We are seeking to hire a Senior Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery Lead to join our team working for a leading US Supplier to DoD and Federal Government customers, located in Virginia Beach, VA. This role is 100% onsite. Local candidates are preferred, but we can also pay for relocation.
Being a US Cit is required to work for this company.
This position pays a strong salary package with full benefits (including choice of healthcare plans, dental, vision, life insurance, 3 weeks PTO, 11 Paid Federal Holidays, and a matching 401k).
An option for working on an hourly rate is also available for those not needing a full benefits package.
Senior Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery Lead
About the client
Our client is a leading US supplier to defense and government customers, headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia, with large-scale warehouse and distribution operations. The company is growing rapidly and investing in modernizing its technology, and we are building a dedicated on-site team to support this transformation. This is a multi-year, full-time engagement.
The role
Our client is building its business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) program from the ground up. As the company’s dedicated BC/DR expert, you will design the program, implement and test its recovery capabilities, and own it going forward. The emphasis is on recovery: restoring operations quickly and reliably after a disruption has occurred. This senior, hands-on role reports to technology leadership and partners closely with the internal Security and Infrastructure teams and an AWS GovCloud specialist. The scope is expected to grow as the program matures.
Responsibilities
· Conduct business impact analyses and risk assessments across IT systems, warehouse and distribution operations, and corporate functions; define RTO and RPO for every critical process and system.
· Develop the business continuity plan, IT disaster recovery plan, and crisis management and communication plans.
· Design and oversee recovery capabilities, including backups, replication, failover, cloud recovery (AWS GovCloud), alternate work sites and alternate distribution arrangements.
· Prepare for the full range of scenarios: hurricanes, flooding, power and network outages, total loss of office or warehouse facilities, physical security incidents, war or near-war scenarios and potential strikes, and cyber attacks including ransomware.
· Lead tabletop exercises and live failover tests against clearly defined criteria, report results and remediate gaps.
· Partner with Security, Infrastructure and the GovCloud migration team to build recovery into systems as they move to AWS GovCloud.
· Align the program with federal contractor requirements: ISO 9001 and ISO 14000 (primary), NIST SP 800-34, NIST SP 800-53 contingency planning controls and CMMC.
· Train staff, keep plans current and report program status to leadership.
Required skills and experience
· 13+ years in business continuity and disaster recovery, including at least one program built and tested end to end.
· Proven track record of restoring business operations after a real incident or disaster, with the ability to walk through a plan you tested and how the test was designed.
· Hands-on disaster recovery experience for enterprise systems: ERP, WMS, on-premises data centers and cloud (AWS or Azure).
· Experience covering both physical and operational continuity (sites, warehouses, supply chain) and recovery from cyber attacks.
· Strong command of business impact analysis, recovery objectives and recovery testing, and working knowledge of ISO 9001, ISO 14000, NIST SP 800-34 and CMMC (required).
· Excellent written communication, with the ability to produce plans for executive and audit audiences.
· residing in the US.
· Ability to work on-site in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Nice to have
· CBCP, MBCP (DRI International) or CBCI (BCI) certification.
· Experience with federal contractors or the defense industrial base.
· Background in distribution, logistics or supply chain operations.
· Experience with ISO 22301 and AWS GovCloud.
If qualified and interested, please send an updated resume along with rate/salary requirement and we will follow up quickly to discuss further details and move forward with your interview process.
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