BC/DR SPECIALIST

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The Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Engineer is responsible for developing, maintaining, and testing the business continuity and disaster recovery plans and strategies to ensure the organization's resilience and ability to recover from diverse types of disruptions. This role involves working closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment with business needs and the industry's best practices. Key responsibilities include managing business continuity and disaster recovery projects, conducting business impact assessments, and providing guidance to improve the organization's BC/DR posture.

Responsibilities include:

• Develop and maintain BC/DR plans, procedures, and strategies.
• Develop and maintain Business Impact Analysis to identify threats, vulnerabilities, and their impact on business operations.
• Drive the BC/DR recovery vision to achieve goals on the roadmap.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute regular BC/DR tests and exercises to validate the effectiveness of recovery procedures and identify areas for improvement. Analyze test results and implement necessary corrective actions.
• Serve as a point of contact for BC/DR related incidents, communicating effectively with stakeholders, technical teams, and management during disruptions.
• Maintain regular engagement with business and technology teams to ensure alignment with disaster recovery strategies.
• Provide input into solution deployments to ensure alignment with disaster recovery strategy.
• Manage and maintain various disaster recovery assessments.
• Develop and maintain strategic recommendations and consultative guidance to help mature disaster recovery programs.
• Stay informed of emerging threats, technologies, and best practices in BC/DR and proactively recommend improvements to existing plans and strategies.
• Participate in professional development activities and training sessions on a regular basis.

Requirements include:

• 5+ years of relevant work experience in management, processes, practices, technologies, audit, compliance, or similar fields.
• Knowledge of enterprise information technology and disaster recovery goals and objectives, including moderate knowledge of computing networks.
• Experience in risk management activities and practices.
• Experience working with or advising large organizations.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including financial and business acumen, analytical and creative problem-solving, project management, and stakeholder management.
• Leadership qualities and the ability to build trust-based relationships.
• Demonstrated experience in maintaining a positive attitude and remaining productive in a dynamic enterprise environment.

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