Disaster Recovery Manager

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Role: Disaster Recovery (Architect)

Location: Any Where in Europe

Duration: Contract

Job Description for : (not necessarily all essential responsibilities)

• Manages the day-to-day relationship with vendors/service providers of the disaster recovery infrastructure and facilities.

• Manages all recovery planning and dry runs. Assesses results of dry runs and improves plans as necessary.

• Provides consulting services on all aspects of the organization’s disaster recovery and resumption plans.

• Supervises and directs DR Lead coordinators responsible for planning disaster recovery teams.

• During a disaster this individual is responsible for the execution of the disaster recovery plan

• Develop and maintain liaisons with Novartis Leads, and similar entities to facilitate plan development, response effort coordination during DR exercise and actual DR.

• Taking direction from the Supplier Disaster Recovery Lead in coordination with Novartis GIS DR Service Management.

• Managing local Disaster Recovery planning and execution activities

• Controlling the development and maintenance of the Disaster Recovery Plan and supporting documentation

• Leading/Participating in Disaster Recovery meetings and reviews

• Representing Disaster Recovery to Supplier and Novartis management

• Meeting control requirements according to IGM Maturity requirements for supplier delivered Disaster Recovery services

• Reviewing Disaster Recovery services annually with Novartis

• Providing support to Novartis in the event of a local audit for the services provided by Supplier.

• Ensuring the Disaster Recovery Plans managed by the supplier are updated based on DR application or technical updates.

Skills:

• BS degree or higher required

• PMP,CISSP, ISO22301, CBCP certification is preferred

• 8+ years of increasingly responsible IT technical experience

• 3+ years IT DR planning and design experience for med-large organizations

• Expert knowledge of DR and business continuity policies, procedures, regulations and governance processes required

• Advanced knowledge of data center infrastructures, network, midrange, middleware, storage, databases, portals, mobile, and IT security

• Demonstrates understanding of data replication technologies, backup and restore approaches and technologies.

• Experience with SunGard LDRPS or Assurance preferred

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with all levels of management and technical staff

• Extensive familiarity with all aspects of project management, including project planning, scheduling, budgeting and operations

• Ability to lead, motivate and train individuals and teams.

• Intellectually inquisitive with a drive to completion and closure.