Continuity & Crisis Readiness Analyst

Red Cedar Consultancy; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Cedar Consultancy in Alexandria, VA seeks a Continuity Analyst to support a centralized operations center that serves customers nationwide. The role provides ongoing situational awareness of incidents, disasters, and major events, integrating information to produce reports and briefings for senior leadership.

The position requires a Secret security clearance, 5+ years in data analysis or related work, and a degree (BA/BS/MA/MS).

Qualifications

• Secret security clearance is required.
• Five years of experience in data analysis or related work.
• Experience with continuity of operations planning and risk analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain COOP strategies, plans and procedures and keep them aligned with mission changes.
• Outline response and recovery for disruptions to keep critical functions operational.
• Identify vulnerabilities, assess impacts, and create recovery strategies.
• Coordinate deployment rosters and personnel status for accountability and reporting.
• Develop COOP scenarios and exercises to test plan effectiveness.
• Communicate with internal and external stakeholders to gain buy-in for COOP planning.
• Manage office equipment, end-user maintenance, inventory, and readiness for COOP deployment.
• Analyze regional readiness and capabilities for deployment.
• Review situation reports, resource tracking data, and deployment rosters.
• Conduct Business Impact Analysis to assess disruption impacts on core functions.
• Focus on disaster recovery planning for IT systems and infrastructure restoration.

Skills

Data analysis

Continuity planning

Risk analysis

Disaster recovery scheduling

Education

BA/BS/MA/MS degree

Job description

Red Cedar Consultancy in Alexandria, VA seeks a Continuity Analyst to support a centralized operations center that serves customers nationwide. The role provides ongoing situational awareness of incidents, disasters, and major events, integrating information to produce reports and briefings for senior leadership.

The position requires a Secret security clearance, 5+ years in data analysis or related work, and a degree (BA/BS/MA/MS).