Disaster Recovery Journal

Email/Website: gary.shaar@equifax.com

Subject Area: Disaster Recovery

Description: TITLE: Disaster Recovery Coordinator

COMPANY: Equifax
LOCATION: Alpharetta, GA
CONTACT: gary.shaar@equifax.com

The Disaster Recovery Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating and maintaining mainframe and midrange recovery processes and procedures between the disaster recovery services provider and Equifax. This will include the coordination of the development, maintenance, and testing of recovery processes for the mainframe and midrange infrastructure. In addition, the Disaster Recovery Coordinator will manage the Change Control process as it relates to DR infrastructure, and serve as the liaison between Equifax and the disaster recovery services provider.

Responsibilities:
• Assist with the planning, coordinating, and execution of DR tests and/or actual events.
• Assist in the development of exercise objectives between recovery vendor and Equifax.
• Assist in implementing a problem tracking process for DR testing and coordinate post-test issues resolution meetings.
• Prepare and deliver a post-test report detailing all successes and issues encountered.
• Implement updates to the Disaster Recovery Plan following a recovery exercise.
• Review changes in corporate resources with the management of those areas to assure the effectiveness of the recovery procedures.
• Responsible for providing manuals, configuration specifications, software specifications, written procedures or other information required for the execution of recovery processes.
• Work with vendors of disaster recovery services and facilities to ensure best practices are followed.
• Develop and implement if necessary, a planned move to a Cold Site facility from Equifax’s recovery location.
• Work with DR hardware provider to ensure testing, contract changes, and testing documentation meet Equifax policies, standards and procedures.

Job Title: Sr. Business Resiliency Consultant at BOK Financial Corporation

Location: Tulsa, OK

Submitters Email: jgarretson@bokf.com

Email/Website: https://oklahoma-bokf.icims.com/jobs/6219/job

Subject Area: Business Continuity

Description: The Senior Business Resiliency Consultant is primarily responsible for leading the Business Units to develop, test and implement plans and procedures to ensure that business and operations units can effectively respond to unplanned events that pose significant risk to the BOKF, its associated companies, employees, assets, revenue, reputation and ability to do business. This position is responsible to manage the overall Business Resiliency program which includes conducting Business Impact Analysis (BIAs) on a regular basis, evaluating risks to operational facilities, and coordinating the development and integration of application, system and network recovery strategies and plans to support business resumption within approved recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs).
• Must have banking/financial services experience within Business Resiliency
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of current business continuity planning techniques and methodologies used in performing risk analyses and business impact analyses
• Working knowledge of data processing in order to assist in the preparation of recovery procedures
• Good understanding of security and system change control processes
• Strong organizational and project management skills; ability to plan, organize and direct the testing of business continuity and disaster recovery plans and procedures
• Working knowledge of banking operations and procedures preferred
• Excellent organizational skills; ability to plan and organize effectively
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including oral and written communication skills
Preferred: Disaster Recovery Professional Certifications such as Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), etc.

Job Title: Business Continuity Project Manager

Location: Atlanta, GA

Email/Website: hr@sisincorp.com

Subject Area: Business Continuity

Description: Contract Prosition with a duration of 1.5 to 2 Years

Technical Requirements of Resource:
Strong Analytical Thinker
Experience developing a Business Continuity Plan/Disaster Recovery Plan
Technical Writer with 5 years of experience. (a plus)
Ability to work under pressure
Ability to lead a “District-Wide” team
Excellent skillset with Power Point, M.S. Project
PMP (a plus)
Green Belt Certification (a plus)
Experience working in a K-12 environment is a plus

Leadership: This individual will receive feedback, data, and direction from the Director of the PMO. This person will be responsible for providing weekly updates on their status and consistently meeting the deadlines by the district.

