Lead Analyst, Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (Governance, Risk and Compliance)
About the role
Own and drive Burlington’s enterprise Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) program within the GRC organization. This role defines how the company prepares for, prioritizes, and recovers from disruptions across business and technology operations.
Responsibilities
- Define recovery priorities and RTO/RPO targets based on operational and financial impact.
- Maintain enterprise application inventory and ensure alignment with BCDR scope.
- Define and enforce application tiering, including required RTO, RPO, and testing expectations.
- Assess and tier new applications as part of onboarding and change processes.
- Guide business and IT teams in developing and maintaining their plans.
- Review plans for completeness, accuracy, and executability.
- Provide input on disaster recovery design (e.g., failover approaches, redundancy, dependencies) to ensure alignment with recovery requirements.
- Validate through testing that recovery capabilities meet defined RTO/RPO targets.
- Lead enterprise BCDR testing, including tabletop and failover exercises.
- Track and drive remediation of gaps identified during testing.
- Own the BCDR repository and plan lifecycle (SharePoint, Power Automate).
- Develop and report on BCDR metrics (e.g., plan coverage, test success, remediation status, recertification compliance).
- Identify and drive remediation of gaps (e.g., RTO/RPO misalignment, untested plans, dependency risks).
- Support audits and ensure alignment with internal controls and regulatory expectations.
- Maintain BCDR-related risks within the enterprise risk register.
- Provide recommendations on program priorities, improvements, and roadmap execution based on testing results and risk insights.
Requirements
The ideal candidate brings deep BCDR expertise, strong program ownership, and the ability to influence stakeholders across a complex, enterprise environment.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
- Certifications (Preferred): CBCP, MBCI, CRISC, CISM, CISSP, CISM or equivalent.
- 7+ years of experience in Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR).
- Strong experience with BIA, RTO/RPO definition, and application tiering.
- Experience leading disaster recovery testing (tabletop and failover).
- Experience working across business, infrastructure, and application teams.
- Experience in hybrid (on-prem and cloud) environments.
- Experience with BCDR/GRC tools (e.g., SharePoint, Power Automate, ServiceNow, Archer).
- Experience developing executive-level reporting and communicating risk and resilience topics to leadership.
Skills
Deep BCDR expertise, strong program ownership, stakeholder influence, BIA, RTO/RPO definition, application tiering, disaster recovery testing, cross-functional collaboration, hybrid environments, BCDR/GRC tools, executive-level reporting.
Benefits
Competitive wages, flexible hours, associate discount, medical, dental and vision coverage including life and disability insurance, paid time off, paid holidays, and a 401(k) plan.
Pay
$95,000 - $140,000 annually
Schedule
Hybrid