Senior IT Impact Analyst - Business Continuity & Risk

KellyMitchell Group; Oakland (CA); Hybrid; USD 48,000 - 69,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

ESOP

401K

Job summary

KellyMitchell is seeking an Expert Business Analyst – IT Business Impact Analysis for a hybrid role in Oakland, CA. This contract-to-hire engagement lasts 62 weeks (Oct 26, 2026 to Dec 31, 2027) with local northern California considerations.

The role focuses on leading BIA assessments, coordinating with disaster recovery and continuity teams, and delivering executive-ready insights on risks, dependencies, and resilience priorities.

Qualifications

• Experience conducting IT Business Impact Analysis assessments and documenting operational impacts.
• Experience collaborating with business continuity and disaster recovery stakeholders.
• Ability to assess application functionality, business use cases, critical dependencies, and the consequences of application unavailability.
• Understanding of recovery requirements, including RTOs, RPOs, MTD, and recovery prioritization.
• Experience eliciting, analyzing, and documenting business and technology requirements.
• Strong stakeholder facilitation skills, including the ability to ask targeted questions and communicate with technical teams and business leaders.
• Experience preparing detailed assessment reports, recommendations, and leadership communications.

Responsibilities

• Lead BIA assessments to identify critical functions, applications, and dependencies.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops to understand use cases and impacts of disruptions.
• Determine and document RTOs, RPOs, MTD, and recovery priorities.
• Analyze processes, dependencies, and third-party relationships to identify risks and gaps.
• Translate findings into actionable recommendations with disaster recovery and continuity teams.
• Coordinate assessment and resilience initiatives, including plans, milestones, risks, and exec status reports.
• Maintain BIA methodologies and governance, supporting audits and process improvements.

Skills

IT BIA experience

Stakeholder facilitation

Requirements gathering

RTO/RPO/MTD knowledge

Application dependency analysis

Disaster recovery collaboration

Leadership reporting

Job description

KellyMitchell is seeking an Expert Business Analyst – IT Business Impact Analysis for a hybrid role in Oakland, CA. This contract-to-hire engagement lasts 62 weeks (Oct 26, 2026 to Dec 31, 2027) with local northern California considerations.

The role focuses on leading BIA assessments, coordinating with disaster recovery and continuity teams, and delivering executive-ready insights on risks, dependencies, and resilience priorities.