Job Title: Business Continuity Project Manager

Location: Atlanta, GA

Submitters Email: hr@sisincorp.com

Email/Website: hr@sisincorp.com

Subject Area: Business Continuity

Description: Contract Prosition with a duration of 1.5 to 2 Years

Technical Requirements of Resource:
Strong Analytical Thinker
Experience developing a Business Continuity Plan/Disaster Recovery Plan
Technical Writer with 5 years of experience. (a plus)
Ability to work under pressure
Ability to lead a “District-Wide” team
Excellent skillset with Power Point, M.S. Project
PMP (a plus)
Green Belt Certification (a plus)
Experience working in a K-12 environment is a plus

Leadership: This individual will receive feedback, data, and direction from the Director of the PMO. This person will be responsible for providing weekly updates on their status and consistently meeting the deadlines by the district.

Job Title: Director, Continuity of Government - Career Executive

Location: Madison, WI, US

Email/Website: http://wisc.jobs

Subject Area: Business Continuity

Description: The State of WI Dept of Administration is seeking qualified candidates for the Director, Continuity of Government – Career Executive position in Dane County. Job duties include, working under direction of the Administrator of the Division of Administrative Services to manage and supervise the Continuity of Government program for the Executive Branch of the State of Wisconsin. The Continuity of Government program includes the development and ongoing review, updating, annual exercise and continual improvement of Continuity of Operations/Continuity of Government Plans, Emergency Action and Security Plans and Crisis Management Plans for all agencies in the Executive Branch. Extensive experience and background in strategic planning principles and methods, problem identification and resolution, laws, codes and specifications pertaining to disaster recovery, and threat, vulnerability and risk assessment methodologies is required. Starting pay will be between $25.763 - $42.509 per hour with excellent benefits. For complete details and information on how to apply go to http://wisc.jobs and search for Job Announcement Code 12-03413. EEO/AA

Job Title: Disaster Recovery Coordinator

Location: ALPHARETTA, GA

Email/Website: http://www.equifax.com/careers/opportunities/en_us

Subject Area: Disaster Recovery

Description: TITLE: Disaster Recovery Coordinator
COMPANY: Equifax
LOCATION: Alpharetta, GA
CONTACT: scott.bracewell@equifax.com

The Disaster Recovery Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating and maintaining mainframe and midrange recovery processes and procedures between the disaster recovery services provider and Equifax. This will include the coordination of the development, maintenance, and testing of recovery processes for the mainframe and midrange infrastructure. In addition, the Disaster Recovery Coordinator will manage the Change Control process as it relates to DR infrastructure, and serve as the liaison between Equifax and the disaster recovery services provider.
Responsibilities:
• Assist with the planning, coordinating, and execution of DR tests and/or actual events.
• Assist in the development of exercise objectives between recovery vendor and Equifax.
• Assist in implementing a problem tracking process for DR testing and coordinate post-test issues resolution meetings.
• Prepare and deliver a post-test report detailing all successes and issues encountered.
• Implement updates to the Disaster Recovery Plan following a recovery exercise.
• Review changes in corporate resources with the management of those areas to assure the effectiveness of the recovery procedures.
• Responsible for providing manuals, configuration specifications, software specifications, written procedures or other information required for the execution of recovery processes.
• Work with vendors of disaster recovery services and facilities to ensure best practices are followed.
• Develop and implement if necessary, a planned move to a Cold Site facility from Equifax’s recovery location.
• Work with DR hardware provider to ensure testing, contract changes, and testing documentation meet Equifax policies, standards and procedures.






Skills and Experience Required:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Management Information Systems, or related field: or the equivalent in education and work experience.
• 5-7 +years of Disaster Recovery experience, with an emphasis on mainframe/midrange recovery.
• Significant knowledge of current disaster recovery planning methodologies and technologies.
• Knowledge of Business Continuity best practices and Business Impact Analysis (BIA) methodologies.
• Significant understanding of Change Management process - Required
• Project Management experience.
• Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP), or willingness to obtain certification - Preferred
• Familiarity with the Archer application – Preferred


