Job Summary
The IT Disaster Recovery (DR) SME is responsible for designing, implementing, maintaining, and continuously improving enterprise Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity capabilities. The role ensures critical business applications, infrastructure, databases, and cloud services can be recovered within agreed Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO). The SME leads DR planning, risk assessments, recovery testing, audit compliance, and coordination across infrastructure, application, cloud, security, and business teams to ensure organizational resilience against outages, cyberattacks, natural disasters, and operational disruptions.
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities Disaster Recovery Strategy & Planning Develop and maintain enterprise Disaster Recovery strategies, frameworks, and standards. Define and manage application-specific RTO and RPO requirements. Conduct Business Impact Assessments (BIA) and risk assessments. Establish disaster recovery architectures for on-premise, cloud, and hybrid environments. DR Operations & Governance Maintain DR documentation, recovery procedures, and runbooks. Ensure DR plans remain current and aligned with business requirements. Coordinate DR governance reviews and stakeholder communications. Monitor adherence to DR policies and regulatory requirements. DR Testing & Validation Plan and execute periodic DR drills and failover/failback exercises. Validate recovery procedures for critical applications and infrastructure. Document test outcomes, lessons learned, and remediation actions. Ensure closure of DR testing findings and identified gaps. Infrastructure & Application Recovery Support recovery processes for: Servers (Windows/Linux) VMware and Virtualization Platforms Storage Systems Backup Solutions Databases Network Infrastructure Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) Coordinate recovery activities during planned and unplanned events. Backup & Recovery Management Collaborate with Backup teams to ensure data protection compliance. Validate backup integrity and restoration procedures. Ensure backup schedules align with organizational recovery objectives. Support backup technologies such as: Rubrik Commvault NetBackup Veeam Azure Backup Major Incident & Crisis Management Act as DR coordinator during disaster events. Participate in Major Incident Management bridges. Lead technology recovery workstreams. Provide status updates to leadership and business stakeholders. Compliance & Audit Support regulatory audits and customer assessments. Ensure compliance with: ISO 22301 ISO 27001 SOX NIST Internal Business Continuity standards Maintain audit evidence and DR records. Continuous Improvement Identify recovery process improvements and automation opportunities. Drive resiliency enhancement initiatives. Analyze DR drill outcomes and implement corrective actions. Recommend technology solutions to improve availability and recoverability.
Skill Requirements
Mandatory Skills Disaster Recovery Planning and Operations Business Continuity Management (BCM) Backup & Recovery Technologies Windows and Linux Infrastructure VMware / Virtualization Technologies Storage and Data Protection Concepts Cloud Disaster Recovery Solutions ITIL Service Management Risk Assessment and BIA Methodologies
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