Contingency Planning Team Lead; Tantus

paid time off, paid holidays, sick time, tuition reimbursement, flex time, 401(k)

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Reporting to Senior Business Analyst, the Contingency Planning Team Lead supports USDA FPAC under USDA FPAC IAB Compliance Support Services (ASH) by leading contingency planning preparedness, readiness, and assurance activities for FPAC sponsored applications/systems. The role plans and schedules required contingency planning deliverables, coordinates reviews with business owners and business system owners, and supports role‑based training delivery (including AgLearn and/or in‑person).

The role prepares and supports functional and table‑top exercises, produces required exercise documentation (including after‑action reporting), and tracks follow‑up actions and POA&Ms tied to contingency planning milestones. Work is performed in accordance with FPAC, USDA, and NIST requirements and uses Government‑designated repositories (for example, CSAM) for storage and tracking.

• Lead and maintain a contingency planning plan and schedule for FPAC sponsored applications/systems covering creation, modification, completion, and upload of required artifacts (for example, Contingency Plans, BIAs, exercises, and After‑Action Reports) to the Government‑designated repository (for example, CSAM).
• Provide the baseline schedule in a format approved by the Federal Lead and store it in the location designated by the Government.
• Align Plan/Schedule dates with the A&A Workload Leveling Schedule and account for functional exercises and ATO timing coordinated by the IAB Assessment and Authorization team.
• Notify schedule changes in writing to the Federal Lead and COR.
• Create, conduct, and maintain role‑based contingency planning training, including presentation in AgLearn and/or in‑person.
• Coordinate and facilitate ISCP and CP review meetings with business owners and business system owners.
• Coordinate and provide progress and status reports on milestones related to contingency planning POA&Ms identified by the POA&M Team.
• Produce Contingency Plans, Business Impact Analyses, and Information System Contingency Plans for FPAC sponsored applications/systems and notify the Government upon completion.
• Support discovery needed for contingency planning across FPAC (including Business Center, FSA, NRCS, and RMA), including discovery for RMA processes and for determining functional exercises for RMA and cloud systems.
• Prepare, support,…