Senior Cybersecurity Disaster Recovery & Contingency Planning SME

About Us:

At RELI Group, our work is grounded in purpose. We partner with government agencies to solve complex challenges, improve public health, strengthen national security, and make government services more effective and efficient. Our team of over 500 professionals brings deep expertise and a shared commitment to delivering meaningful outcomes. Behind every solution is a group of experts who care deeply about impact—whether we’re supporting data-driven decisions, modernizing systems or safeguarding critical programs.

We are seeking a senior-level Cybersecurity Disaster Recovery and Contingency Planning (DRCP) Subject Matter Expert (SME) to lead and manage a nationwide Business Impact Analysis (BIA), Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP), and contingency planning program.

This position provides strategic, technical, and program leadership for the development, implementation, quality assurance, and continuous improvement of BIA, DRP, Information System Contingency Planning (ISCP), and related continuity activities across applicable facilities nationwide. The successful candidate will bring deep expertise in cybersecurity, disaster recovery, business continuity, contingency planning, risk management, and federal information security requirements, along with demonstrated experience leading and managing multiple teams and geographically dispersed stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience applying NIST SP 800-34, NIST SP 800-37, NIST SP 800-53, NIST IR 8286D, and NIST IR 8179 within federal or similarly regulated environments and will be comfortable translating complex cybersecurity and continuity requirements into practical, actionable program strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage nationwide BIA, DRP, ISCP, and contingency planning initiatives from program planning and rollout through implementation, quality assurance, approval, and final delivery.
• Lead and manage multiple teams, including geographically dispersed and cross-functional teams, by establishing priorities, coordinating resources, monitoring progress, and ensuring timely completion of deliverables.
• Develop and execute national implementation and rollout strategies, including standardized methodologies, templates, procedures, schedules, training, communications, milestones, and completion criteria.
• Coordinate with facility leadership, business owners, system owners, IT personnel, cybersecurity teams, COOP personnel, and executive stakeholders to obtain required information and ensure successful program implementation.
• Track nationwide BIA and DRP completion, identify gaps and risks, resolve issues, and provide program status reporting and escalation to senior leadership.
• Lead the development, review, and maintenance of Business Process Analysis (BPA), BIA, DRP, ISCP, and related continuity documentation.
• Analyze facility-level BIA results to identify critical business functions, systems, dependencies, recovery priorities, Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs), Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs), Maximum Tolerable Downtime (MTD), and enterprise-wide risks.
• Serve as a senior cybersecurity subject matter expert for DRCP and continuity activities, ensuring recovery strategies appropriately address cybersecurity risks, system dependencies, data protection, access controls, and critical technology requirements.
• Develop and maintain cybersecurity and DRCP policies, SOPs, procedures, standards, templates, and governance documentation in accordance with applicable federal and organizational requirements.
• Apply NIST SP 800-34, NIST SP 800-37, NIST SP 800-53, NIST IR 8286D, and NIST IR 8179 to contingency planning, business impact, system criticality, risk management, and recovery activities.
• Plan, facilitate, and document tabletop exercises, contingency and continuity tests, disaster recovery exercises, and plan reviews, including findings, corrective actions, and remediation through closure.
• Perform quality assurance and technical reviews of facility-level documentation and support audits, assessments, compliance reviews, evidence collection, findings remediation, and executive reporting.
• Develop technical reports, executive briefings, policy memoranda, status reports, meeting materials, and other communications for technical and executive audiences.
• Maintain program schedules, repositories, inventories, dashboards, and other tools supporting recurring DRCP reviews, exercises, testing, and program activities.