Disaster Recovery Specialist - Swindon, United Kingdom - Public Sector Resourcing

Public Sector Resourcing

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Swindon, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

**Disaster Recovery Specialist
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Inside IR35)

Contract Term:
till 31/03/2023

Contracting Authority:
BEIS UKRI

Location:
Hybrid - occasional trips to the Swindon office / Remote working

As a Disaster Recovery Specialist, your main responsibilities will be**:

Assist with the design and implementation of enterprise wide resilience and IT DR programs, including policies, maturity models, methodologies, sourcing strategies, plans, metrics and scorecards
Coordinate, assess and communicate resilience and IT DR requirements and objectives associated with the current IT infrastructure environment, and participate in new activities with appropriate technology groups, resulting in recommendations to enable timely, effective decisions regarding IT infrastructure disaster recovery planning and execution.
Serve as an active participant in all IT DR test activities. The person who fills this position is expected to collaborate with business unit staff and key IT staff members for the purpose of planning, directing, controlling and maintaining an effective IT DR testing plan.
Perform capacity planning in regards to IT infrastructure failure, resilience, and recovery scenarios with key IT technology groups in support of specific business units' current, planned and new initiatives, with a major focus on proactively ensuring an adequate IT DR network and IT processing environment.
Participate in the assessment of a potential disruption in service to help the IT DR leader determine if and when to declare a disaster.
Assist with event impact assessment and disaster declaration activities, as required.

Essential Skills

Experience in disaster recovery
Extensive stakeholder engagement
Resolving Problems, Issues when they arise
Manage IT, Business Continuity
Strong self starter
ITIL knowledge and skillset
Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas._