Information Technology Specialist 'Continuity Manager' GS-2210-14 (DH

IT Specialist (Continuity Manager)

This vacancy announcement is limited to the first 200 applications received and will close at 11:59PM Eastern Time on the day that we receive the 200th application, or at 11:59PM Eastern Time on the listed closing date, whichever occurs first. This position may fall under the Presidential Memorandum titled "Return to In-Person Work" which will require you to go into the office if you are located within 50 miles of a Department of Education facility in these locations:
Washington, DC, Dallas, TX, San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA, Kansas City, MO, Chicago, IL, Atlanta, GA, Philadelphia, PA, and New York City, NY. We encourage you to read this entire vacancy announcement prior to submitting your application.

As an IT Specialist (Continuity Manager) GS-2210-14, you will be responsible for:

• Providing authoritative technical leadership for enterprise Disaster Recovery (DR), Business Continuity Planning (BCP), Continuity of Operations (COOP), and emergency/incident management, ensuring operational resilience and recoverability of mission-critical business systems, applications, data, networks, and technology environments.
• Leading the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of DR and continuity strategies, aligning them with enterprise architecture, business impact analysis (BIA) outputs, and regulatory requirements; conducts risk assessments and reviews BIAs to identify vulnerabilities and recommend mitigation and redundancy strategies.
• Directing integration and consolidation of enterprise recovery plans across all business units and CTO divisions, develops business cases and technical recommendations for DR tools and modernization, and coordinates cross-organizational planning to define recovery priorities and sequencing.
• Designing and establishing technical DR and system restoration procedures for enterprise applications, databases, servers, and cloud architectures, operationalizing recovery priorities, response level agreements, and contingency workflows; leads design, development, and execution of DR tests and coordinates actual recovery operations during incidents.
• Advising senior leadership on enterprise risk tolerance, continuity vulnerabilities, and DR readiness; establishes DR standards, policies, procedures, and technical protocols; trains business and technical personnel on DR and continuity responsibilities; researches emerging industry standards and technologies to drive innovation in DR program design.