Overview

What you’ll do:

• Partner and collaborate with third party/vendor(s) to develop a working knowledge of key third party vendors and relevant internal policies
• Serve as a point of contact for building and maintaining test relationships
• Perform vendor risk assessments reviews, contract assessments, identify gaps and provide recommendations.
• Develop a working knowledge of regulatory guidelines, relating third-party disaster recovery program(s)
• Act as liaison for auditing and examination of third party disaster recovery processes
• Establish and maintain third party testing business partner relationships, scheduled third party testing with a full understanding of interdependencies and post-test management
• Deliver ongoing feedback regarding risk management, mitigation, and prevention
• Coordinate with the IT technical staff to ensure disaster recovery solutions are prepared, acceptable, maintained, and tested as part of a consistent operational life cycle
• Understand and develop all test requirements for successful execution
• Coordinate and lead all external DR exercises, inclusive of tabletop exercises, simulated exercises and full DR testing
• Represent external disaster recovery cost requirements within the annual budgeting process
• Regularly report Third Party Disaster Recovery activities to risk management
• Continually improve external DR process utilizing ever changing requirements and technologies available; demonstrate excellent judgment with the ability to navigate ambiguity.
• You must make good decisions, can identify issues, and know when to escalate matters.
• Self-starter; takes initiative and can work independently

Required Skills:

• 7+ years of demonstrated experience dedicated to disaster recovery operations and management
• 10+ years of systems engineering experience and or Technical Project Management
• 3+ years of delivering results using an Agile Framework
• Must be comfortable Act as liaison for auditing and examination of disaster recovery processes
• Experience managing large projects using well developed sound project management skills
• Experience managing cross-functional IT teams
• Vendor Management and FFIEC, FINRA experience required
• Must have in-depth understanding of current recovery solutions, high availability architectures and mainframe architectures as is knowledge of crisis communication solutions
• Strong time management and organization skills
• Successfully developed and implemented business continuity program life cycle plans and source deliverables (e.g. risk assessments, bias, continuity planning) is essential
• Experience establishing, managing and communication with Business Partners to cultivate strong partnerships
• Strategic thinker with strong analytical skills
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of current disaster recovery planning techniques and technologies as well as the methods used in performing risk and business impact analysis
• Understanding of elementary IT network principles is critical
• Requires excellent oral and written communication skills to convey plans, exercises, and activities.
• Ability to plan, organize, and lead the testing of emergency response, recovery support, and business resumption procedures
• MS Office Suite, MS Project, Visio
• SharePoint Experience a plus
• Capabilities include delivering results using an Agile Framework (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) and Atlassian (Jira/Confluence)
• Continuity Planning accreditation is a plus.

The target hiring compensation range for this role is the equivalent of $57 to $63.33 an hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.
Additional benefits offered may include; medical health insurance and dental insurance, life insurance, and eligibility to participate in 401k plan with company match.