Senior Disaster Recovery Specialist

Job Title: Senior Disaster Recovery Specialist

Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)

Estimated Duration: 8 months

Role profile description:

1. Oversee the coordinated recovery testing work plans
2. Ensure the existence and development of disaster recovery plans (DRPs)
3. Exercising and testing of recovery plans (tabletops, failover, etc.) to ensure that recovery of applications meet the defined RTO/RPO objectives
4. Ensuring the development, design, execution and maintenance of the Disaster Recovery practice area
5. Support Line 2 in their review and challenge of 1st line risk processes
6. Build and maintain a backlog of technology risk remediation work supported by a governance lifecycle and the implementation of management tools supported by technology
7. Establish, support, and streamline resiliency and recovery technology risk reporting and metrics
8. Collaborate with key stakeholders and industry leaders to design and develop IT Disaster Recovery and business continuity strategies integrating on-prem and Cloud platforms.
9. Configure and implement IT Disaster recovery solutions, leveraging standard industry tools, data replication technologies and cloud-based recovery services.
10. Plan and execute regular IT Disaster recovery testing and validation exercises, leveraging automation, monitoring, and alerting tools as needed.

Any specific tools/skillset:

1. 5 years of hands-on experience in IT Disaster Recovery design, planning and implementation in mid-sized to large enterprises across Cloud and On-Prem environments
2. 5 years of progressive experience within the areas of technology risk, compliance, business continuity, disaster recovery or governance
3. Experience with IT Disaster Recovery program development including critical elements such as Business Impact Analysis, Recoverability Assessment, Business and Technology Strategy Development, Planning, Process Creation, Testing and Governance
4. Previous worked on implementing multiple complex enterprise level changes programs, creating standards, promoting and measuring adoption
5. Experience with application architectures, middleware, and technology platform architectures (cloud, on-premises, and hybrid)
6. Excellent problem-solving skills
7. Ability to work effectively under pressure
8. Effective communication skills (verbal, written)
9. Understanding of technology risk regulatory, and industry best practice (ServiceNow, COBIT, NIST, ISO standards, etc.)
10. A “continuous improvement” mindset
11. Excellent written and oral communication skills
12. Experience with ServiceNow GRC, Fusion or other GRC platforms is an asset