Enterprise Continuity & IT Disaster Recovery Manager

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company; Carson City (NV); On-site; USD 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, is seeking a Continuity Manager to lead the development, implementation, and ongoing enhancement of BC and ITDR capabilities for critical federal operations.

The role partners with IT operations, cybersecurity, and governance to design plans aligned with NIST, ISO, and ITIL 4. It requires 8+ years of BC/DR experience and an active SECRET clearance to ensure audit-ready readiness and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Emergency Management, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years in business continuity, IT disaster recovery, IT operations, or risk management with demonstrated program ownership.
• Strong understanding of BC/DR principles, risk assessments, BIA, and ITIL.
• Ability to develop, document, and maintain continuity plans across multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, organizational and project-management skills.
• Clear written and verbal communication; able to present to leadership and audit teams.
• Active SECRET clearance and U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain enterprise continuity and IT disaster recovery policies, standards, and playbooks aligned with NIST, ISO, and government regulations, ensuring readiness and compliance across the organization.
• Perform business impact analyses and risk assessments to identify critical functions, recovery time objectives (RTOs), recovery point objectives (RPOs), resource requirements, and operational dependencies across technical and business services.
• Coordinate creation, maintenance, and periodic review of continuity and recovery plans for applications, infrastructure, facilities, personnel, and vendor-supported services to ensure documentation is current, actionable, and audit-ready.
• Plan, execute, and evaluate tabletop exercises, simulations, and failover or recovery tests; identify gaps and improvement opportunities; and drive remediation efforts with accountable stakeholders.
• Collaborate with IT operations, cybersecurity, incident response, problem management, service owners, and vendors to integrate continuity and resilience requirements into projects, changes, releases, and operational practices.
• Produce continuity and resilience metrics, dashboards, and reports for leadership and compliance stakeholders, including plan maturity, test results, readiness assessments, and incident or recovery outcomes.
• Lead or support investigations following incidents or disruptions; facilitate ITIL-aligned root cause analysis and guide implementation of corrective and preventive actions.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in resilience, continuity, and recovery best practices, providing training, mentoring, and guidance to IT teams and contributing to continual service improvement.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Organizational skills

Project management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration / Information Technology / Emergency Management or equivalent

Tools

ITIL framework

NIST framework

ISO 22301

Job description

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, is seeking a Continuity Manager to lead the development, implementation, and ongoing enhancement of BC and ITDR capabilities for critical federal operations.

The role partners with IT operations, cybersecurity, and governance to design plans aligned with NIST, ISO, and ITIL 4. It requires 8+ years of BC/DR experience and an active SECRET clearance to ensure audit-ready readiness and regulatory compliance.