Summary:

Yorktown Systems Group is seeking a qualified Business Impact Analyst to support NATO’s Allied Command Transformation (ACT). The main objectives of the ACT are to provide appropriate support to NATO missions and operations; lead NATO military transformation; improve relationships, interaction and practical cooperation with partners, nations and international organizations.

The Business Continuity (BC) section within AOS is responsible for conducting business impact analysis of HQ SACT for BC purposes to identify prioritized products and services, which is an essential element of the Business Continuity Management System (BCMS). Business Continuity Management (BCM) has become essential as a result of an audit conducted by the International Board of Auditors on the lack of policies and standards for BC planning within NATO to ensure the continuous delivery of products and services. This post will be instrumental and unique in providing the required support to the BC Staff Officer for the development and execution of the BC Plan. The main analysis technique to make certain that business continues for HQ SACT is through the Business Impact Analysis (BIA), which considers the timeframes and critical resources required to deliver prioritized products, services, processes and activities in the event of a disruption or disaster. The BIA will enable the HQ SACT to endorse or modify the scope of the BC program. The BIA will identify legal, regulatory and contractual obligations. The BIA will evaluate impacts over time as well as identify BC requirements including downtime tolerance and capacity. The BIA will define a list of the prioritized products, services, processes, activities and critical resources by determining the maximum tolerable period of disruption (MTPD) for each. The BIA will identify the dependencies and interdependencies between products, services, processes, activities and critical resources. The BIA will also identify the recovery time objectives (RTOs) for the prioritized products, services, processes, activities and critical resources to avoid reaching the MTPD in support of BC planning and management. BIA is not a one-time or single stage activity but an ongoing process within the BCM cycle.

Specific duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Analyze and prioritize the ACT business processes required to deliver the priority products and service; format to be coordinated with BC Staff Officer and Section Head.
• Propose a suitable approach for developing the BIAs for HQ SACT and subordinate entities.
• Analyze and create a prioritize list of the activities that produces or supports the delivery of the products and services; format to be coordinated with BC Staff Officer and Section Head.
• Determine and create a list of the critical resources needed to carry out Business Continuity objective; format to be coordinated with BC Staff Officer and Section Head.
• List and prioritize products and services, and determine the MTPD and RTO for each; format to be coordinated with BC Staff Officer and Section Head.
• Determine and map all internal and external dependencies of activities on another activity; format to be coordinated with BC Staff Officer and Section Head.
• Perform a risk and threat assessment to identify unacceptable levels of risk single points of failure; format to be coordinated with BC Staff Officer and Section Head.
• Identify and list known and anticipated internal and external threats; format to be coordinated with BC Staff Officer and Section Head.
• Create a process level impact table; format to be coordinated with BC Staff Officer and Section Head.
• Estimate and illustrate the impact of each threat to the organization; format to be coordinated with BC Staff Officer and Section Head.
• Determine and illustrate the probability of disruption for each threat; format to be coordinated with BC Staff Officer and Section Head.
• Illustrate the calculation of a risk score for each threat; format to be coordinated with BC Staff Officer and Section Head.
• Develop a list to prioritize the threats based on the risk score for the prioritized activities; format to be coordinated with BC Staff Officer and Section Head.
• Prepare briefings on the completion of the final analysis and final consolidation; format to be coordinated with BC Staff Officer and Section Head.
• Collect information on products, services and activities in the form of workshops, questionnaires and interviews; format to be coordinated with BC Staff Officer and Section Head.
• Seek and document top management approval of the BIA so that BC solutions and mitigations measures can be designed.
• Attend BC meetings on a monthly basis, or when directed by BC Staff Officer and Section Head, to brief status of BIAs.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent national academic qualification in a numeric discipline
• Certified to at least the level Business Continuity practitioner under a national or international certification scheme.
• Education and training in Risk Management

• At least 4 years of experience in Business Continuity supporting a large international organization.
• Demonstrated proficiency in English as defined in STANAG 6001 (Standardized Linguistic Profile (SLP) 3333 - Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing) or equivalent.
• Valid NATO Nation passport with no travel restrictions to NATO nations
• Proficiency in the use of the Microsoft Office Tool suite and collaborative software

Clearance: Must possess an active NATO or U.S. SECRET or higher security clearance.

Location: Norfolk, VA

Travel: CONUS and OCONUS travel may be required.