What are the responsibilities and job description for the IT Business Continuity Specialist position at Franklin Fitch?
IT Business Continuity Specialist | Santa Clara, CA | $80-$100p/h | 6 month contract (Extension likely, conversion possible)
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We are looking for an IT Business Continuity Specialist to help build and strengthen a best-in-class resiliency program across our products, customer experience, and internal operations. In this role, you’ll drive enterprise-wide impact by building disaster recovery strategies, leading exercises, partnering with cross-functional teams, and embedding resilience as a core competitive advantage for our customers.
The role:
- Develop disaster recovery strategies and support compliance for new product releases
- Partner with IT, Engineering, and Product teams to define resiliency requirements
- Embed resiliency into digital transformation initiatives, cloud migrations, automation, and virtualization
- Lead resilience exercises: tabletop tests, event simulations, and training sessions
- Identify operational gaps and drive corrective/preventive actions
- Support BIAs, TIAs, metrics reporting, and continuous program improvements
- Manage resiliency tools and support product certification audits (SOC 2, ISO 27001)
- Stay current on industry best practices, standards, and technologies
- Support DR architecture and other program efforts as needed
Qualifications:
- 4 years in Enterprise Resiliency, Business Continuity, or related fields
- Strong technical foundation across infrastructure, cloud, SaaS platforms, and storage architecture
- Strong BC background specific to IT
- Proven project management skills and ability to support evolving products
- Strong communication skills—comfortable presenting, planning, and influencing across stakeholders
- Ability to risk-rank priorities and drive alignment between business and technical teams
- Comfortable navigating fast-paced environments and balancing competing priorities
- Preferred certifications: CBCP, MBCP, CRISC, or similar
- Experience with leading BCM tools (Fusion Framework, Riskonnect) is a plus
- Solid understanding of corporate IT and security controls
If you're passionate about resilience, thrive in cross-functional work, and want to help shape a world-class program, we’d love to connect.
IT Business Continuity Specialist | Santa Clara, CA | $80-$100p/h | 6 month contract (Extension likely, conversion possible)
Salary : $80 - $100