Cyber Recovery Business Analyst

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear
Hays Technology

Cyber Recovery Business Analyst

Newcastle / Hybrid

6 months

Up to 450 INSIDE

My Client is looking for a passionate Business Analyst to join the team and support the implementation of a range of business and IT projects, with a focus on supporting a strategic investment in organisations’ 1Cyber recovery capabilities on an interim basis.

Cyber Recovery Role Responsibilities

• Develop and manage cyber recovery strategies, plans, and procedures to ensure rapid restoration of critical data and systems following cyber incidents.
• Own tactical and longer-term programme actions as required by the Cyber Recovery programme manager.
• Collaborate with technical and business teams to identify essential data, applications, and infrastructure requiring cyber recovery protection.
• Collaborate with technical and business teams to develop cyber recovery runbooks.
• Support the review of existing and potential third-party contracts for alignment with the Cyber recovery requirements as defined during Business Impact assessments.
• Support in the planning and delivery of cyber recovery simulations and tabletop exercises.
• Document recovery actions, lessons learnt and recommend enhancements to strengthen organisational resilience.

Team Key Responsibilities

• Guide stakeholders on defining project objectives and problem statements
• Work closely with project managers to define scope
• Capture requirements for a variety of projects, from system enhancements to components of complex business transformational projects
• Collaborate with a variety of business teams to understand the crux of their function, understanding the outcomes they aspire to achieve and why
• Model business processes to identify issues or gaps, and facilitate their re-design by users
• Map current state and future state business processes
• Liaise with IT teams to make sure that proposed solutions take account of technical and resourcing constraints.
• Build solid relationships with stakeholders at all levels
• Prepare and deliver presentations to the business and IT on proposed solutions
• Facilitate workshops with business and IT

Key Skills and Experience

• Experience in a business analyst/similar role working in a technical environment
• Strong and articulate communication skills, including the ability to influence stakeholders
• Good problem solver with a logical and methodical approach
• Experience in large scale IT projects including systems integration and Cyber Recovery
• Understanding of project management methodologies, architectural frameworks and key ITIL disciplines
• Experience with business process design and notation tools such as BPMN or UML
• Sound knowledge of cloud computing and its key components
• Experience in a legal or professional services practice (desirable)

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