Sr. IT Engineer – Disaster Recovery

Exp : 7+ Yrs
Level : L3
Location : Hyderabad

Overview:
The Disaster Recovery and Backup Engineer is responsible for planning, implementing, and overseeing the organization's disaster recovery (DR) and backup strategies to ensure the integrity, availability, and security of critical data and systems. This role will ensure appropriate measures are in place to recover systems and data during disruptions, disasters, or data loss. The individual will work closely with IT teams, management, and external vendors to ensure compliance with industry standards and internal policies.

Responsibilities:
Include, but not limited to:

• Disaster Recovery Planning:

o Develop, maintain, and update disaster recovery plans (DRP) for all critical systems and data. Conduct risk assessments and business impact analyses to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities
o Coordinate with IT teams to ensure DR plans are aligned with infrastructure and network configurations
o Implement and update disaster recovery strategies to minimize downtime in a disaster

• Backup Strategy Management:

o Design and implement comprehensive backup and restoration strategies for all systems, data, and applications
o Ensure regular backups are scheduled, performed, and validated for accuracy and completeness
o Maintain backup retention policies in line with organizational and regulatory requirements. Exercises backup systems regularly to ensure data can be restored promptly and efficiently

• Exercises and Audits:

o Coordinate and execute regular disaster recovery and backup exercises, including failover and restoration procedure
o Ensure exercise results are documented, and issues are addressed to improve processes
o Maintain compliance with relevant laws and regulations through regular audits and reporting
o Ensure backup and disaster recovery solutions are always audit-ready

• Collaboration and Communication:

o Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify critical systems and applications for DR planning
o Work with vendors, external consultants, and third-party service providers to enhance disaster recovery capabilities
o Communicate with senior management and key stakeholders to ensure alignment on recovery strategies
o Provide training and awareness sessions to staff regarding disaster recovery and backup protocols

• Incident Response:

o Act as the primary IT point of contact during disaster recovery and backup-related incidents
o Coordinate disaster recovery efforts to ensure minimal downtime and data loss
o Work closely with IT teams to troubleshoot and resolve backup failures and system outages

• Documentation and Reporting:

o Maintain comprehensive documentation of disaster recovery and backup plans, exercise results, and recovery efforts
o Create detailed reports for management outlining the status of disaster recovery readiness and any gaps in current strategies—track and report on recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs)