Cyber Security Analyst 100% Remote

Apetan Consulting LLC is seeking a Senior Cyber Security Analyst – Governance (Disaster Recovery) to oversee the organization’s disaster recovery program. This role involves providing governance oversight across disaster recovery planning, testing, and risk management to ensure the resilience of critical IT systems.

Responsibilities:

• Govern execution of the enterprise disaster recovery framework to ensure recoverability expectations are defined, implemented, and sustained for in‑scope systems
• Apply and enforce disaster recovery governance standards, processes, and controls across the organization
• Maintain oversight of disaster recovery scope, critical system classifications, recovery objectives, and assurance requirements
• Govern the completion and ongoing maintenance of Business Impact Analyses (BIAs) to identify critical applications, recovery objectives, and system dependencies
• Review and challenge BIAs for quality, consistency, and alignment with enterprise resilience requirements
• Ensure BIAs remain current and reflect changes in business operations, technology, and risk
• Provide governance oversight of periodic disaster recovery simulations, tabletop exercises, and recovery tests
• Evaluate testing outcomes to assess the organization’s ability to recover systems within defined recovery objectives
• Identify testing gaps, trends, and weaknesses, and recommend improvements to testing practices
• Maintain oversight of disaster recovery–related risks, findings, and corrective action plans
• Ensure issues identified through BIAs, testing, or audits are documented, assigned, tracked, and remediated
• Monitor remediation progress and escalate risks or delays as appropriate
• Support internal and external audits related to disaster recovery by coordinating evidence and preparing governance documentation
• Ensure disaster recovery governance activities are audit‑ready and defensible
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying recurring issues and recommending process or control enhancements
• Provide guidance and consultation to application owners on disaster recovery planning and alignment with enterprise standards
• Act as an escalation point for complex disaster recovery planning or governance issues
• Collaborate with IT, infrastructure, cloud, and business continuity teams to promote consistent implementation of disaster recovery requirements

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Risk Management, Business Continuity, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• 4–6 years of experience in cybersecurity governance, IT risk management, disaster recovery, business continuity, or technology audit
• Experience governing or assessing BIAs, disaster recovery planning, recovery testing, and issue remediation
• Working knowledge of disaster recovery and resilience frameworks such as ISO 22301 and NIST SP 800‑34
• Strong analytical, documentation, and stakeholder communication skills
• Experience in a large, complex, or regulated enterprise environment
• Familiarity with GRC tools, risk registers, or audit management platforms
• Relevant certifications (preferred but not required): CBCP, CISA, CRISC, CISSP