Sr. Specialist, Disaster Recovery Test Coordinator
Company: Santander Holdings USA Inc
Location: Weymouth
Posted on: October 30, 2024
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Job Description:
Sr. Specialist, Disaster Recovery Test CoordinatorQuincy, United
States of AmericaAct as the DR Coordinator responsible for planning
and coordinating Disaster Recovery testing for a multi-entity IT DR
function. The candidate must possess a general working knowledge of
technical disaster recovery concepts, including but not limited to
data replication, storage, backups, Recovery Time Objective (RTO),
Recovery Point Objective (RPO), network routing and segregation,
issue tracking, backups, and cyber resilience.
The Sr Specialist, Disaster Recovery Test Coordinator is a
facilitator of disaster recovery testing initiatives focused on
delivering a sound and robust DR testing program. S/he leads and
supports activities necessary to enable the organization to respond
to a technology disruption, including managing new and ongoing
technology recovery testing. S/he independently manages the
disaster recovery testing lifecycle (IT and business test planning,
test coordination, & reporting) for a portfolio of applications
across product lines & platforms, technical support teams, and
business units.
Job Description
DR Planning & Testing
Provide direct communication between Business Continuity
Management, IT Infrastructure Operations, Technology Architecture,
IT Systems Engineering, Application CIO teams, Business areas, and
third party vendors.
Participate in required technical and business planning meetings
for all DR testing activities.
Develop and maintain Disaster Recovery plans and procedures,
runbooks, and test scripts with the support of technical SMEs,
while adhering to corporate guidelines, policies, and
standards.
Coordinate annual IT Disaster Recovery testing for both on-premises
applications and supporting infrastructure, as well as third party
hosted applications.
Facilitate and support business testing during disaster recovery
exercises to ensure a high level of resiliency for critical
business data, systems, and operations.
Support on-site DR testing when needed.
DR Governance
Facilitate timely identification, communication, escalation, and
remediation of issues in support of a US enterprise-wide Disaster
Recovery testing and assurance program.
Ensure the US DR testing program is meeting regulatory requirements
and expectations.
Conduct regular DR debrief meetings with key Technology and
Business stakeholders to review DR testing results, issues, lessons
learned, and opportunities for improvement.
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to
perform each essential duty at a high level and in a timely manner.
The qualifications listed below are representative of the
knowledge, skill, and/or ability required to perform the job
satisfactorily.
Education:
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience: IT Disaster
Recovery, Business Continuity Planning (BCP), Cyber Resilience, or
equivalent field.
CBCP (Certified Business Continuity Professional) is a plus, but
not required.
Work Experience:
5+ Years Experience in Disaster Recovery, IT Resiliency, Business
Continuity, and Cyber Resilience.
Skills and Abilities:
Knowledge of IT infrastructure operations and familiarity with
disaster recovery operations.
General knowledge of various technologies and concepts including
data replication, virtualization, network routing, firewalls,
Microsoft Office required.
Familiarity with business continuity and disaster recovery program
life cycles (e.g. Business Impact Analysis (BIA), continuity
planning, disaster recovery test planning, etc.) is a plus.
Ability to collaborate with IT team members at all levels of
responsibility.
Ability to communicate technology concepts into business terms with
internal customers at all levels.
Excellent oral and written communication skills to convey DR plans,
exercises, and activities. Must be able to interact with technical,
non-technical, and management staff.
Excellent organizational skills are required to effectively manage
DR exercises throughout the testing lifecycle.
Excellent attention to detail and ability to consistently follow
through on commitments.
Strong ability to quickly grasp and understand disaster recovery
related risks.
Ongoing sense of urgency and high degree of flexibility.
Takes initiative, and is a proactive, self-motivated,
results-driven thinker.
Strong Excel skills with working knowledge of pivot tables.
Diversity & EEO Statements:
At Santander, we value and respect differences in our workforce and
strive to increase the diversity of our teams. We actively
encourage everyone to apply.
Santander is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified
applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard
to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status or any
other characteristic protected by law.
Working Conditions:
Frequent Minimal physical effort such as sitting, standing and
walking. Occasional moving and lifting equipment and furniture is
required to support onsite and offsite meeting setup and teardown.
Physically capable of lifting up to fifty pounds, able to bend,
kneel, climb ladders.
Employer Rights:
This job description does not list all of the job duties of the
job. You may be asked by your supervisors or managers to perform
other duties. You may be evaluated in part based upon your
performance of the tasks listed in this job description. The
employer has the right to revise this job description at any time.
This job description is not a contract for employment and either
you or the employer may terminate at any time for any reason.
Primary Location: Quincy, MA, 1 Enterprise Drive-Quincy-Corp
Other Locations: Massachusetts-Quincy
Organization: Santander Holdings USA, Inc.
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