Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Accenture Federal Services is seeking an IT Business Continuity Consultant to support business continuity planning within IT infrastructure. The role coordinates project and program management activities, identifies requirements and test plans, and plans, performs, and documents business continuity exercises and related activities.
Responsibilities
- Provide support for project/program management activities
- Work with technical teams to identify requirements and test plans
- Identify business continuity scenarios and coordinate deployment/exercise activities
- Plan, prepare, perform and document Business Continuity activities within the IT infrastructure
Skills
- US Citizen on US soil (required)
- Ability to work with technical team to capture work efforts, document tasks, coordinate across teams, and support creation of work products/templates
- Ability to work well in a team environment as well as independently
- Ability to identify potential areas of improvement and make recommendations for improvement
- Good communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
- Ability to develop strong professional relationships with fellow team members
- Skilled in using MS Word, MS Excel and Visio
- Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States
- 1-2 years of requirements gathering and/or testing experience
- Participated in a Disaster Recovery or Ransomware exercise or real life scenario
- Knowledge of business impact and risk analysis processes
- Good communication skills
- Ability to collaborate with business and technology professionals
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