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SECURITYFOCUS JOBS - NEW OPPORTUNITY
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JOB DESCRIPTION
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Position: Jr. Security Analyst
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Type: Permanent F/T
Closing Date: 04/29/2005
Job Summary
Reporting to the Manager of Business Continuity Planning, assist in the
management and delivery of an enterprise-wide business continuity planning
initiative. Work as a liaison between systems and users to facilitate the
development of documented business resumption plans, disaster recovery
initiatives, and internal and external testing schedules.
Job Responsibilities
1. Assist the Manager of Business Continuity Planning in achieving the
following:
2. Continually identify and assess the catastrophic events which could
disrupt the organization.
3. Construct and maintain a risk analysis matrix.
4. Create and maintain a comprehensive plan for business recovery for the
healthcare network, documenting all necessary steps from event detection to
business resumption.
5. Work closely with all operational departments (e.g. clinical,
financial, administrative, etc.) to understand business continuity needs and
capabilities.
6. Establish and enforce standards for all departments such that they have
documented policies and procedures for resuming functions if unexpected
catastrophic events occur, including the loss of their underlying information
systems.
7. Provide advisory or consulting services to departments as they develop
their continuity policies and procedures.
8. Work closely with the Information Services organization to understand
the systems and applications used to support the departments.
9. Create and maintain a systems priority matrix detailing recovery time
and recovery point objectives for all production systems and work with all
areas on establishing documented Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
10. Ensure that all systems have documented backup and recovery plans and
that a regular schedule of internal and/or external recovery testing is
performed by IS and/or the departments.
11. Coordinate with the change control groups for both systems such that
business recovery is accounted for in all planning discussions and processes
remain in a validated state.
12. Identify key business continuity planning, design, implementation, and
testing points and deliverables within the organization.
13. Interface with internal and external auditors with appropriate
information regarding Business Continuity capabilities.
14. Publish regular status updates to management and immediately escalate
significant risks to the organization.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
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Required Licenses / certificates / registrations Not required, but a
plus: Professional affiliations such as Association of Contingency Planners
(ACP), Uptime Institute or Business Continuity Institute.
Required Education and Experience 2-4 years of background in BCP/DR
and/or Information Technology Infrastructure (e.g. help desk, data center,
systems, etc.)
Additional Technical Requirements • Experience in BCP/DR concepts
and execution
• Healthcare background or experience a plus
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Well organized and able to multi-task
• Experience in working with a variety of groups and skill sets
• Reasonable knowledge and experience with information system
capabilities and infrastructure
CONTACT
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If interested please send resume in word format to: jennifer@altaassociates.com
Jennifer Spadavecchia
Senior Recruiter
Alta Associates, Inc.
jennifer@altaassociates.com
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