Business Continuity Planners Salary in Blacksburg, VA

Common tasks

• Develop emergency management plans for recovery decision making and communications, continuity of critical departmental processes, or temporary shut-down of non-critical departments to ensure continuity of operation and governance.
• Test documented disaster recovery strategies and plans.
• Develop disaster recovery plans for physical locations with critical assets, such as data centers.
• Establish, maintain, or test call trees to ensure appropriate communication during disaster.
• Identify opportunities for strategic improvement or mitigation of business interruption and other risks caused by business, regulatory, or industry-specific change initiatives.
• Maintain and update organization information technology applications and network systems blueprints.
• Review existing disaster recovery, crisis management, or business continuity plans.
• Analyze impact on, and risk to, essential business functions or information systems to identify acceptable recovery time periods and resource requirements.
• Write reports to summarize testing activities, including descriptions of goals, planning, scheduling, execution, results, analysis, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Create or administer training and awareness presentations or materials.