Takes lead in development of risk management procedures, business continuance scenarios, contingency and disaster recovery plans for central and distributed systems, networks and applications to maintain operations during downtime and/or major disasters.
Implement policies and procedures for disaster recovery planning for on-prem and cloud solutions.
Manage recovery plan development and maintenance activities to ensure plans are current and compliant Manage the test lifecycle supporting and facilitating testing with infrastructure and applications teams.
Understands and advocates DR Program strategy while executing activities with IT teams.
Able to join and contribute to DR in the cloud transformation efforts.
Comfortable leading discussions and educating business and IT partners in matters concerning DR methodology, practices, roles and responsibilities.
Highly experienced in engaging infrastructure and application teams to collaborate on discussions and requirements for disaster recovery including experience with recovery and system processes Solid understanding of IT infrastructure, application and operations in a large, complex and global setting Able to work successfully as a member of a team through collaboration and support.
Proven ability to influence and collaborate with internal and external resources.
Ability to solve problems and address obstacles.
Capable of managing multiple assignments/priorities in a fast-paced environment using discernment, organization, time and objectives management.
Exercises considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignments.
Provides project leadership, when needed, for the purpose of planning, directing, controlling, developing and maintaining the Disaster Recovery program.
Knowledge of Crisis Management, Business Continuity and Event Management practices Strong verbal and written communication skills; capable to report progress, status and other pertinent information to partners and leaders Advanced skills in Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, SharePoint) with an ability to produce professional documents Ensure compliance of DR objectives throughout the organization Familiarity with third party providers and outsourced functions Responsible to manage disaster recovery exercises from end to end Ability to develop business cases, including financial analysis of complex solutions Ability to interact well with senior management; strong presentation skills.
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience in the DR/BCP space.
Other competencies include Models company values; demonstrates high integrity; meets commitments; Demonstrates sense of urgency and accountability; sets priorities and acts on key issues; Demonstrates proactive posture rather than reactive; Required Qualifications Bachelors degree or equivalent experience 5 or more years of DR and/or IT operations experience Cloud certification/experience Must be passionate about contributing to an organization focused on continuously improving Preferred Qualifications CBCP/CBCI preferred PMP preferred Strong Excel and/or metrics experience preferred ITIL certification a plus Service Now experience a plus