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Please do let me know if you have any suitable profile for this position *Position: *Project Manager *Location: *Denver, CO *Duration: *6+ Months Contract *Phone Hire* Key is senior PM with o Business Continuity Plan development o Experience with developing and conducting a Disaster Recovery Exercise for a large complex multi-system environment *Summary/Job Description:* The Governor’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) is seeking a highly qualified, assertive IT Disaster Recovery/Continuity of Operations Planning Expert to develop disaster recovery/continuity of operations plans for some of its critical systems. Existing knowledge of the Colorado Benefits Management System (CBMS) and PEAK systems is desirable. We are looking for an individual to define and lead the workshops required to gather the information needed to complete the Disaster Recovery Plan and Test (targeted for July 2017). The individual will also prepare the post-test documentation including results, recommendations and updates to the plan and test. This position will be dedicated to the support of disaster recovery/continuity of operations related activities/tasks as it relates to the CBMS/PEAK systems. The candidate will be required to develop Disaster Recovery and Continuity of Operations Plans, and define exercises/testing of the plans. The state will be responsible for providing the candidate with the business impact analysis and system back-up and recovery plans The candidate must be reliable, competent, well spoken, and motivated, able to take initiative, require little supervision, quickly grasp the needs of this engagement and possess excellent writing skills. Additionally, the candidate will possess essential skills of business impact analysis, risk analysis, disaster recovery planning, continuity of operations planning, plan testing and exercising based on prior experience in these areas. The ideal candidate is also familiar with the state data centers and has prior state disaster recovery experience. *Job Responsibilities* Develop a Disaster Recovery Plan for CBMS/PEAK *In order to complete this work the candidate will:* • Develop a Disaster Recovery Plan for CBMS/PEAK and associated applications. The state will provide the template. The plan will be delivered in electronic format that can either be shared or edited in a secured shared document environment, such as Google Drive. The plan will contain steps/procedures for restoring/recovering/resuming the system. The plan will contain the following information at a minimum: Introduction/Roles & Responsibilities Disaster Response/Notification Call Tree(s) Recovery/Resumption/Reconstitution Contact Information (includes primary/alternates for each)/Lines of Succession Recovery Requirements/Vital Records Testing/Plan Maintenance Appendix • Meet with the Subject Matter Experts (SME’s) of the systems utilizing a workshop environment in order to gather the critical information for the Disaster Recovery Plan. • Review a draft of the plan with the Disaster Recovery Team Members (the team members will be identified during the workshop process). During this review, walk through the process to identify and discuss changes. Once the final review has taken place, finalize the plans and upload into the shared environment. • Author and send a communication to anyone with a role or responsibility in the plan. Refine and improve the Continuity of Operations Plan (for the suites used by the CBMS/PEAK team in the Pearl Plaza facility) *In order to complete this work the candidate will:* • Review the Continuity of Operations Plan for the CBMS side of the Pearl Plaza Facility location. • Tie into the COOP that was developed for OIT at the Pearl Plaza Facility. • Conduct workshops/meetings with representatives to gather the critical information for the Continuity of Operations Plan. The plan should be specific enough that agreements can be put in place for the use of alternate state space, training labs, etc. Plan and conduct an exercise or test for the COOP. • Document the guidelines, support, and resources needed to resume the essential/critical functions. *Conduct an Exercise/Test of the CBMS/PEAK Disaster Recovery Plan* • Conduct several workshops/meetings to identify the test objectives and the steps to be performed during the exercise. • Create a Test Plan that identifies the tasks to be performed, pass/fail criteria and job responsibilities. • Define the exercises required to support the full testing of the CBMS/PEAK Disaster Recovery Plan. • Document what needs to be included in the exercise and identify the ideal timing. Separate exercises to test individual applications, interfaces, functions or processes may be needed. The evaluation will also identify the benefits of conducting the exercise in conjunction with the annual mainframe Disaster Recovery exercise (scheduled by OIT for the fall of each year). • Conduct the disaster Recovery Exercise in July 2017 and document the results, findings, recommendations and updates to the plan and test. *Minimum Requirements* o Must have experience with developing a Business Impact Analysis o Must have experience with developing a Business Continuity Plan o Must have experience with developing and conducting a Disaster Recovery Exercise for a large complex multi-system environment o Must have excellent planning skills o Must have excellent facilitation skills o Must have the experience required to articulate the resource knowledge required to be in each work shop o Must have the management skills necessary to manage this work independently o Must have an understanding of disaster recovery and business continuity planning and testing in a cloud or hosted infrastructure environment. *Desirable Experience:* o Working knowledge of regulations and constraints that influence the development of disaster recovery plans and exercises o Understanding of a government environment *Thanks,* *Satyendra* *949-201-4822 *201 * *[email protected]* <[email protected]> *[image: cid:288F3ECB-299B-400D-80D3-20F4925B9DD1] * *18100 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 850, Irvine, 92612* [image: cid:005D9ED9-74E6-476A-998C-47EDA68B8DC8] *DISCLAIMER:* This message and any attachments are solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged or confidential. 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