Disaster Recovery Coordinator 

James Adams has partnered with a fast-growing company based in the Financial Sector Our partner is looking to hire a Disaster Recovery Coordinator 

Disaster Recovery Coordinator 

As a member of the IT Technology Operations team, the DR Coordinator will be expected to own the IT Disaster Recovery Program and drive its development through continuous improvement and big-picture thinking. This highly collaborative role oversees and coordinates all elements of disaster recovery planning and testing with various members of Technology and business stakeholders.  Some off-hours work will be required of the DR Coordinator.

What We Offer:

• Exceptional chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope.
• High-achieving diversified team.
• Excellent exposure to the latest technology.

What You Need to Have:

• Excellent communication and team interaction skills
• Strong writing, presentation, listening and project management skills
• Organised and detail-oriented, naturally curious and eager to learn, proactive and strives for continual improvement
• Understanding of current disaster recovery and technology trends, products, and service delivery options
• High-level understanding of application architecture, networking concepts, AWS, O365, Oracle OCI, MongoDB
• AWS admin/operations exposure in multi a-z, multi-region environments
• Previous exposure/experience of DR testing involving multi-AZ and multi-region environments
• High level of proficiency in the use of Jira, Confluence, and MS Teams
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Management, or related field required; or a suitable combination of formal education and experience

We’ll Count on You To:

• Develop and execute disaster recovery and failover testing plans, with defined testing scope, timelines, objectives, and metrics that align with our disaster recovery objective
• Schedule and lead DR testing and training exercises
• Coordinate cross-functional planning and testing activities associated with testing processes
• Ensure disaster recovery testing is staffed, executed, and documented
• Establish and maintain the overall plans for executing all DR procedures and understand their interdependencies
• Establish and maintain detailed DR communications and command and control plans

Documentation/Reporting/Communication

• Manage all IT DR documentation, including policy and procedure updates, with a focus on maintaining the most up to date versions
• Ensures all necessary testing documentation is complete, stored, reviewed for accuracy, and available for review by management, auditors, and regulators
• Identify and track issues that arise during disaster recovery testing and ensure an appropriate remediation plan is created and enacted
• Analyze disaster recovery test results and communicate outcomes to key stakeholders
• Regularly report Disaster Recovery activities to upper management

Improve/Grow the Program

• Continually assess our disaster recovery program, processes, and practices for opportunities for improvement
• Identify opportunities to simplify and automate where possible
• Identify opportunities to mitigate exposure during testing windows
• Partner with enterprise architecture and development teams to architect applications for high availability and resiliency
• Deliver ongoing training and awareness on DR concepts and principals
• Collaborate with technology, engineering, and product teams to ensure that disaster recovery solutions are adequate, in place, maintained, and tested as part of the regular operational life cycle

Regulatory/Compliance

• Help ensure compliance with all applicable internal and external regulatory requirements and compliance commitments
• Solicit, compile, and submit responses and evidence to satisfy controls requirements
• Assist with auditing and examination of disaster recovery processes when necessary