[Hiring] Disaster Recovery Consultant @Axelon Services Corporation

Role Description

• Partner with Technology, Infrastructure, and Application teams to review and enhance DR plans.
• Validate recovery strategies, including recovery time objectives (RTOs), recovery point objectives (RPOs), and failover capabilities.
• Identify gaps in recovery readiness, including dependencies, data integrity, and environment availability.
• Support design and execution of DR testing, including simulations and failover exercises.
• Assess effectiveness of recovery procedures and recommend practical improvements.
• Ensure DR plans are aligned to critical business services and operational priorities.
• Propose governance enhancements strengthening second line oversight practices.
• Synthesize findings into clear, actionable recommendations and track remediation progress.
• Support preparation of materials for audit, regulatory, and internal governance reviews.

Qualifications

• Minimum 9 years of experience in disaster recovery, IT resilience, or technology risk.
• Hands-on experience developing and validating DR plans, including application recovery and infrastructure failover.
• Experience supporting or executing DR testing (e.g., failover, tabletop, simulation).
• Strong understanding of recovery concepts (RTO, RPO, data recovery, system dependencies).
• Ability to work effectively with technology and infrastructure teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Requirements

• Experience in financial services or other regulated industries.
• Familiarity with cyber recovery and ransomware scenarios.
• Experience aligning DR with business continuity and critical business services frameworks.
• Knowledge of relevant frameworks (NIST, FFIEC, ISO 22301, etc.).

Key Competencies

• Execution-focused and detail-oriented.
• Strong stakeholder engagement across technical teams.
• Ability to translate technical recovery concepts into business impact.
• Comfortable working under pressure and tight timelines.
• Pragmatic, solution-oriented mindset.