Resilience Officer

Peraton; Virginia; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Subsidized employee benefits

25 days PTO annually

Attractive bonus plan

Job summary

Peraton in Virginia, Minnesota, is seeking a Resilience Officer to manage business continuity operations critical to national security. Candidates must have extensive experience, particularly in preparing and managing action items related to Business Continuity Plans.

This role demands creativity and clarity in developing resiliency requirements while coordinating with subject matter experts. Responsibilities include supporting the execution of continuity operations and ensuring the organization's readiness under any circumstances.

Peraton offers a comprehensive benefits package including subsidized health coverage and 25 days of PTO annually.

Qualifications

• Eight years of experience with a bachelor's degree or six years with a master's.
• Five years of professional IC experience, three related to business continuity.
• Experience in military/civilian DoD/Government continuity operations.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate facility preparedness, component readiness, and continuity plans.
• Support activation and execution of continuity operations.
• Monitor and report on status of continuity operations.

Skills

Top Secret/SCI security clearance

Business continuity planning

Training and training management

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field

Master’s degree in relevant field

Job description

Required:

• Must have an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance with relevant polygraph
• Eight (8) years of experience with a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field of study (business, engineering, or other related technical discipline) or six (6) years of experience with a master’s degree
• Five (5) years of professional IC experience is required, and three (3) or more years must be directly related to continuity of operations business analytical experience
• Four (4) years of additional Military/Civilian, DoD/Government, or IC Continuity experience may be substituted for the bachelor’s degree
• Experience in core competencies in preparing and managing action items resultant of Business Continuity Plan(s), and training, or other equivalent training through Military/Civilian DoD/Government agencies

Benefits:

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include 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.

The Resilience Officer is expected to think outside of the box with creativity, new ideas, and develop resiliency requirements related to emerging threats that can cause COOP events. While working with and receiving input from various SMEs, they produce COOP documents with a clear style of writing, avoiding any rhetoric, jargon, or overly technical language that may confuse readers.

This position plays a critical role in maintaining the customer's ability to continue operations under any circumstances, by coordinating facility preparedness, component readiness, and implementation of continuity plans.

Support activation and execution of continuity operations, provide guidance during continuity events, monitor and report on status of continuity operations and coordinate with mission resilience program manager on SOP implementation.