Senior IT Disaster Recovery Analyst at The Evolvers Group

We are seeking a Senior IT Disaster Recover Analyst to play a pivotal role in developing, implementing, and maintaining disaster recovery strategies, policies, and procedures to safeguard the DFW Board’s critical systems and data. This position requires strong Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity experience, strong technical expertise, proactive problem-solving skills, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment to ensure our systems and data are resilient to potential disasters.

Required Experience:

• 10+ years of experience in disaster recovery planning, implementation, testing, and administration.
• Experience working in highly regulated industries like finance, healthcare, or government.
• Experience leading a team and managing complex security projects.
• Experience and extensive knowledge of disaster recovery best practices and industry standards such as ISO 27001-13, NIST SP 800-34, or GDPR.
• Experience and proficiency in conducting comprehensive risk assessments and delivering effective mitigation strategies to ensure the safety and security of systems and operations.
• Experience and proficiency in Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) and Continuity of Operations (COOP) concepts.
• Experience and in-depth understanding of Disaster Recovery principles and best practices.
• Experience demonstrating adaptability to new technologies and changing security landscapes.
• Experience demonstrating effective communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience demonstrating strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience demonstrating collaboratively working with teams and cross-functional departments.
• Experience demonstrating commitment to continuous learning in disaster recovery concepts.
• Experience demonstrating detail-oriented approach, especially in constructing disaster recovery plans and after-action reports.

 Preferred Education/Certification:

• Advanced Degree: Master's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related field

 Must have at least two advanced certifications:

• Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP)
• Certified Disaster Recovery Engineer
• Certified Cyber Resilience Professional (CCRP)
• Certified Business Resilience Manager, (CBRM)
• Certified Business Resilience IT Professional (CBRITP)
• Certified Business Resilience Auditor (CBRA)

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop, implement, and maintain disaster recovery plans, runbooks, and strategies.
• Conduct regular risk assessments to identify vulnerabilities and potential threats to critical systems and data.
• Develop and maintain documentation related to disaster recovery plans, procedures, and policies.
• Develop disaster recovery test plans and facilitate disaster recovery tests and simulations to validate the effectiveness of the disaster recovery plans and runbooks.
• Work closely with ITS teams to ensure systems and applications are designed with disaster recovery in mind.
• Respond to and troubleshoot disaster recovery incidents in a timely and efficient manner.
• Implement and enforce security best practices to protect backup and recovery assets.
• Stay current with industry trends, technologies, and best practices related to disaster recovery.
• Implement and update disaster recovery software with information and status related to applications, hardware, and disaster recovery plans, runbooks, and tests.
• Participate and facilitate, as needed, business impact analysis meetings with departmental teams to assess downtime impacts, workarounds, and recovery objectives for applications and other dependencies.
• Develop and update reports, dashboards, and other metrics to communicate the status of disaster recovery activity and overall program health to ITS leadership.
• Other related duties as assigned.