Mission Assurance Continuity S

RESPONSIBILITIES -Manage, plan, exercise, and administer Continuity of Government (COG) and Continuity of Operations (COOP) programs. -Provide qualitative or quantitative analysis, consulting, and workable solutions for actions and issues related to continuing mission in response to localized acts of nature, accidents, technological emergencies, and military or terrorist attack-related incidents that caused initial mission degradation. -Ensure mission assurance policies are applied to all strategies, planning, investments, and operations; prescribe, adopt, and maintain mission assurance standards and practices for all NSA/CCS architecture, infrastructure, facilities, systems, training, and operations; -Plan to sustain NSA/CSS missions and functions before, during and following disruptions; assist in planning and preparing COOP plans down to the lowest level necessary; coordinate with customers, suppliers, vendors and partners to ensure the COOP plans are complete and coherent and integrated with facilities and information technology contingency plan; and, implement, test, and exercise procedures to determine, validate, and sustain the viability of all COOP plans and call list procedures. -Apply high levels of critical thinking, innovation, creativity and discretion when making decisions or carrying out actions. When appropriate, follow defined guidelines within an established framework of clearly defined procedures and select which standard procedures are most applicable to specific circumstances. -Work in environments where guidelines require synthesis of data and application of general principles both in the field and from related fields and apply broad precedents to make work decisions. SKILLS -Perform audits, inspections, and investigations in accordance with government regulations and make appropriate recommendations for improvement.-Report results and findings from assessments, investigations, and evaluations to appropriate parties.-Conduct risk assessments on affiliates, facilities, operations, or systems.-Develop training curricula (for example, content, learning objectives).-Deliver formal training.-Evaluate training (e.g., courses, methods, materials, content, assessments).-Develop disaster recovery/COOP/reconstitution plans.-Develop scenar