Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Specialist
Core
Own disaster recovery and business continuity planning for the retail application portfolio, ensuring critical applications have tested recovery plans and audit readiness.
Role type
Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Specialist
Builds
Application Disaster Recovery Plans (ARPs), Business Impact Analyses (BIAs), and compliance documentation for the retail business application estate.
Domain
Insurance / IT Risk & Compliance
Required skills
Disaster recovery planning, Business Impact Analysis (BIA), RTO/RPO definition, application tiering, GRC/ITSM tooling, Microsoft technologies, regulatory compliance monitoring, executive reporting
Preferred skills
CBCP/MBCI/DRCS certification, Archer/GRC platform experience, DR tabletop exercise facilitation, SOX audit support, cloud-based DR/backup solutions, NIST/ISO 22301/COBIT frameworks
Technologies
ServiceNow, Microsoft M365, Azure AD, Power Automate, Archer
Responsibilities
Conduct and maintain Business Impact Analyses (BIAs) for retail applications; Coordinate and execute annual Disaster Recovery exercises; Partner with infrastructure teams to maintain data backup and recovery procedures; Develop and govern Application Disaster Recovery Plan documentation; Support new application onboarding by confirming DR requirements; Monitor regulatory and industry requirements for disaster recovery.
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC
