Senior Disaster Recovery Administrator

to explore, the tools to build and the support to thrive.

Flexible hybrid work environment (onsite 2 days a week/3 days remote) at our Arlington (AOC1), TX office.
Please note: We are unable to provide any type of sponsorship for this position at this time.

JOB DUTIES

The Sr Disaster Recovery Administrator works with IT technical and business teams as well as vendors to assist in the development, implementation and maintenance of the GM Financial IT Disaster Recovery program. The program includes disaster recovery planning, IT risk assessment, disaster recovery exercises and other ongoing initiatives to enhance IT recoverability capabilities.

RESPONSIBILITIES

What Makes You A Dream Candidate?

• Develop and maintain a GM Financial IT Disaster Recovery Program

• Consult on the development and maintenance of a Disaster Recovery plan and runbooks for stated scope business critical applications

• Monitor the deployment and changes of applications and infrastructure for impacts to Disaster Recovery-related contingency planning

• Serve as the Disaster Recovery Manager ensuring that the Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) and the Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) are met in exercises

• Guide and provide work direction to IT subject matter experts as their roles pertain to Disaster Recovery

• Participate in vendor Disaster Recovery Exercises to ensure vendors can recover critical services provided to GMF

• Provide ongoing review of Disaster Recovery scope services and support to align with budget planning

• Assess technical risks and provide timely mitigation and remediation plans. Evaluate new technology and tools and build business cases for their use

• Participate in cross-functional reviews and identify high risk areas pertaining to Disaster Recovery scope

• Coordinate with Business Continuity teams to ensure business expectations are met

QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge and Skills

• Advanced knowledge of disaster recovery and business continuity processes and tools needed

• A broad understanding of information technology in order to assist in preparation of recovery procedures for all areas

• Advanced knowledge and understanding of industry standard disaster recovery planning techniques and technologies as well as methods used in performing risk analysis and business impact analysis

• Ability to skillfully react and adapt to a constantly changing business and IT work environment

• Demonstrated interpersonal and leadership abilities working with cross-functional teams

• Demonstrated success in project management

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills in order to interface with all levels within the business and IT organizations

• Creative, innovative, problem-solving and maximizing potential to solve problems and improve methods

Work Experience

• 5+ years of experience in an Information Technology discipline required

• 4-6 years of experience in disaster recovery/business continuity planning lifecycle methodology preferred

Education

• High School Diploma or equivalent required

• Bachelor's Degree in related field or equivalent work or military experience preferred

Licenses and Certifications

• Professional certification(s) in the field of Information Technology or Disaster Recovery (for example CBCP, DRCS, CISSP) preferred