Company Overview

Equifax empowers businesses and consumers with information they can trust. A global leader in information solutions, we leverage one of the largest sources of consumer and commercial data, along with advanced analytics and proprietary technology, to create customized insights that enrich both the performance of businesses and the lives of consumers.
With a strong heritage of innovation and leadership, Equifax continuously delivers new innovative solutions with the highest integrity and reliability. Businesses - large and small - rely on us for consumer and business credit intelligence, portfolio management, fraud detection, decisioning technology, marketing tools, and much more. We empower individual consumers to understand their personal credit information, protect their identity, and maximize their financial well-being.
Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Equifax Inc. operates in the U.S. and 16 other countries throughout North America, Latin America and Europe.. Equifax is a member of Standard & Poor´s (S&P) 500® Index. Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol EFX.
The foundation of Equifax is our talented, dedicated employees. Our mission is to deliver world- class information solutions to businesses and consumers. We accomplish our goals by drawing upon the experience, energy and teamwork of our employees in a growing, dynamic, and fun place to work.
As a global company Equifax offers a competitive benefits package specific to each geographic location. We provide our employees and their families with programs that will enhance their well-being and security.

Equifax is an equal opportunity employer and we positively value diversity within our organization.
Equifax is an equal opportunity employer and a drug-free work place.
For more information about our company, please visit: www.equifax.com

Job Title: Senior Business Continuity Coordinator

Location: Deerfield Beach Florida

Email/Website: https://www9.ultirecruit.com/JMF1000/JobBoard/JobDetails.aspx?__ID=*AC6852309E99B45C

Subject Area: Business Continuity

Description: This position prepares the organization by developing enterprise wide business continuity and crisis management programs focusing on associate safety, critical business processes, asset protection, the JM Family culture and associate services. Responsibilities will focus on crisis prevention, mitigation and response plans with various JMFE associates and departments.

Position Responsibilities:

• Build relationships and communicate well across all levels of the organization to understand JM crisis risks, critical business processes and enterprise services in response to a crisis
• Thoroughly understand all of JM Family’s crisis response teams, services, tools and culture to coordinate a corporate wide crisis response from the Emergency Operations Center
• Communicate to the top levels of the organization verbally and in writing
• Deliver presentations to educate associates and obtain new initiatives
• Utilize reference materials and other resources to obtain objectives
• Coordinate the movement and use of 20 enterprise services which includes corporate jets and on-site medical staff
• Merge and manipulate data used for communication and repository tools
• Manage vendors relationships for related tools and services

Requirements

• 4 year college degree required
• 4 + years experience in business continuity and critical incident planning
• Ability to deal with all levels of management and external stakeholders
• Proficient in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio and Sharepoint
• Experience creating hurricane weather and response reports
• Knowledge of related regulatory compliance
• Business Continuity certifications are preferred

Job Title: Project Manager - BCP/DR

Location: Atlanta, GA

Email/Website: www.trantorinc.com

Subject Area: Business Continuity

Description: Looking for a dynamic Project Manager to help a small financial services firm in Atlanta with BCP. Experience with major DR tools like LDRPS is a plus.

The position is in Atlanta, GA. Intial estimate of duration is 90 days. Extendable.

Please apply with resume and expected rate.

Job Title: Project Management - Risk Assessment

Location: Atlanta, GA

Email/Website: www.trantorinc.com

Subject Area: Information Security

Description: Looking for a dynamic Project Manager to help a small financial services firm with Security Risk Assessment.

The position is in Atlanta, GA. Intial estimate of duration is 90 days. Extendable.

Please apply with resume and expected rate.

Job Title: Sr Ent Buss Continuity/Disaster Recovery Analyst

Location: Harrisburg, PA

Submitters Email: plynah

Subject Area: Business Continuity

Description: The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA), located in Harrisburg, PA has an immediate opening for a Sr. Enterprise Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Analyst. This position supports the strategic development and is accountable for the implementation of the Enterprise Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Program. This position will promote business continuity theory decisions and strategy. This role creates the guidelines for disaster recovery planning, business impact analyses, coordinating plan development and outage testing. Also included is the working with all Infrastructure teams to determine hardware, software and services requirements for the Enterprise Business Continuity Plan (EBCP).

QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION& EXPERIENCE:
Bachelor’s degree and at least 7 years’ experience in Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery, an equivalent combination of skills, knowledge and ability may be considered. Certification in Business Continuity required must be obtained within the next 12 months of hire.
• Track record of adapting to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities, promptly and efficiently.
• Proven ability to communication and influence with individuals, including the ability to influence those whom are not direct reports across a broad spectrum of IT, business disciplines, end users, upper management and externally.
• Substantiated ability to bring project to successful completion through political sensitivity.
• Demonstrated ability to defuse tension among a project team when needed.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment is crucial. Proven presentation skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS & WORK ENVIRONMENT
• Travel – Ability to independently drive to remote office sites and/or recovery sites.

To view a detailed job description and to apply on-line, please visit www.pheaa.org/jobs select job opening id 904631..

PHEAA is an equal opportunity employer.

Job Title: Business Continuity Officer

Location: Washington DC

Email/Website: www.imf.org/jobs

Subject Area: Business Continuity

Description: Business Continuity Contractual Position. (FY13-FY17)

Please apply for this position at www.imf.org/jobs vacancy# 1200544

The Business Continuity Management Office (BCMO) works for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at large implementing the enterprise wide Emergency Management and Business Continuity (BC) Program. The BCMO takes the leadership role in strategic planning, program development/execution, training, maintenance, auditing and reporting to management.

Duties and Responsibilities:
The Business Continuity Contractual position supports the needs of the BCMO in managing special projects, responding to audit findings, implementing programs, maintaining, monitoring and promoting best practices. This position reports to the Senior Business Continuity Officer and requires specific skill sets in BC. Please note: This is not an IT Disaster Recovery position.

Candidate Qualifications:
• Extensive experience in developing and managing projects related to Business Continuity.
• Leverages technology tools (including SharePoint) to enhance information sharing, trending, monitoring, reporting, matainence and communicating to stakeholders.
• Recommends or, when requested, executes appropriate recovery response actions in accordance with the Fund’s Business Continuity Program. (Must be available and willing to respond to emergencies 24/7).
Key Projects Responsibilities:
• Partners with procurement to address gaps identified within the current business continuity framework including: conducting an evaluation of procurement relationships with key vendors to identify requirements and dependencies at time of disaster; determine business continuity preparedness of existing critical vendors along with their capacity during an event. Define vendor requirements and capabilities (resources, infrastructure, etc...) and suggest enhancements to existing contract agreements. Design a process for integrating BC contractual requirements, monitoring compliance, provide ad hoc assistance in contract reviews, define and conduct exercises to assure compliance and develop metrics for tracking success.
• Reduce the IMF’s overall risks to recovery by serving as the lead in reaching closure on after action report findings, risks identified during events, BIA interviews and through exercises.
• Assist the BC office in assessing the international resident representative, regional technical assistance and training centers (in coordination with the IMF International Security team), identifying critical business functions, risks to recovery and general business requirements highlighting both similarities and differences among locations. The outcome of this analysis will be an overseas operations business continuity framework and strategy that includes a communications plan, methods to test and periodic review of key program components. (Minimal travel will be required for this task).
• Liaise with personnel (staff, contractual, and vendors) whose positions are considered essential during a crisis. Establish initial response agreements, monitor changes in staffing and requirements and conduct exercises to assure readiness.
• Interface with the insurance team ( policy reviews & interface with broker) with the objective modifying BC plans to include policy requirements and specific actions required for disaster declaration.
Training/exercises:
• Contribute to the design and delivery of plan reviews and training/exercise initiatives to ensure effective transfer of information to promote and maintain awareness throughout the IMF.
Administrative/Procedural:
• Respond to general and specific program inquiries.
• Maintain strategies, plans and information within both internal and external repositories.
Skills/Experience

• This post is suitable for a graduate with at least 8 years of experience in operation risk management, business continuity and project management. Candidates must have a proven record within the Business Continuity (not DR) at a financial institution, corporation or other relevant settings. Certification as a Business Continuity Planner is required.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with demonstrated experience in public speaking, the preparation of clear and concise training programs and written reports. The ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others in a multicultural environment cannot be overstated.
• Working familiarity with various International Standards including the ISO Business Continuity Standards, Federal Financial Institute Evaluation Council (FFIEC) and BS 25999 guidelines.
• The ability to make quick decisions while maintaining a calm, courteous, and objective attitude in all situations.