[Hiring] Disaster Recovery and Resilience Expert @KOMMLINk

Role Description

For one of our clients in the energy industry, we are looking for a freelance Disaster Recovery and Resilience Expert.

Project name: Defending the Castle

Project description: “Defending the Castle” is the short-term and immediate phase of the client’s AI threat resilience response. The purpose is to buy time by increasing detection, response, containment and recovery readiness while a broader Phase 2 plan is prepared for the rest of the Business IT units.

Tasks:

• Conceptual development and structured implementation of the immediate disaster recovery and resilience workstream for the “Defending the Castle” initiative.
• Preparation of documentation and concepts to enable operational recovery of the most viable operations if AI-augmented compromise causes disruption, data damage, ransomware-style encryption, destructive activity or service unavailability.
• Identification and definition of recovery priorities, minimum viable operations, restoration sequencing, dependency mapping and backup validation schemes for hybrid Azure and on-premise environments.
• Creation of practical Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and recovery playbooks covering recovery coordination, data integrity validation, clean-room restoration, crisis handover procedures and post-recovery assurance.
• Provision of evidence-based technical analysis and readiness documentation by end of Q1 2027 to facilitate strategic decision-making for Phase 2 planning for broader business IT resilience.
• Technical review of Recovery plans across applications, infrastructure, Azure, cyber defense, incident response and business continuity functions.
• Evaluation and technical assessment of restore tests assessed against recovery time, recovery point, integrity, dependency and operational hand-back criteria.
• Execution and technical documentation, simulations and scenario-based playbook validations, beyond theoretical proof.
• Identification, evaluation and documentation of residual risks, mitigation plans and escalation preparations for risk management.
• Identification and technical gap analysis of existing processes (too slow, fragmented, undocumented or dependent on informal knowledge) to document optimization potential.
• Transformation of risk evaluations into executable playbooks, technical control frameworks, test protocols, backlog items and management evidence.
• Provision of a structured handover of a Phase 2 backlog and recommendations for the broader Business IT resilience plan after Q1 2027.
• Development of Disaster Recovery (DR) & Resilience Strategy Specifications for hybrid Azure and on-premise environments.
• Clarification of restoration priorities to preserve minimum viable operations and reduce business disruption.
• Validation of backup integrity, restore procedures and dependency assumptions before they are needed in crisis conditions.
• Creation of a common recovery model for stakeholder alignment (Disaster Recovery (DR), incident response, security monitoring, infrastructure, application).
• Creation of comprehensive documentation with all results regarding the above-mentioned tasks with subsequent handover to client for review and approval for further usage.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years in disaster recovery, IT resilience, business continuity, infrastructure recovery, cloud operations or cyber recovery planning.
• Strong expertise in backup and restore, immutable backups, clean-room recovery, Azure resilience, on-premise infrastructure, identity dependencies and crisis recovery coordination.
• Experience preparing recovery strategies for ransomware, destructive attacks, cloud compromise or large-scale technology disruption.
• Ability to translate technical recovery constraints into management-ready decisions and pragmatic execution plans.
• Relevant certifications such as CBCP, MBCI, CISSP, CISM, AZ-305, AZ-500, ITIL or equivalent are beneficial.

Requirements

• Start: ASAP
• Duration: till end of March 2027
• Capacity: 40h/week
• Location: Remote