Disaster Recovery Analyst

Overview

Employment Type: 12-Month W2 Contract (40-hour work weeks)

Location: 100% Remote (US-based, standard business hours in your time zone)

We're partnering with a leading cloud software organization to expand their Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (BCDR) capabilities for a fleet of cloud-based products. This is a high-visibility role where you'll help stand up and mature a new BCDR program that directly impacts platform resiliency, regulatory compliance, and customer trust.

If you have a strong background in disaster recovery for cloud environments and enjoy working closely with technical teams to build and test real-world recovery plans, this could be a great next step.

Disaster Recovery Planning & Documentation

• Develop, maintain, and update disaster recovery (DR) plans, runbooks, and procedures for cloud-based products.
• Document and maintain the schedule for fleet-wide DR testing activities
  .
• Identify and maintain an inventory of internal applications and critical systems
  , including their dependencies.
• Track and maintain Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs) for critical applications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure DR plans align with business and regulatory requirements.
• Help develop and standardize corporate DR templates and fleet templates within a BCDR platform (e.g., Fusion Framework).
• Work with application teams to build and migrate plans into a centralized BCDR tool.

Testing & Validation

• Plan, coordinate, and execute annual DR exercises (e.g., tabletop, functional, and full production tests).
• Support fleet-wide testing programs
  , including failover tests and simulation drills.
• Ensure exercises are properly executed and documented in the BCDR platform.
• Document test results, identify gaps, and track remediation activities through closure.
• Partner with system and application owners to validate recovery strategies and ensure operational readiness.

Monitoring, Governance & Compliance

• Assist in maintaining compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements (e.g., ISO 22301, FFIEC, NIST, DORA).
• Track and report DR metrics
  , testing outcomes, and risk exposure to leadership.
• Support third-party/vendor assessments to confirm that external recovery capabilities meet organizational standards.

Incident Response Support

• Provide support during actual outages or crises
  , including DR plan activation and coordination.
• Work with IT and business stakeholders to ensure timely escalation, communication, and recovery execution
  .

Continuous Improvement & Enablement

• Research industry best practices and emerging technologies in disaster recovery and resilience.
• Recommend improvements to DR processes, tooling, and documentation.
• Train end users and stakeholders on BCDR policies, procedures, and expectations
  .
• Collaborate with a Business Continuity Program Manager and other leads to execute on a multi-year resiliency roadmap
  .
• Participate in training (e.g., BCDR/ Fusion platform classes) after onboarding.

Core Experience

• 3-5 years of experience in Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, IT Resiliency
  , or a closely related field.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining BCDR plans for technical, cloud-based products
  .
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with engineering / technical teams to:
  • Gather requirements
  • Validate recovery strategies
  • Align them to regulatory and compliance requirements

Technical Skills

• Understanding of data backup, replication, and failover processes.
• Familiarity with cloud recovery solutions (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and hybrid environments
  .
• Knowledge of core infrastructure components:
  • Servers, storage, networks, virtualization
  • Application dependencies and upstream/downstream impacts
• Experience with BCDR tools such as Fusion Framework, Service Now, Archer, or similar platforms.
• Ability to develop and maintain dashboards, metrics, and reports for leadership.

Professional Skills

• Strong organizational and project management skills with high attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication
  , including documentation and presenting findings to stakeholders.
• Ability to influence and guide technical teams
  , helping them…