IT Disaster Recovery Specialist / 6 hours ago

Key Responsibilities

• Provides technical leadership in designing, implementing, and continuously improving enterprise disaster recovery capabilities across WVI’s global technology environment.
• Ensures that critical systems, cloud platforms, and applications are resilient and recoverable, aligned to defined RTO and RPO targets.
• Drives adoption of DR frameworks, testing programmes, and recovery practices to minimize business disruption and strengthen organizational resilience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• ITIL Foundation (minimum); ITIL Intermediate or ITIL 4 Managing Professional is an advantage.
• Relevant certifications in cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) or disaster recovery / business continuity (e.g., DRII, CBCI) are desirable.
• 5+ years’ experience in IT Disaster Recovery, Infrastructure Operations, or Business Continuity roles.
• Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise disaster recovery strategies across cloud (Azure/AWS), hybrid, and on-prem environments.
• Hands-on experience with DR technologies (e.g., Azure Site Recovery, AWS DR patterns, backup/replication tools).
• Experience defining and operationalizing RTO / RPO for critical services.
• Experience leading DR testing (failover, tabletop, live recovery drills) and recovery execution.
• Exposure to hybrid environments (cloud + on-prem infrastructure).
• Experience integrating DR with ITSM processes (Incident, Major Incident, Change, Problem Management).

Technical & Functional Skills

• Strong understanding of disaster recovery frameworks and standards (e.g., ITIL, ISO 22301, NIST).
• Experience designing DR architectures including failover, geo-redundancy, and backup strategies.
• Knowledge of infrastructure resilience across compute, storage, network, and identity layers.
• Experience with automation and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform) for repeatable recovery environments.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity incident response and ransomware recovery integration.
• Experience with dashboards, reporting, and DR readiness tracking.

Core Competencies

• Strong analytical thinking with ability to assess recovery risk and design mitigation strategies.
• Structured, process-driven mindset with focus on governance, documentation, and audit readiness.
• Strong collaboration across infrastructure, cloud, security, and application teams.
• Ability to lead calmly and decisively during incident recovery scenarios.
• Continuous improvement mindset with focus on resilience, readiness, and operational maturity.
• Customer-focused approach, ensuring minimal business disruption and reliable service recovery.