Systems Administrator, Lead

asmexternalcareersite; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

ASM Research seeks a Continuity Manager to lead development and enhancement of business continuity (BC) and IT disaster recovery (ITDR) capabilities for critical federal operations. You will conduct BIA and risk assessments, align plans with NIST, ISO, and ITIL, and work with IT operations, cybersecurity, and governance teams to ensure readiness and regulatory compliance.

The role requires guiding tabletop exercises, failover tests, and audit-ready reporting, with a focus on resilience, incident

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or equivalent with 8+ years in BC/DR or risk roles
• Experience with ITIL, NIST, ISO frameworks
• Ability to conduct BIA and risk assessments
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams
• Active SECRET clearance and U.S. citizenship required

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain BC/DR policies, standards, and playbooks aligned with NIST, ISO, and government regulations.
• Perform business impact analyses and identify recovery objectives across services.
• Coordinate maintenance of continuity plans for applications, infrastructure, facilities, personnel, and vendor services.
• Plan and evaluate tabletop exercises and failover tests; drive remediation.
• Collaborate with IT operations, cybersecurity, incident response, governance, and vendors to embed continuity into projects and changes.
• Produce continuity and resilience metrics, dashboards, and audit-ready reports for leadership and compliance.
• Lead investigations following incidents; guide root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Provide training and mentoring on resilience best practices to IT teams.

Skills

BC/ITDR leadership

Risk assessments

Business continuity planning

Federal regulatory compliance

Stakeholder communication

Tabletop exercises

Incident management

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Job description

The Continuity Manager leads the development, implementation, and ongoing enhancement of business continuity (BC) and IT disaster recovery (ITDR) capabilities that ensure critical federal operations can withstand, adapt to, and rapidly recover from disruptions. This role conducts business impact analyses and risk assessments to identify priority services, recovery objectives, dependencies, and resiliency gaps across applications, infrastructure, facilities, and vendor-supported services.
Working closely with IT operations, cybersecurity, service and process owners, and governance teams, the Continuity Manager designs, documents, and maintains continuity and recovery plans aligned with federal requirements, NIST frameworks, ISO standards, and ITIL 4 resilience, incident, and problem-management practices. The role facilitates tabletop exercises, failover tests, and readiness reviews, providing leadership with metrics, dashboards, and audit-ready reporting. This position plays a critical part in strengthening enterprise resilience and ensuring regulatory compliance within a highly regulated federal IT environment.

Key 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.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Emergency Management, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 8+ years of experience in business continuity, disaster recovery, IT operations, incident management, or related risk management roles, withdemonstratedownership of continuity or recovery programs.
• Solid understanding of business continuity and disaster recovery principles, risk assessments, business impact analyses, and incident management frameworks such as ITIL.
• Proven ability to develop, document, andmaintaincontinuity plans, conduct exercises and tests, and coordinate recovery activities across multiple stakeholders and technical disciplines.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and project-management skills with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple initiatives in a fast-paced environment.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for non-technical audiences and present readiness information to leadership and audit stakeholders.
• Active SECRET security clearance is required; U.S. citizenshiprequired.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience implementing enterprise-wide continuity or disaster recovery programs in a federal or highly regulated sector, including participation in federal audits or compliance reviews.
• Professional certifications such as CBCP, MBCI, ITIL, ISO 22301, or other credentials demonstrating expertise in continuity, recovery, and incident management practices.
• Familiarity with monitoring, observability, automated testing, and reporting platforms that support continuity, incident response, and infrastructure resilience.
• Background leading ITIL-aligned problem management investigations, facilitating After Action Reports (AARs), and driving corrective action plans to prevent recurrence.
• Experience working with cloud platforms, hybrid architectures, and third-party providers to incorporate continuity and recovery requirements into service design and operations.

Compensation Ranges

Compensation ranges for ASM Research positions vary depending on multiple factors; including but not limited to, location, skill set, level of education, certifications, client requirements, contract-specific affordability, government clearance and investigation level, and years of experience. The compensation displayed for this role is a general guideline based on these factors and is unique to each role. Monetary compensation is one component of ASM's overall compensation and benefits package for employees.

EEO Requirements

It is the policy of ASM that an individual's race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation or national origin are not and will not be considered in any personnel or management decisions. We affirm our commitment to these fundamental policies.

All recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications is done without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, or age. All decisions on employment are made to abide by the principle of equal employment.

Physical Requirements

The physical requirements described in "Knowledge, Skills and Abilities" above are representative of those which must be met by an employee to successfully perform the primary functions of this job. (For example, "light office duties' or "lifting up to 50 pounds" or "some travel" required.) Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with qualifying disabilities, who are otherwise qualified, to perform the primary functions.

Disclaimer

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.