Disaster Recovery and Resilience Specialist (1043)- Department of Technology

About the role

The Disaster Recovery and Resilience Specialist plays a key role in the preparation and execution of the Technology Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity/Continuity of Operations Plans. This role involves working with City departments to plan, design, and test the resilience solutions for all critical City systems.

Responsibilities

• Work with City departments to plan, design, and test the resilience solutions for all critical City systems to support the citywide technology resilience program
• Conduct detailed Technology Risk assessment and Business Impact Analysis
• Review City departments completed Technology Risk and Business Impact Analysis for completeness
• Develop resilience reports that identify gaps and recommendations from Technology Risk assessment and Business Impact Analysis
• Maintain knowledge on the current and emerging developments/trends for IT Disaster Recovery technology and resilience solutions
• Collaborate with technical engineering teams to understand the evolving architectures to plan, design and test the resilience solutions
• Collaborate with technical, non-technical, and management stakeholders
• Review and provide recommendations for client departments Technology Disaster recovery Plans and Business Continuity/ Continuity of Operations Plans
• Develop and maintain Business Continuity/ Continuity of Operations Plans for the department and each division
• Review the completeness of technology recovery plans and procedures for critical technology systems and applications for completeness
• Design, plan, coordinate and execute technology resilience test/exercise with recovery teams for all critical technology systems and applications
• Support natural, human-caused and technology disaster/emergencies during the activations of Emergency Operations Center/Department Operation Center

Requirements

• Education: An associate degree in computer science, computer engineering, information systems, or a closely related field from an accredited college or university OR its equivalent in terms of total course credits/units [i.e., at least sixty (60) semester or ninety (90) quarter credits/units with a minimum of twenty (20) semester or thirty (30) quarter credits/units in one of the fields above or a closely-related field]
• Experience: Three (3) years of experience analyzing, installing, configuring, enhancing, and/or maintaining the components of an enterprise network
• Substitution: Additional experience as described above may be substituted for the required degree on a year-for-year basis (up to a maximum of two (2) years). One (1) year is equivalent to thirty (30) semester units/ forty-five (45) quarter units with a minimum of 10 semester / 15 quarter units in one of the fields above or a closely related field.
• Completion of the 1010 Information Systems Trainee Program may be substituted for the required degree.

Qualifications

• Desirable Qualifications: Possess an industry-recognized certification in Business Continuity Planning, strong applied communication and presentation skills, possess 2–3 years of experience in IT System Infrastructure Disaster Recovery and the Business Continuity field, knowledgeable in current Disaster Recovery planning methodologies, tools, and technologies, experienced in planning and executing technology recovery testing exercises for applications and systems across enterprise data centers and cloud platforms, demonstrated proficiency in executing Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery programs, managing process improvement initiatives, and applying the full disaster recovery lifecycle.

Benefits

Competitive pay, benefits, and retirement options, career growth opportunities through training, internal mobility, and subsidized education, diverse work environment in a diverse city.

Pay

USD 156000 - USD 196300 - yearly

Schedule

Regular