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Spohn Solutions

Business Continuity Consultant

Spohn Solutions, Austin, Texas, us, 78716


Positions:

Associate BCP Consultant, BCP Consultant, Senior BCP ConsultantCompany:

Spohn & AssociatesDepartment:

Spohn ConsultingDate:

15 Feb 2016Job Title:

Associate BCP Consultant, BCP Consultant, Senior BCP ConsultantJob Type:

Full TimeReports to:

Steve Davies, VP of ConsultingJob Location:

8940 Research, Suite 300, Austin, TX 78758Job Description:

Spohn Consulting provides a range of services for customers in the Information Security realm. Our main products are Security Audits, Security Assessments, Risk Assessments, and Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery planning.This position encompasses:Creating Business Impact Assessment documentsCreating Risk Assessment documentsDesigning Recovery StrategiesWriting Recovery Strategy documentsWriting Business Continuity PlansWriting Disaster Recovery PlansCreating, reviewing, and critiquing continuity plansReport and documentation generationIndependent workAdvising customersThis individual will be responsible for conducting on-site assessments and generating BC and DR plans. Performing this job will require gathering data using multiple methods including interviewing, analyzing the gathered data, and presenting results in documents to customers.As a BCP consultant, the individual is expected to be able to operate independently while at the customer site as well as analyze and prepare customer deliverables with little assistance.Major Responsibilities:Perform BCP consulting and prepare reportsConduct interviews and gather data to create BIA documentsConduct Risk assessments for customers as well as help customers conduct risk assessments and give training to customers on how to conduct risk assessmentsProvide documentation, project tracking, and management reporting on your billable activitiesEffectively manage projects for efficiency, completion, and qualityProvide support in creating customer proposals, designing work specifications, pricing proposals, and writing service description documentationSupport the development of Spohn BCP offerings.Evaluate recovery strategiesGuide executives on the process of taking an organization through the BCP processUnderstand key technologies such as high availability data storage, virtualization, and system redundancyPerform other duties as required by company operations.Regular Duties:Primarily responsible for performing BCP services work for outside customers from the line of Spohn BCP offerings.Engage customersRun toolsConduct interviewsGather dataAnalyze resultsDocument resultsPresent resultsSupport further product developmentSupport collateral developmentSupport sales callsProjects:

Periodically perform various projects such as:Statement of work developmentProduct developmentAutomation of processes used in completing BCP servicesJob Requirements:Degree desirable, but not necessarily a requirementCertifications desirable but no specific certification requiredAble to formulate, understand, and communicate abstract conceptsAbility to analyze data and derive summariesExcellent verbal, written, and presentation skillsWorking knowledge of databases, SQL, and reportsRisk analysis process knowledgeSpecific knowledge in generating BC and DR plansWorking knowledge of technology and DR strategiesAbility to develop processes to conduct and document assessmentsAbility to define a BCP service offering for marketing collateralMust work daily from the Austin officeMust be willing to travel (we have designed our product to require between 1/10th and 1/3rd onsite work. The remainder of the work will be performed from our offices. This should translate to 10-30% travel. However, the candidate must be prepared to travel more if necessary).

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