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Disaster Recovery Specialist
£45,000 - 70,000
DGH Recruitment
Fisherman's Hall Wharf, City of London
£45,000 - 70,000
Requirements
Must:
Disaster Recovery Specialist / IT Resilience Specialist
Hybrid Working: We require you to be in the office 3 days per week (City of London).
Were looking for a talented candidate who will plan and execute Disaster Recovery and resilience testing, drive remediation activities to closure, and ensure that our documentation meets client, regulatory, and audit standards. This isnt just an administrative role; youll be working directly with our infrastructure and security teams to fix and document issues.
- Hands-on experience with disaster recovery, failover testing, and operational resilience in IT infrastructure.
- A solid understanding of business continuity and security frameworks (e.g., ISO27001, ISO23001, NIST) and how to evidence controls.
- Experience producing and maintaining high-quality technical documentation and runbooks.
- Proficiency with infrastructure tooling and at least one scripting language (PowerShell or Python preferred).
- Experience and understanding of hyperconverged infrastructure, preferably with Nutanix, VMWare, Commvault, and hybrid cloud infrastructure (Azure or similar).
- Knowledge of vulnerability management, monitoring/alerting, and automation/orchestration platforms.
Responsibilities
- Plan and run Disaster Recovery, failover, and resilience tests end-to-end, including test design, orchestration, execution, evidence capture, and reporting.
- Validate Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs) through realistic testing.
- Ensure Disaster Recovery runbooks, procedures, and evidence packs are accurate, up-to-date, and practical.
- Collaborate with Engineers to automate recovery testing and evidence collection where feasible (e.g., scripting, orchestration tools).
- Act as the primary technical liaison with the Business Continuity Planning (BCP) team.
- Maintain a central log of resilience activities, including issues, actions, and progress against remediation targets.
- Identify vulnerabilities in hardware and software for remediation by Engineering/Operations teams.
- Understand current and emerging security threats.
- Assist and lead in Incident Response investigations and mitigation.
Description
We are committed to creating a dynamic and resilient environment that meets the demands of our clients and upholds the highest standards in disaster recovery and IT resilience. If you thrive in collaborative settings and have a proactive approach to problem-solving, we would love to hear from you.
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