Disaster Recovery Manager

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Role : Disaster Recovery Manager

Location : Mumbai ( Goregaon )

9969675967

Key Responsibilities:

• DR Planning & Strategy:
• Develop and maintain disaster recovery strategies and policies aligned with business objectives.
• Ensure plans cover data recovery, infrastructure resilience, and application continuity.
• Risk Assessment:
• Conduct regular risk assessments to identify critical business processes and IT systems.
• Define recovery point objectives (RPOs) and recovery time objectives (RTOs) (along with Business)
• Testing & Validation:
• Schedule and execute regular DR drills and simulations.
• Analyse outcomes to refine recovery procedures and close gaps.
• Compliance & Documentation:
• Ensure DR plans comply with relevant regulations
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of all DR plans and test results.
• Collaboration & Communication:
• Liaise with IT, security, and business units for seamless recovery coordination.
• Incident Response Support:
• Act as a key resource during actual incidents to coordinate recovery activities.
• Regulatory / Statutory Audits

Key Skills and Competencies:

• Technical Proficiency:
• Understanding of IT infrastructure (servers, networking, cloud, virtualization).
• Knowledge of backup and replication technologies
• Project Management:
• Strong organizational and planning skills.
• Experience managing cross-functional projects and timelines.
• Analytical Thinking:
• Ability to assess risks and develop contingency strategies.
• Communication:
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Capable of communicating complex technical plans to non-technical stakeholders.