External Job Posting Title Business Continuity Exercise Planner

Peraton; Virginia; On-site; USD 112,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO 25 days

Bonus plan

Benefits package

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Business Continuity Exercise Planner to support administration of COOP planning across mission areas. You will help develop, write, and execute exercises, coordinate participants, and ensure alignment with customer requirements and security standards.

The role includes facilitating training, briefing senior leadership, drafting strategy documents, and producing after-action reports to drive continuous improvement. A TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• 8 years experience with a bachelor's degree or 6 years with a master's degree.
• 5 years of professional IC experience in the customer space, with 3+ years of COOP business analytics.
• 4 years of additional experience may substitute for the bachelor’s degree.

Responsibilities

• Developing, writing and executing COOP exercises
• Facilitating training for the workforce
• Briefing upper-level customer leadership
• Working with the customer to refine exercise planning and execution goals
• Providing planning documentation, preparation of delivery materials, facilitation and after-action reports
• Drafting an annual exercise strategy/plan with goals, objectives and calendar
• Participating in and documenting exercise planning meetings and minutes
• Assessing COOP plans and developing draft strategy documents
• Assisting with administrative COOP planning for events and exercises
• Assisting with continuity training and curriculum development

Skills

Top Secret/SCI clearance with polylogh

COOP planning and exercises

Analytical and strategic planning

Briefing and presenting to leadership

Documentation and after-action reports

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Job description

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Responsibilities

We have an exciting opportunity for a Business Continuity Exercise Planner to support administering elements of multi-faceted support to mission areas.

What you’ll do:

• Provide strategic planning, business planning, briefing/reporting preparation, and other types of System Integration support. Across all mission areas, responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Developing, writing and executing COOP exercises
• Facilitating training for the workforce
• Briefing upper-level customer leadership
• Work with the customer to refine specific exercise planning and execution goals
• Provide planning documentation, preparation of delivery materials, facilitation and after-action reports
• Draft an annual exercise strategy/plan with exercise planning goals, objectives, methodology and calendar of proposed exercises
• Participate in and document exercise planning effort and meeting minutes for the exercises design, workflow, after action reporting and corrective action planning
• Assess COOP plans, OPORDS, OPLANS and issuances to develop draft COOP strategy documents
• Assist with administrative functions of COOP planning for both events and exercises
• Assist with continuity training and exercise requirements, developing continuity exercise curriculum, and supporting continuity bi-annual, annual and frequent exercises

Qualifications

Required:

• Must have an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance with relevant polygraph
• Eight (8) years of experience with a bachelor’s degree or six (6) years of experience with a master’s degree
• Five (5) years of professional IC experience in the customer space is required, with three (3) or more years of COOP business analytical experience
• Four (4) years of additional experience may be substituted for the bachelor’s degree

Benefits:

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which includes heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

Target Salary Range

$112,000 - $179,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

Benefits Statement

Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed athttps://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

EEO

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.