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Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Specialist

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Date: Oct 1, 2024

Location: Springfield, IL, US, 62702

Job Requisition ID: 41930

Agency : Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois
Closing Date/Time: 10/25/2024
Salary: $84,153-$107,715
Job Type: Salaried
County: Sangamon
Number of Vacancies: 1

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Job Summary

Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Lead Specialist (BC/DR Specialist) is responsible for leading the development, testing and implementation of a business continuity plan to ensure resiliency of TRS operations in the event of accidents, disasters, emergencies or threats that disrupt normal System operations.

Essential Functions

• Lead the planning and implementation of the Systems business continuity program to facilitate the Systems response to business interruptions and incident responses.
• Maintain a test schedule to ensure the regular testing of all TRS Business Continuity Plan components.
• Collaborate with all TRS departments to identify key business operations, maintain current Business Impact Analysis (BIA) documents.
• Develop and provide training and presentations on business continuity plan awareness, policies and procedures.
• Plan, prepare and lead tabletop exercises that test the plans and procedures in place for a variety of disaster simulations.
• Assist the Information Technology team with disaster recovery objectives.
• Identify enterprise-wide Business Process Workflows and develop contingency plans.

Minimum Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or Cyber Security.
• 5 years experience in IT Infrastructure or similar role.
• Minimum of 2 years experience in disaster recovery planning and testing.
• 1 year project management experience required; 3 years preferred.
• Experience in use of project management tools.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) certification preferred.

Work Hours: 8:30am - 4:30pm
Work Location: 2815 W. Washington St., Springfield, IL 62702-3397
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Job Family: Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics