COOP & Continuity Planning Lead

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company; Topeka (KS); On-site; USD 99,000 - 142,000; Full time

Job summary

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, is seeking a COOP Coordinator to oversee development and maintenance of continuity plans ensuring essential functions continue during disruptions in a federal IT environment. You will coordinate risk assessments, business impact analyses, and workshops with stakeholders for activation and execution of continuity plans.

The role supports leadership decisions, communications, and transition to alternate work arrangements while maintaining

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Emergency Management, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 4–7 years of experience in COOP, business continuity, emergency management, disaster recovery, or related risk and resilience roles.
• Strong understanding of continuity principles, risk assessments, business impact analysis, and phased continuity concepts.
• Demonstrated organizational, project management, and communication skills, with the ability to coordinate across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
• U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Lead continuity planning activities, including identifying essential functions, critical dependencies, acceptable downtime, and recovery priorities for government operations.
• Organize and maintain contact lists, resource inventories, and continuity plan artifacts to support rapid activation and sustained continuity operations.
• Facilitate training, tabletop exercises, and functional exercises that validate continuity strategies, capture lessons learned, and drive updates to plans and procedures.
• Coordinate communications, accountability procedures, and status reporting for continuity personnel during events, including telework and devolution scenarios.
• Support disaster recovery and continuity preparedness by aligning COOP plans with IT recovery capabilities, devolution concepts, and alternate worksite arrangements.
• Maintain repositories and version control for continuity documentation to ensure accessibility, traceability, and compliance with applicable guidance.
• Collaborate with program, IT, and security stakeholders to integrate continuity requirements into operational processes and technical architectures.
• Provide after-action input and metrics on continuity drills and real-world events to inform leadership decisions and improve organizational resilience.

Skills

Organizational skills

Project management

Communication skills

Security clearance

Citizenship required

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Planning tools

Document repositories

Job description

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, is seeking a COOP Coordinator to oversee development and maintenance of continuity plans ensuring essential functions continue during disruptions in a federal IT environment. You will coordinate risk assessments, business impact analyses, and workshops with stakeholders for activation and execution of continuity plans.

The role supports leadership decisions, communications, and transition to alternate work arrangements while maintaining