Lead Business Continuity Disaster Recovery Analyst

TEKsystems; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 143,270,000 - 157,046,000; Full time

Job summary

TEKsystems in Austin, Texas, seeks a Lead Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Analyst to lead enterprise BC/DR program lifecycle, BIAs, BRPs, DRPs, testing, and governance. You will partner with business and tech stakeholders to maintain recovery documentation, dependencies, RTOs/RPOs, and recovery teams.

Responsibilities include designing exercises, delivering executive-level reports, supporting audits, and driving improvements in resilience.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Operational Resilience, Risk Management, or related discipline.
• Knowledge of BIAs, recovery planning, testing, and incident coordination.
• Experience facilitating tabletop exercises, DR tests, and continuity initiatives.
• Understanding of RTOs, RPOs, and critical dependency mapping.
• Communications with technical teams, leaders, auditors, and executives.

Responsibilities

• Lead the annual BC/DR program lifecycle including BIAs, BRPs, DRPs, testing, risk assessments, and governance reporting.
• Partner with stakeholders to maintain recovery docs, dependencies, RTOs/RPOs, and recovery teams.
• Maintain BC/DR records, dashboards, reports, and testing evidence in governance platforms.
• Design and coordinate BC/DR exercises, tabletop scenarios, and full-scale recoveries.
• Prepare executive-level reporting and status updates for leadership committees.
• Conduct risk assessments to identify resilience gaps and recommend actions.
• Support third-party continuity reviews and vendor recovery plans.
• Provide recommendations to improve continuity planning and testing effectiveness.
• Serve as SME for BC/DR, regulatory readiness, and governance practices.

Skills

Business Continuity

Disaster Recovery

Operational Resilience

Risk Management

Regulatory knowledge

Tools

Fusion Risk Management

LogicGate

ServiceNow

Jira

Workday reporting

Job description

We are seeking a *Lead Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Analyst* to support and enhance an enterprise-wide Business Continuity (BC) and Disaster Recovery (DR) program. This individual will play a key role in ensuring critical business operations remain resilient during disruptive events and that recovery strategies, plans, testing, and governance activities meet business, regulatory, and audit expectations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the annual Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery program lifecycle, including Business Impact Assessments (BIAs), Business Resumption Plans (BRPs), Disaster Recovery Plans (DRPs), testing activities, risk assessments, and governance reporting.
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to maintain accurate recovery documentation, including critical dependencies, recovery strategies, RTOs, RPOs, recovery teams, and notification procedures.
• Maintain BC/DR program records, workflows, dashboards, reports, plan repositories, testing evidence, and issue tracking within Fusion Risk Management and related governance platforms.
• Design, coordinate, and evaluate BC/DR exercises, including tabletop exercises, disaster recovery failovers, incident response simulations, and full-scale recovery testing.
• Prepare and deliver executive-level reporting, metrics, testing results, issue remediation updates, and program status reports for leadership and governance committees.
• Conduct risk assessments using an all-hazards approach to identify operational resilience gaps, evaluate recovery capabilities, and recommend corrective actions.
• Support third-party continuity and disaster recovery reviews by assessing vendor recovery plans, testing evidence, and critical service dependencies.
• Provide recommendations to improve continuity planning, recovery strategies, testing effectiveness, and overall organizational resilience.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for business continuity, disaster recovery, operational resilience, recovery planning methodologies, and regulatory readiness.
• Collaborate with Information Security, Technology, Risk Management, Operations, Communications, and business teams during incidents, exercises, and recovery events.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Operational Resilience, Risk Management, or a related discipline.
• Strong knowledge of Business Impact Assessments (BIA), recovery planning, recovery testing, and incident response coordination.
• Experience facilitating tabletop exercises, disaster recovery tests, and continuity planning initiatives.
• Understanding of recovery objectives including RTOs, RPOs, and critical dependency mapping.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical teams, business leaders, auditors, and executive stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and documentation skills.
• Experience supporting audit, regulatory, or compliance-related reviews.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with *Fusion Risk Management*, LogicGate, ServiceNow, Jira, Workday reporting, or similar GRC and resilience management platforms.
• Experience working within regulated industries such as financial services, banking, payments, fintech, or other highly regulated environments.
• Familiarity with FFIEC, PCI, GLBA, SOC, and related regulatory or audit frameworks.
• Experience developing training materials, job aids, testing scripts, executive presentations, audit responses, and governance reporting.
• Experience in cybersecurity, technology risk, or information security programs is a plus.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Austin, Texas.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $55.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Austin,Texas.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 28, 2026.

About TEKsystems

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.