Operational / Continuity Planning Specialist - Active Top Secret required

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Top Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Top Secret/SCI

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Process and Operational Efficiency

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Continuity of Operations (COOP), Developing Plans, Emergency Management, Strong verbal and personal communication skills

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As an Operational / Continuity Planning Specialist, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on an Operational / Continuity Planning Specialist joining our team to bring professionalism and initiative to a fast-paced environment that offers extensive options for training, certification, and career advancement. When we succeed, you succeed and together our best becomes better.

This position supports development of Continuity of Operations (COOP) plans and procedures and assists with developing and execution of test, training and exercise activities. This position also provides operational support to continuity exercises and activities both in and outside the National Capital Region. The successful candidate will be required to establish consensus among Government internal components and external supported organizations during the planning phase and subsequently monitor required assets and sites for readiness. When necessary, recommend corrective actions and coordinate upgrades, repairs or other actions necessary to maintain readiness. 

HOW A SENIOR CONTINUITY PLANNER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT: 

• Author, update and coordinate Government Continuity of Operations (COOP) plans.
• Lead planning teams to develop consensus on COOP plans and supporting documentation.
• Coordinate COOP activities and requirement with other Government entities.
• Articulately brief complex issues to senior government officials.
• Analyze complex issues, formulate and defend recommended courses of action.
• Support development of training, test and evaluation plans and post event after action reports.
• Attend continuity working groups and promulgate meeting minutes.
• Support operations and operations center activities as required.
• Ability to travel periodically up to 2 weeks within the continental U.S. to support planning, exercise and operational activities and support deployed COOP operations if required.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED: 

Experience:

• BA/BS and 5+ years of experience in operational or continuity planning. Strong writing, verbal, and interpersonal skills with the ability to build consensus among diverse and competing requirements. Ability to convey conceptual ideas both written and verbally. Able to lead working groups and brief outcomes to senior officials.
• Knowledge principles and practices of COOP and/or emergency management.
• Familiarity with Federal doctrinal planning development processes. Formal training preferred.
• Familiarity with Federal Continuity Directive -1 (FCD-1) a plus.

Education: Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Security Clearance Level: Active Top Secret with SCI eligibility

The likely salary range for this position is $140,250 - $189,750. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:

Onsite

Work Location:

USA VA Arlington

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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