Senior Disaster Recovery Analyst

Senior Disaster Recovery Analyst

Salary: $130k-$140k + bonus

Location: Hybrid role in either location

Chicago, IL/Dallas, TX

*We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role*

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree
• 3 -5 years of experience coordinating disaster recovery testing, planning and business continuity practices
• Knowledge of network technologies as they relate to AWS
• Experience with Microsoft Office desktop tools (Project, Word, Excel, Visio)
• Abilities to design, schedule, and manage effective Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity exercises that provides the desired level of assurance while minimizing unnecessary testing costs and risks

Responsibilities

• Design, plan, schedule, and coordinate Disaster Recovery tests and exercises, evaluating the effectiveness and promoting any improvement activities that are considered necessary to meet the Business Continuity objectives
• Act as a liaison between various IT and business staff on matters related to Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity tests and exercises, including planning, execution and management reporting. Incumbent marshals IT and other resource required, and evaluates the effectiveness of Disaster Recovery tests and exercises, providing constructive feedback
• Assists in the training and educational processes associated with Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery in accordance with legal, regulatory and business requirements
• Create and maintain high level DR test plans and distributes at least one week prior to exercise to ensure team understands systems being tested
• Document all defects uncovered during disaster tests and follows up to ensure resolutions have been applied or defects identified for future testing
• Create and publish a standardized scorecard for each test
• Create, publish, and manage master test plans with cycle's last and next test date