Risk and Resilience Program Manager

Job Summary:

The Risk and Resilience Manager is responsible for assessing, mitigating, and managing operational risks across cleared data center environments. This role leads initiatives to ensure business continuity, incident response preparedness, and compliance with federal security and resiliency standards. The ideal candidate brings deep experience in security risk management, continuity planning, and resilience strategies in classified settings.

Responsibilities :

• Lead enterprise risk management (ERM) programs focused on cleared data center operations.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate physical, operational, cyber, and compliance-related risks.
• Develop and maintain resilience strategies, including business continuity (BCP), disaster recovery (DR), and incident response (IR) plans.
• Ensure compliance with applicable federal directives (e.g., NISPOM, ICD 705, DFARS, NIST 800-53/171).
• Partner with FSOs, ISSMs, and site managers to conduct risk assessments and develop mitigation plans.
• Coordinate resilience testing exercises and after-action reviews to drive continuous improvement.
• Manage risk registers and provide detailed reporting to leadership and government stakeholders.
• Support SCIF/SAPF buildouts, physical security upgrades, and continuity-of-operations planning.
• Engage with regulatory bodies such as DCSA and respond to security reviews or audits.

Job Requirements

Qualifications:

• Active Top Secret security clearance.
• 5+ years of experience in risk management, business continuity, or resilience in a cleared or classified environment.
• Strong knowledge of federal security standards including NISPOM, ICD 705, NIST frameworks, and insider threat programs.
• Demonstrated success in developing risk and resilience strategies for critical infrastructure or secure facilities.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to brief executive leadership and government clients.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Risk Management, Security Studies, Emergency Management, or related field.
• Certification in business continuity or risk (e.g., CBCP, MBCI, CRISC, CISSP).
• Experience managing resilience in secure data center, DoD, or IC environments.
• Familiarity with SCIF accreditation, CMMC readiness, and high-availability operations.

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