Salary
💰 $120,000 - $170,000 per year
Tech Stack
AWSCloudCyber Security
About the role
- Design and execute Varo’s Business Resiliency Program
- Facilitate the annual completion of the enterprise Business Impact Analysis to identify acceptable recovery time periods and resource requirements for business processes, applications, and the overall enterprise
- Liaise with key business, technology, and application teams to set recovery time objectives, recovery point objectives, service level agreements with vendors, convey business needs, and identify gaps
- Partner with business process and application owners to develop and maintain Business Continuity (BC) and Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies and plans
- Develop appropriate BC and DR testing scenarios and facilitate exercises with key stakeholders; collaborate to develop an annual test schedule and lead execution
- Report on test results, and prioritize and track the progress of any remediating actions with relevant working groups and committees
- Provide relevant material and lead conversations with external regulatory partners on BC
- Assess business resiliency of current or proposed third-party relationships and work with Third Party Risk Management when reporting on events experienced by a third party
- Assess technology resiliency of current and proposed technology solutions; act as a consultant for resiliency programs
- Create documentation, including incident ticket, root cause analysis and coordinate remediation plan completion for third party and internal incidents
- Monitor internal and external environments for potential events that may impact Varo, collaborating with relevant stakeholders to manage notifications and communications
- Work with the Crisis Management Team during disruption events and facilitate post-mortem analysis of events and track key remediation actions through completion
- Monitor and track program compliance and effectiveness through KRI and KPI metrics and prepare management and board reports on business and technology resiliency
- Provide ongoing SME guidance and assistance on business resiliency and business continuity matters, including creating or administering training and awareness presentations or materials
- Work with Human Resources to identify potential events that require activation of BC or DR plans and communicate with impacted stakeholders
Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years managing Business Resiliency, Business Continuity, and Disaster Recovery within an organization, demonstrating in-depth knowledge and experience
- Minimum of 7 years experience in a financial services or technology company
- Bachelor's degree (must have), with a concentration in Information/Cyber Security or Computer Science, Information Technology (preferred)
- Business Continuity Certification (e.g., CBCP (preferred), CBCI, ISO22301, ASISSPC.1.-2009) and understanding and experience of business continuity management and governance frameworks (e.g., DRI Professional Practices, BCI Good Practice Guidelines, ISO22301, ISO22316 )
- Experience reporting/presenting to the senior management and/or the Board
- Experience managing internal, external, and regulatory audits
- Ability to work nights and weekends during a crisis event
- Ability to understand disaster recovery concepts for a modern technology stack (digital, cloud, APIs, emerging technologies, etc.)
- Excellent team skills, both as a leader and as a team player
- Excellent communication skills, especially related to facilitation, documentation, and reporting
- Candidates without AWS Cloud experience must complete AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Certification training within 12 months of being hired if offered employment