-in for COOP planning.
• Conduct equipment care, maintenance, inventory, and readiness preparation for COOP deployment.
• Analyze regional readiness and deployment capabilities.
• Review situation reports, resource tracking data, and deployment rosters.
• Conduct BIA to assess impact of disruptions on critical functions.
• Conduct Disaster Recovery Planning focused on IT systems restoration.

Skills

Data analysis

COOP planning

Disaster recovery

Risk analysis

Stakeholder communication

Education

BA/BS/MA/MS degree

Job description

Job Title: Continuity analyst

Location: Alexandria, VA

Summary: This program supports a centralized operations center that serves as the primary information and coordination hub for customers nationwide. The center maintains continuous situational awareness of operational activities, incidents, significant events, and natural disasters affecting customer facilities and operations. It integrates information from regional operations, dispatch centers, partner agencies, intelligence units, and proprietary systems to produce consolidated reports, briefings, bulletins, and presentations for senior leadership and stakeholders. The program also supports virtual emergency operations centers for national-level activities and provides surge capabilities for incident management teams during field deployments.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP) strategies, plans, and procedures and should ensure that the Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP) plan is continually updated and aligned with changes in the organization's mission, operational requirements, and current threats
• Outline how the organization will respond to and recover from various disruptions while ensuring that the critical functions of the agency remain operational
• Identify vulnerabilities, assess potential impacts, and create strategies for responding to and recovering from various emergencies
• Coordinate to reconcile deployment rosters and personnel status for continued accountability and reporting requirements
• Develop scenarios and exercises to test the Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP) plan and should ensure its effectiveness
• Communicate with various stakeholders, including internal departments and external agencies, to ensure buy-in and collaboration on Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP) planning
• Conduct office equipment care, end-user maintenance, inventory management, and readiness preparation for Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP) deployment
• Conduct analyses of regional-level readiness and capabilities for deployment
• Review and analyze situation reports, resource tracking data, and deployment rosters
• Conduct Business Impact Analysis (BIA) to assess the potential impact of various disruptions on the organization's critical functions and operations
• Conduct Disaster Recovery Planning focusing on the restoration of Information Technology (IT) systems and infrastructure after a possible network service interruption

Requirements:

• The candidate must possess a Secret security clearance
• Must have five years of relevant experience in data analysis or related work, familiarity with continuity of operations planning, disaster recovery scheduling, and risk analysis
• Must possess a Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Science (BS), Master of Arts (MA), or Master of Science (MS) degree