PrecisionERP/IT is searching for a Senior Disaster Recovery Specialist for initial 7-8 month HYBRID contract here in Toronto, ON. Must be able to work 3 days onsite, 2 days remote in order to apply.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• 5 years of experience in IT Disaster Recovery design, planning and implementation in mid-sized to large enterprises across Cloud and On-Prem environments
• 5 years of experience within the areas of technology risk, compliance, business continuity, disaster recovery or governance
• Experience with IT Disaster Recovery program development including critical elements such as Business Impact Analysis, Recoverability Assessment, Business and Technology Strategy Development, Planning, Process Creation, Testing and Governance
• Previous experience on implementing multiple complex enterprise level changes programs, creating standards, promoting and measuring adoption
• Experience with application architectures, middleware, and technology platform architectures (cloud, on-premises, and hybrid)
• Understanding of technology risk regulatory, and industry best practice (ServiceNow, COBIT, NIST, ISO standards, etc.)
• Experience with ServiceNow GRC, Fusion or other GRC platforms is an asset

DELIVERABLES:

• Oversee the coordinated recovery testing work plans
• Ensure the existence and development of disaster recovery plans (DRPs)
• Exercising and testing of recovery plans (tabletops, failover, etc.) to ensure that recovery of applications meet the defined RTO/RPO objectives
• Ensuring the development, design, execution and maintenance of the Disaster Recovery practice area for client technology
• Support Line 2 in their review and challenge of 1st line risk processes
• Build and maintain a backlog of technology risk remediation work supported by a governance lifecycle and the implementation of management tools supported by technology
• Establish, support, and streamline resiliency and recovery technology risk reporting and metrics
• Collaborate with key stakeholders and industry leaders to design and develop IT Disaster Recovery and business continuity strategies integrating on-prem and Cloud platforms.
• Configure and implement IT Disaster recovery solutions, leveraging standard industry tools, data replication technologies and cloud-based recovery services.
• Plan and execute regular IT Disaster recovery testing and validation exercises, leveraging automation, monitoring, and alerting tools as needed.