Position Title: IT Resiliency and Disaster Recovery Analyst (US Citizens Only)
Location: Remote
We are currently seeking candidates who meet the following qualifications:
Responsibilities: - Develop implement and maintain comprehensive IT resiliency and disaster recovery (DR) strategies to ensure the availability and recoverability of critical business systems and data in the event of a disaster or system failure.
- Collaborate with business units to conduct business impact analysis (BIA) and risk assessments to identify critical IT systems and processes defining Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO).
- Design document and regularly update disaster recovery plans (DRP) and business continuity plans (BCP) ensuring they align with organizational goals and compliance requirements.
- Coordinate and conduct regular disaster recovery testing (tabletop exercises failover drills system restoration tests) to validate readiness and identify gaps in the recovery process.
- Manage and maintain disaster recovery environments including backups replication and failover technologies ensuring systems and data can be restored quickly and reliably.
- Work closely with IT infrastructure network and application teams to design implement and optimize highavailability and redundancy solutions across data centers cloud environments and hybrid architectures.
- Monitor system performance backup processes and replication jobs to ensure that DR and resiliency processes are functioning as expected.
- Provide support and oversight for critical incident response processes including identifying and resolving issues during system outages and recovery operations.
- Maintain and continuously improve documentation for disaster recovery procedures including system restoration playbooks and recovery workflows.
- Assist in the selection evaluation and implementation of disaster recovery technologies and tools (e.g. Veeam Zerto Commvault cloudbased disaster recovery).
- Ensure that backup and disaster recovery policies are consistent with organizational security standards and regulatory compliance (e.g. GDPR HIPAA SOX).
- Track and report on key resiliency metrics (e.g. backup success rates recovery time recovery point) and provide recommendations for improvements based on findings.
- Educate staff and provide training to ensure that stakeholders are aware of disaster recovery procedures and best practices.
- Stay uptodate with industry trends regulatory changes and new technologies related to IT resiliency and disaster recovery.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science Engineering or a related field.
- Experience in IT disaster recovery business continuity or IT resiliency roles.
- Strong understanding of disaster recovery and business continuity best practices frameworks and methodologies (e.g. ITIL NIST ISO 22301 COBIT).
- Handson experience with disaster recovery tools and platforms (e.g. Veeam Zerto Commvault Azure Site Recovery AWS Disaster Recovery).
- Experience with backup and replication technologies including cloudbased and hybrid environments.
- Knowledge of IT systems architecture including networking servers storage databases and virtualization platforms (e.g. VMware HyperV AWS Azure).
- Solid understanding of recovery objectives (RTO RPO) and how to define and achieve them for critical IT systems.
- Experience in planning and conducting disaster recovery tests drills and exercises.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to identify issues quickly and recommend effective solutions.
- Knowledge of regulatory and compliance requirements impacting disaster recovery (e.g. HIPAA GDPR SOX).
- Proficiency in writing and maintaining documentation including DR plans procedures and recovery playbooks.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across teams and with senior leadership.
- Federal Experience is a plus.
- Required Security clearance.
If you meet these qualifications please submit your application via link provided in Linkedin.
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