Summary
The Sr. Enterprise Risk and Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Specialist oversees the enterprise risk and IT disaster response/crisis management activities in compliance with the IT emergency plans and helps provide and coordinate disaster preparedness training with respect to the organization’s information technologies, helping ensure business continuity for OTS and our consortium partners.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Work with OTS leadership to document and maintain an enterprise risk log documenting critical risk considerations arising from business operations, regulatory findings and/or audit follow up
• Work with Business Continuity management at OTS and our partners to ensure that the disaster recovery (crisis management) and business continuity plans drive disaster recovery (DR) strategy and procedures.
• Establish and maintain the overall plans for executing all DR procedures and understand their interdependencies.
• Establish and maintain detailed DR communications and command and control plans through a change management process.
• Work with the IT technical staff to ensure that disaster recovery solutions are adequate, in place, maintained, and tested as part of the regular operational life cycle.
• Develop and understand all testing necessary for a successful DR execution.
• Schedule and lead all DR exercises.
• Provide ongoing feedback for risk management, mitigation, and prevention.
• Represent disaster recovery cost requirements in the annual budgeting process.
• Regularly report Disaster Recovery activities to upper management.
• Act as liaison for auditing and examination of disaster recovery processes.
• Help ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations, and ordinances.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, information protection (information security), or a related IT field is preferred. Certification in CBCP or CFCP is preferred; a PMP certification is desired.
• Requires 10+ years of experience in IT operations implementing and supporting web and middleware solutions in a data center environment.
• 6+ years of experience dedicated to disaster recovery operations and management in financial or other similar industries.
• Experience managing large projects, using PMI standard methods and tools.
• Understanding of current recovery solutions is needed, as is knowledge of crisis communication solutions. Must know elementary IT network principles.
• Require excellent oral and written communication skills to convey plans, exercises, and activities. Must be able to interact with technical, non-technical, and management staff.
• Familiarity with business continuity program life cycle plans and source deliverables (e.g., risk assessments, bias, continuity planning) is essential.
• Working knowledge of the Tandem GRC platform for DR/BC management highly desired.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• N/A

Work Environment

The demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Hybrid if in Colorado or remote if out of state

Cognitive Requirements

• Constantly: Works independently, little supervision needed. Effectively communicate verbally and in writing. Comprehend materials and follow instructions. Compile, copy and compare information. Analyze and compute information. Problem solving and critical thinking. Exercise good judgement/reasoning and resourcefully solve routine problems. Exhibit excellent customer service skills,
• Frequently: Organize and handle multiple tasks and prioritize. Motivate, lead, influence and collaborate with others both internally and externally. Project planning and execution.

Physical Requirements

• Constantly: Use hands/fingers for repetitive keyboard & hand motion, Speak coherently.
• Frequently: Sit- Remaining in a seated position for long periods of time. Walk- Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another. Use hand/fingers to handle and feel.

Emotional Effort

• Occasional short deadlines. Work environment occasionally hectic with periods of high stress.

Internal/External Interaction

• Occurs occasionally with periods of high volume.

Compensation and Benefits

• Target salary range for this position will be $150,000 to $175,000, depending on qualifications.
• In addition, this position is eligible for an annual bonus eligibility with a target payout of 10%, based on company and individual performance
• The OTS Benefits package includes medical/dental/vision insurance, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan with fully vested matching, PTO, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, holiday pay, student loan paydown program, tuition reimbursement, loan discounts, service anniversary bonuses, recognition program. employee referral program, and employee activities.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Work with OTS leadership to document and maintain an enterprise risk log documenting critical risk considerations arising from business operations, regulatory findings and/or audit follow up
• Work with Business Continuity management at OTS and our partners to ensure that the disaster recovery (crisis management) and business continuity plans drive disaster recovery (DR) strategy and procedures.
• Establish and maintain the overall plans for executing all DR procedures and understand their interdependencies.
• Establish and maintain detailed DR communications and command and control plans through a change management process.
• Work with the IT technical staff to ensure that disaster recovery solutions are adequate, in place, maintained, and tested as part of the regular operational life cycle.
• Develop and understand all testing necessary for a successful DR execution.
• Schedule and lead all DR exercises.
• Provide ongoing feedback for risk management, mitigation, and prevention.
• Represent disaster recovery cost requirements in the annual budgeting process.
• Regularly report Disaster Recovery activities to upper management.
• Act as liaison for auditing and examination of disaster recovery processes.
• Help ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations, and ordinances.
• Other duties as assigne