Staff Security Engineer, Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
AlphaSense
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: India
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About the role
- Design and implement comprehensive BCP/DR programs aligned with industry frameworks (ISO 22301, NIST SP 800-34, ISO 27001)
- Conduct Business Impact Analyses (BIA) to identify critical business functions, dependencies, and recovery priorities
- Define and maintain Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) for all critical systems and services
- Develop and maintain disaster recovery playbooks and runbooks for various incident scenarios
- Create and manage crisis communication frameworks for security incidents and business disruptions
- Lead tabletop exercises and disaster recovery drills to validate recovery procedures
- Design and implement backup and recovery solutions for AWS cloud infrastructure (primary focus)
- Build automated backup workflows for databases, storage systems, applications, and configurations
- Implement immutable backup strategies and offsite replication for ransomware resilience
- Monitor backup operations, validate recovery procedures, and maintain backup integrity
- Optimize backup windows, retention policies, and storage costs across cloud environments
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for DR environment provisioning and configuration management
- Develop automated failover and failback procedures for critical services
- Design and maintain hot/warm/cold standby environments based on business requirements
- Conduct regular disaster recovery testing and document test results with improvement recommendations
- Build monitoring and alerting systems for backup health, replication lag, and recovery readiness
- Maintain detailed recovery documentation including network diagrams, dependency maps, and configuration details
- Coordinate with application teams to ensure application-consistent backups and recovery procedures
- Ensure BCP/DR programs meet regulatory requirements and customer commitments
- Maintain comprehensive documentation of recovery procedures, test results, and capability assessments
- Track and report on key resilience metrics including RTO/RPO achievement, test success rates, and recovery drills
- Coordinate with internal audit and compliance teams during assessments
- Participate in vendor risk assessments for third-party backup and recovery solutions
Requirements
- 7+ years of hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS required; GCP/Azure beneficial)
- Deep expertise in enterprise backup and recovery solutions (Veeam, Commvault, AWS Backup, or similar)
- Strong understanding of cloud storage services (S3, EBS, EFS, RDS, DynamoDB, etc.)
- Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi)
- Experience with containerized environments (ECS, EKS, Docker) and their backup/recovery patterns
- Knowledge of database backup and recovery procedures (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, etc.)
- Understanding of storage technologies, replication methods, and data protection architectures.
- 3+ years of experience in Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery
- Proven track record of designing and implementing BCP/DR programs for technology organizations
- Experience conducting Business Impact Analyses and developing recovery strategies
- Knowledge of BCP/DR frameworks and standards (ISO 22301, NIST SP 800-34, ISO 27001)
- Experience leading disaster recovery exercises and tabletop simulations
- Understanding of incident management and crisis communication protocols.
- Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell) for automation and orchestration
- Experience building CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployment and testing
- Ability to write clean, maintainable code with proper error handling and logging
- Understanding of configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet)
- Experience with monitoring and observability platforms (Datadog, CloudWatch, Prometheus)
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Flexible working arrangements
- Professional development
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Business Continuity PlanningDisaster RecoveryBusiness Impact AnalysisBackup and Recovery SolutionsInfrastructure as CodeScriptingDatabase Backup ProceduresCloud InfrastructureMonitoring and ObservabilityCI/CD Pipelines
Soft Skills
LeadershipCrisis CommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingDocumentationAnalytical ThinkingAttention to DetailOrganizational SkillsCommunicationAdaptability
Certifications
ISO 22301NIST SP 800-34ISO 27001