Minor Hotels Europe and Americas

Disaster Recovery Analyst

Minor Hotels Europe and Americas

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Atlanta • United States

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Salary

💰 $70,176 - $134,200 per year

About the role

  • Develop and maintain BC and DR standards, procedures, methodologies and templates
  • Develop testing schedules and gain approval from all stakeholders, including ITO management, recovery team leads, affected clients, etc.
  • Develop and gain approval for ITO BC and DR Exercise Plans that define the scope, objectives and performance details of the planned exercises
  • Work with the recovery teams and selected clients to prepare them to execute the Exercise plan, ensure they have sufficient resources, and are committed to supporting the exercise and are prepared to achieve all objectives of the exercise
  • Coordinate the execution of the Exercise plans per the execution checklist while collecting performance data to support reporting of results, identifying issues, and moving the recovery team toward successful completion of the exercise
  • Conduct Post Exercise meetings with recovery team leads and selected clients to identify and document issues related to recovery technologies, processes and support issues
  • Identify root causes of recovery issues and ensure the development and execution of plans to mitigate the issues so that continuous improvement in the recovery program is achieved
  • Determine if retesting of the entire exercise plan or selected portions is needed based on issues encountered
  • Update the BC and DR plans using the information gathered from the exercise and republish and distribute to recovery team leads and ITO management as approved
  • Maintain testing and recovery records in a controlled repository, and control access to and distribution of the results to authorized personnel and organizations
  • Perform appropriate steps as described above for the following conditions
  • At least once a year conduct an exercise to support ongoing testing and maintenance of the plans, or for compliance with client contracts
  • When new clients or changes in contracts with existing clients change the level of BC and DR requirements
  • When recovery strategies change that improve the BC and DR recovery process
  • Whenever changes occur in technologies, services, or organizations that result in the need to improve readiness
  • Use the same or similar recovery activities for an actual and unplanned disaster event as declared by ITO management

Requirements

  • 5+ years DR/BC experience coordinating recovery teams, and developing and maintaining recovery plans for service organizations
  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university in computer science, computer information systems, or management information systems in preferred
  • Appropriate certification is desirable such as the DRI (Disaster Recovery Institute) ABCP (Associate Business Continuity Professional)
  • Good Presentation and Communications Skills
  • Ability to develop and specify ideas and proposals for implementing and improving the BC DR program
  • Experience with conducting Business Impact Analysis
  • Knowledge of methodologies for design, execution and reporting of IT audits
  • Proven competency in use of MS Office applications, specifically Microsoft Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and desktop software
  • Experience with BCM tools is desirable.
  • Maintains high standards of personal integrity, whilst demonstrating respect for other viewpoints.
Benefits
  • Paid time off based on employee grade (A-F), defined by policy: Vacation: 12-25 days, depending on grade
  • Company paid holidays
  • Personal Days
  • Sick Leave
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage (or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada)
  • Retirement savings plans (e.g., 401(k) in the U.S., RRSP in Canada)
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Employee assistance programs
  • Other benefits as provided by local policy and eligibility
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
BC and DR standardstesting schedulesExercise Plansperformance data collectionroot cause analysiscontinuous improvementBusiness Impact AnalysisIT audit methodologiesrecovery plansrecovery strategies
Soft Skills
presentation skillscommunication skillsidea developmentproposal specificationpersonal integrityrespect for viewpoints
Certifications
ABCPDRI certification