Digital Business Resilience Specialist

Login Consulting; Long Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Login Consulting seeks a Digital Business Resilience Specialist for a long-term contract in Long Beach. The role is hybrid, with 3 days on-site weekly, collaborating with IM, NOC, SOC, and TSA teams to safeguard critical operations and rapidly recover from disruptions.

You will drive resiliency in business continuity, disaster recovery, crisis management, and regulatory compliance while engaging executives and stakeholders across the organization.

Qualifications

• Four-year college degree in a related field.
• Experience building resiliency frameworks and DR strategies.
• Ability to integrate recovery requirements into enterprise operations.
• Strong documentation, risk assessment, and stakeholder communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead BIAs to identify critical functions and dependencies.
• Design and maintain BC and DR plans with cross-team alignment.
• Perform regular risk assessments and mitigation planning.
• Coordinate tabletop exercises and prepare After Action Reports.
• Integrate resiliency requirements into processes and vendor agreements.
• Deliver resiliency training and awareness programs.
• Support Crisis Management during disruptions and track milestones.
• Ensure compliance with ISO 22301 and related standards.

Skills

Resilience program leadership

Risk assessment

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Regulatory compliance

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Fusion Risk Management

Castellan

Everbridge

ServiceNow BCM

Job description

Seeking a Digital Business Resilience Specialist for a long-term contract role in Long Beach. This role is a hybrid opportunity with 3 days a week onsite.

Detailed Position Summary

The Information Management (IM) Division is seeking a Digital Business Resiliency Specialist to lead critical initiatives in Business Continuity (BC) and Disaster Recovery (DR). This role will be responsible for leading the adoption of a 'resiliency' culture to help ensure that the company is protected from and able to absorb major threats to its operations. The person selected will work in partnership with other IM

teams including the Network Operations Center (NOC), Security Operations Center (SOC), Service Desk,

Business Application, and Technology Strategy & Architecture (TSA) teams. They will also be expected to

collaborate with business leaders, risk management, physical security, facilities, maintenance, and

executives to ensure critical business functions can continue during disruptions and recover effectively

following incidents.

As the Business Resiliency Specialist, you will play a critical role in ensuring that the Port of Long Beach can

quickly recover and resume normal business operations after a major disruption, such as a natural disaster, cybersecurity incident, or other catastrophic event. Your goal will be to ensure our critical operations can withstand, adapt to, and rapidly recover from major disruptions, ranging from cyber incidents and technology failures to natural disasters and supply chain shocks. You will be responsible for developing, implementing, maintaining, and continuously improving the organization's business continuity, disaster recovery, crisis management, and operational resilience programs.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate a 'resiliency mindset' and show experience leading

initiatives that produced proactive results. The candidate must have strong analytical skills, project

management capabilities, risk assessment expertise, and stakeholder engagement skills to build

organizational resilience and ensure regulatory compliance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

1. 1. Lead and facilitate the development of comprehensive BIAs across business units to identify critical functions, business and IT dependencies, Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs), and Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs).
2. 2. Design, document, and maintain actionable Business Continuity (BC) and Disaster Recovery (DR) plans that align with corporate standards and industry best practices. Work closely with the Disaster Recovery Analyst, Business Application (BA) Team, Network Operations Center (NOC), and Security Operations Center (SOC) teams to align continuity strategies with disaster recovery, infrastructure resilience, and cybersecurity protections.
3. 3. Conduct regular risk assessments to identify mission-critical systems, dependencies, operational vulnerabilities, single points of failure, and third-party vendor risks. Understand risks to operational delivery and develop recommendations and execution plans to reduce risk across the enterprise.
4. 4. Coordinate and lead tabletop exercises, disaster recovery drills, and crisis simulation games for Information Management - owned systems to validate response plans and evaluate team readiness. Create and publish After Action Reports (AAR) and document lessons learned following tests or real-world events, tracking corrective actions to closure.
5. 5. Ensure continuity strategies are integrated into daily operations, embedding recovery requirements into processes, vendor agreements, and technology initiatives.
6. 6. Develop and deliver resiliency training and awareness programs to ensure employees understand their roles during an emergency. Work closely with business teams to provide training and education on business continuity, business impact analysis, and operational resiliency concepts.
7. 7. Assist the Crisis Management Team during live disruptions, providing data, coordinating communications, and tracking response milestones. Administer and optimize business continuity software tools.
8. 8. Ensure the resiliency framework complies with relevant industry regulations, data privacy laws, and global standards (e.g., ISO 22301).

Required Knowledge and Experience

1. 1. Four-year college degree with a major in computer science, business information systems, risk management, emergency management, or a closely related field.
2. 2. Six or more years of experience in developing business resiliency frameworks, managing large-scale exercises, or building DR strategies in complex operational environments.
3. 3. Six or more years of experience in Business Process Improvement, specifically in business process improvement and business impact analysis, with demonstrated ability to integrate recovery requirements into enterprise operations.
4. 4. Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple overlapping project timelines, lead and facilitate meetings, communicate progress, risks, and issues to stakeholders, and maintain documentation and reporting.
5. 5. Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to confidently present technical risk concepts to non-technical business leaders.
6. 6. Familiarity with business continuity management software (e.g., Fusion Risk Management, Castellan, Everbridge, ServiceNow BCM).
7. 7. Certification as a Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) from DRI International.

Desired Skills/Knowledge

1. 1. Strong preference for candidates with a management consulting background
2. 2. Certification as a Business Continuity Professional (e.g., CBCP, AMBCI, CRISC) and/or Project Management Professional (PMP).
3. 3. Demonstrated experience working in a team environment