IT Business Continuity Specialist - UAE NATIONAL

Trans Skills LLC


Date: 6 hours ago
City: Dubai
Contract type: Full time
  • Develop and Implement Business Continuity Plans (BCPs):
  • Create, maintain, and update comprehensive BCPs that outline procedures for various disruptive scenarios, ensuring alignment with the client's objectives and regulatory requirements.
  • Conduct Business Impact Analysis (BIA):
  • Perform BIA to assess and prioritize potential impacts of disruptions on critical business functions, processes, and assets.
  • Identify dependencies, interdependencies, and critical timelines to support informed decision-making in BCP development.
  • Identify the resources needed.
  • Risk Assessment and Management:
  • Identify potential threats and vulnerabilities through risk assessments.
  • Develop and implement strategies to mitigate risks to business operations identified through BIA and risk assessments.
  • Training and Preparedness:
  • Educate and train employees on business continuity policies, procedures, and their roles during disruptions.
  • Coordinate and conduct drills and exercises to test BCP effectiveness and enhance organizational readiness.
  • Incident Response and Crisis Management:
  • Coordinate response efforts during emergencies, crisis or disruptions.
  • Implement and oversee BCP activation and recovery processes as per established protocols.
  • Monitoring and Continuous Improvement:
  • Monitor changes in the organizational environment and update BCPs and BIAs accordingly.
  • Conduct post-incident reviews and lessons learned sessions to identify improvement opportunities and implement corrective actions.
  • Compliance and Reporting:
  • Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards related to business continuity and disaster recovery.
  • Prepare and present reports on business continuity metrics, preparedness levels, and incident response effectiveness.

Requirements

Skills:

  • Risk Management: Experience in performing BIA to assess and prioritize the impacts of disruptions on critical business functions.
  • Crisis Management: Ability to identify, assess, and mitigate risks to business operations.
  • Communication: Proficiency in developing, implementing, and maintaining comprehensive BCPs based on BIA findings.
  • Analytical Thinking: Experience in coordinating and managing responses to emergencies and disruptions

Communication

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills to liaise with employees during incidents and reporting.
  • Analytical Thinking: Strong analytical skills to evaluate scenarios, assess impacts, and make data-driven decisions.
  • Ability to prioritize a wide range of workloads with critical deadlines.
  • Availability outside of working hours to resolve emergency issues promptly.
  • Bachelor’s degree in business Continuity, Crisis Management or relevant degree
  • Relevant certifications such as CBCI, ISO 22301 Lead Auditor.

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