Senior Disaster Recovery & Resilience Architect

What success looks like in this role:

Job Profile Summary

Serves as a senior technical leader responsible for the strategy, architecture, design, implementation, and governance of enterprise Disaster Recovery (DR) capabilities across infrastructure, applications, cloud platforms, and data environments.

Partners with business and technology leadership to ensure resilience of mission-critical systems through development, testing, and execution of Disaster Recovery Plans (DRPs) aligned to recovery objectives (RTO/RPO). Provides leadership and coordination across internal teams and third-party providers to ensure rapid restoration of services during disaster events.

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Key Responsibilities

Architecture Strategy & Design

· Defines enterprise Disaster Recovery architecture, standards, and frameworks aligned with ITIL/ITSM Service Continuity Management practices.

· Develops resilient architectures across cloud, infrastructure, and applications, including failover, redundancy, and replication strategies.

· Translates business requirements and Business Impact Analysis (BIA) into DR technical solutions and architecture designs.

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Disaster Recovery Planning & Governance

· Leads development, maintenance, and governance of Disaster Recovery Plans (DRPs), including application-specific recovery strategies.

· Ensures DRPs align with defined Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO).

· Establishes governance processes to maintain DRP accuracy through change management and annual review cycles.

· Conducts gap analysis and recommends improvements to DR processes, technologies, and services.

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Cross-Functional Leadership & Coordination

· Provides leadership and oversight for Disaster Recovery activities across internal teams and third-party providers.

· Facilitates DR planning and execution coordination across business, infrastructure, and application teams.

· Acts as the primary technical authority for DR architecture and recovery strategy decisions.

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Disaster Recovery Readiness

· Defines infrastructure, network, and data protection requirements necessary for DR execution.

· Designs and governs backup, replication, and recovery strategies to ensure system recoverability and data integrity.

· Ensures DR environments are maintained in alignment with production configurations.

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Testing & Validation

· Leads planning, execution, and reporting of Disaster Recovery testing.

· Coordinates participation across internal teams and third-party providers during DR tests.

· Analyzes results, identifies gaps, and drives remediation actions.

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Disaster Recovery Execution

· Provides technical leadership during disaster events and ensures execution of DRPs.

· Coordinates failover to DR sites and restoration of mission-critical systems.

· Leads post-incident analysis and continuous improvement initiatives.

You will be successful in this role if you have:

Qualifications

Education

· Required: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field

· Preferred: Master’s degree

Experience

· 12+ years of experience in IT architecture, infrastructure, or enterprise systems

· Demonstrated experience designing and implementing enterprise Disaster Recovery solutions

· Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, hybrid environments)

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Skills

Core Technical Skills

· Disaster Recovery Architecture & Strategy

· High Availability & Resiliency Design

· Backup, Replication, and Data Protection

· Cloud Architecture (AWS, Azure, Hybrid)

· Enterprise Architecture & Solution Design

· Infrastructure & Platform Engineering

Operational & Governance Skills

· ITIL / ITSM Service Continuity Management

· Incident & Crisis Management

· Risk Management & Compliance

· Change Management Integration

· Vendor & Third-Party Coordination

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Certifications

· ISO 22301 Lead Implementer or Lead Auditor (Business Continuity)

· Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP)

· Certified Disaster Recovery Engineer (CDRE)

· AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional

· Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert (including Azure Site Recovery)

· ITIL Foundation or higher

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Competencies

· Architecture Principles & Design (Advanced)

· Security & Risk Management (Advanced)

· System & Technology Integration (Advanced)

· Cloud Computing (Advanced)

· Incident Management (Advanced)

· Infrastructure Design (Advanced)

· Strategic Th