Senior Analyst, Business & Disaster Recovery

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The Senior Analyst Business & Disaster Recovery is primarily responsible for supporting business continuity and IT disaster recovery planning, testing and execution for Webster Bank. This role will also be responsible for evaluating critical third party (vendor) Business Recovery Programs and providing feedback to business lines regards their respective competency.

Responsibilities

DISASTER RECOVERY TEST MANAGEMENT

The Sr. Analyst Business & Disaster Recovery works with Corporate Information Security, Resiliency team and IT functional teams to ensure that Disaster Recovery capabilities meet the Recovery Time (RTO) and Recovery Point (RPO) objectives as defined by Business Impact Analyses.

• Assist in planning and helping in the execution of enterprise disaster recovery tests in accordance with regulatory and Resiliency Program requirements.

• Understand regulatory requirements as it relates to disaster recovery (FFIEC, and other pertinent agencies).

• Assisting in creating the scope of the tests [applications, business process, client participation, stretch objectives].

• Providing support in documenting the scope within a Test Plan Summary that will outline the objectives, participation and logistics associated with the exercise.

• Assisting in coordinating with the technology teams on the application requirements and recovery plans associated with critical applications.

• Assisting in interfacing with relationship teams and prepare client participation documents and communications.

• Providing support in preparing and delivering comprehensive Post Test Summaries after each exercise evaluation performance against stated objectives.

VENDOR BCDR PROGAM MANAGEMENT

The Sr. Analyst Business & Disaster Recovery is charged with maintaining adherence for ensuring critical IT risk vendors are delivering secure and resilient products and services by delivering a comprehensive due diligence and vendor review process.

• As requested by the bank’s business lines, review vendor Business Continuity Program document and evaluate its competency and ensure it meets Webster Bank standards.

• Provide evaluation feedback to the business line concerning the acceptability of the vendors submitted program documentation.

BUSINESS CONTINUITY MANAGEMENT COLLABORATION AND SUPPORT

The Sr. Analyst Business & Disaster Recovery will also be working with peers collaboratively within Resiliency to address and work on critical initiatives throughout the year. 

• Assisting in the development of strategies and maintaining business continuity plans,

• Assisting with the coordination associated with conducting business impact assessments,

• Assisting with tabletop exercises to validate that the processes and procedures contained in business recovery plans are capable of restoring essential operability after a disaster.

• Supporting the processes and procedures that are in place so to ensure that Webster mission-critical business functions are operational after a disaster.

• Providing support as needed for the day-to-day activities of the BCDR, ensuring that the Bank is in full regulatory compliance with all BCPDR requirements by performing quality control reviews and monitoring for completeness in this area.

• Maintaining adherence that the BCDR team is compliant with new regulatory requirements and with the bank’s policies and procedures.

• Assisting the Managing Director of Resiliency in the administration of all aspects of the Bank’s BCDR practices and standards, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, with the bank’s policies and procedures and any additional duties as directed by the CISO. 

• Performs advanced weather planning to ensure resiliency and response capabilities are available during a significant weather event.

Experience/Education

• Bachelors’ Degree in Computer Science or related field preferred

• 2 to 4 years of related experience includi