This role is contract to hire. The role is Hybrid and is onsite from Day 1. Initially it will be 1 day per week in the office, but will likely end up 2-3 days.

Job Summary

The Disaster Recovery Engineer is responsible for supporting DR exercises and ensuring a continual state of readiness to recover systems within the required RTO. This role requires participation in planning, implementing and executing DR activities according to company defined business continuity and resilience requirements.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Support the preparation and execution of DR exercises
• Available to support and coordinate DR exercises on weekends 1-2 times per month
• Coordinate problem resolution conference calls with stakeholders during disaster recovery exercises
• Applies best Disaster Recovery Practices to all applicable areas of the disaster recovery process
• Work with SMEs on the resolution of post-exercise incidents and problems related to DR
• Actively participate in the design, management and versioning of IT infrastructure DR Recovery plans
• Continuously collaborate with Business Continuity and Resilience, Application Development, and key IT stakeholders to maintain an effective and complete recovery plan
• Work closely with peers to improve workflow processes & communication
• Responsible for maintaining DR registration of critical support staff
• Responsible for ensuring that all DR procedures are kept up to date to maintain a continual state of readiness
• Develop working relationships with internal stakeholders, line-of-business management and business partners
• Contribute to ongoing and future DR related projects and initiatives
• Aligns risk and control processes into day to day responsibilities to monitor and mitigate risk; escalates appropriately

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5-8 years of related experience in technology management or support and/or application development
• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical discipline or related experience preferred
• Proficient with Microsoft Software Product suites (Project, PowerPoint, Excel, Word etc.)
• Strong written and verbal communication / presentation skills
• Strong ability to perform under pressure during timed DR exercises with senior management and regulators in the audience

MUST HAVE

Minimum of 5-8 years of related experience in technology management or support and/or application development
Bachelor’s Degree in a technical discipline or related experience preferred
Strong written and verbal communication / presentation skills
Strong ability to perform under pressure during timed DR exercises with senior management and regulators in the audience

ADDITIONAL INFO

All candidates presented must know that when hired for this role that they will be required to start onsite on Day 1.