Operational / Continuity Planning Specialist - Active Top Secret required

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