Disaster Recovery Analyst

New York City, NY • Manhattan, NY

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About The Position

The Financial Information Services Agency-Office of Payroll Administration (FISA-OPA) has a vacancy for a Disaster Recovery (DR) Analyst. Under the direction of the Disaster Recovery Process Lead, the DR Analyst will work with all levels of the organization to coordinate and assist the larger team with preparing for and participating in disaster recovery events.

Requirements

• Excellent oral and written communication skills and proven analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent customer service skills
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction and under pressure with tight deadlines
• Demonstrate proficiency with MS Project Management; MS Excel; and other Microsoft tools such as Word, Power Point and Visio
• Ability to speak in front of a user group and clearly describe how business functions are executed from within FISA-OPA
• Ability to orchestrate an end user meeting with the goal of gathering requirements, gaining consensus between parties on business issues, taking and publishing meeting minutes, creating and presenting deliverables for review

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of IT infrastructure operations
• Strong understanding of standard SDLC methodologies

Responsibilities

• Support disaster recovery testing through documentation of plans and test plans, identifying program needs, and maintaining artifacts
• Convene & manage meetings - agenda, participants, deliverables - to ensure important issues are aired and resolved
• Develop metrics and reporting dashboards to communicate status, dependencies and risks of various DR activities
• Work closely with Business Continuity and Risk Management team members to continually mature and improve the response to disruptive events
• Work additional hours during the DR drills, which are conducted 4 times a year and is a 48hr event and can be extended to 72hrs
• Provide assistance with Change Management as a backup

Benefits

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility
• Potential for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees