IT Resiliency Analyst

Role : IT Resiliency Analyst

Location : NYC Remote for now and then onsite Prefer candidates in & around NY/NJ

Duration: Long Term C2C

Primary skills: IT DR (Disaster Recovery), Cloud DR with AWS, Cloud Computing DR Architects Senior profiles needed

Secondary Skills: Risk Assessment, BIA, DR Test Planning, DR Testing

Need someone with DR, AWS & BIA Skills (Business Impact Analysis)

IT DR with Cloud DR with AWS is Mandatory

Required Experience

3 years of experience in IT Resiliency / IT Disaster Recovery planning in a large, enterprise environment

or

3 years of experience in systems administration, or application infrastructure administration, or similar technical role that supported Disaster Recovery for their systems / applications;

Minimum 3-5 years of IT experience in a data center environment / systems administration working with medium to large-scale infrastructures;

Minimum 3 years' experience in business or IT relationship management, preferably in an IT or higher education environment.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Working knowledge of IT Disaster Recovery / High Availability in the cloud.
• Experience with recovery in virtualized environments.
• Basic understanding of data center functions such as: system and database administration, networking, storage management, and backup/recovery technologies.
• Knowledge of systems administration (platform-agnostic)
• Familiarity with application administration concepts
• Knowledge of cloud hosting and recovery functions
• Knowledge of network administration functions
• Familiarity with application interdependency concepts (i.e., data sourcing for applications)
• Experience in analyzing, recommending and improving Disaster Recovery plans, policies and procedures.
• Ability to use experience and judgment to solve problems, and to plan and accomplish goals.
• Fluency in written and spoken English. Ability to bridge the gap between technical and nontechnical business teams.
• Ability to use expertise to influence and advocate for improved practice and to advance organizational outcomes.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

Preferred Certification/Other Qualifications

Related certification from Business Continuity Institute (CBCI), Disaster Recovery Institute (CBCP), or other recognized related certification.

Preferred Experience

• 3 years Ability to craft and deliver presentations to mixed technical and nontechnical audiences, at all levels, up to C-suite.
• Experience with technical writing &/or documentation
• Experience with project management methodologies
• Experience with change management as relates to IT Resiliency / Disaster Recovery planning.
• Experience with Business Continuity principles, strategies and best practices.
• Familiarity with datacenter operations.
• Familiarity with system vulnerabilities and security issues as related to IT Resiliency

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of Application Impact Analysis (AIA) or Business Impact Analysis (BIA) methodologies
• Experience with HA/DR in the AWS environment, including snapshot based recovery.
• Familiarity with Rubrik backups and Disaster Recovery functionality