Business Continuity Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Conduct business impact analyses (BIAs) to assess potential risks, downtime, and financial impacts of disruptions.
• Create comprehensive documentation, including step-by-step procedures, recovery objectives, and contingencies, to ensure business functions can continue during disruptions.
• Prioritize business functions based on recovery time objectives (RTO) and recovery point objectives (RPO), ensuring resources are allocated effectively.
• Perform comprehensive risk assessments to evaluate potential threats, such as natural disasters, cyberattacks, or supply chain interruptions.
• Document technical recovery steps for critical IT systems, such as data backups, server failovers, and application restoration.
• Serve as the central point of contact during incidents, coordinating response efforts between departments to minimize downtime.
• Document post-incident reviews, analyzing lessons learned and integrating improvements into future plans.
• Prepare comprehensive reports for senior management, summarizing continuity program status, risk assessments, and areas requiring attention
• Participate in audits to demonstrate the organization’s readiness and commitment to continuity planning.
• Provide training and awareness programs to ensure employees are prepared for their roles in business continuity and disaster recovery.
• Ensure BC/DR plans comply with industry standards and maintain accurate documentation of plans, assessments, and test results.
• Collaborate with departments to ensure continuity plans address all business operations and communicate updates to leadership and stakeholders.
• Evaluate and improve business continuity strategies based on lessons learned, emerging risks, and industry best practices.

Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.
• Certifications: Relevant certifications like ISO 22301 Lead Implementer, Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), CISSP or Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), etc.
• Experience: 1-5 years of experience in business continuity, disaster recovery, risk management, or a similar role in a security operations environment.

Technical skills:

• Understanding of failover mechanisms and replication technologies to ensure seamless recovery of IT infrastructure.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud and their business continuity features, including automated backups and high availability configurations.
• Understanding of cloud-based disaster recovery strategies and the use of multi-region or multi-cloud deployments for business continuity.
• Basic understanding of network and infrastructure components (e.g., TCP/IP, DNS, firewalls, routers) to identify vulnerabilities in systems that could impact continuity.
• Understanding of integrated Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) platforms for risk assessment and reporting.

Soft Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, attention to detail, effective communication.