Disaster Recovery Analyst - OIT

Emory University•Atlanta, GA

51d•Hybrid

About The Position

Emory University is a leading research university that fosters excellence and attracts world-class talent to innovate today and prepare leaders for the future. We welcome candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of our academic community. The Disaster Recovery Analyst is responsible for coordinating and implementing aspects of Emory's enterprise-wide disaster recovery program which spans both university and healthcare lines of business.

Requirements

A bachelor's degree and three years of related IT experience including demonstrated technical expertise in business continuity or disaster recovery, project management skills, OR an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Knowledge of technical architecture for applications, databases, and networking, including cloud.
Excellent team participation skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Maintains high standards of personal integrity, whilst demonstrating respect for other viewpoints.
Knowledge of disaster recovery technologies, methodologies, and practices in policy, standards, and best practices.

Nice To Haves

ABCP - Associate Business Continuity Professional (DRI)
CBRITP - Certified Business Resilience IT Professional
DRCP - Disaster Recovery Certified Planner
EDRP - EC-Council's Disaster Recovery Professional.

Responsibilities

Serves as a subject matter expert for IT disaster recovery within the institution.
Collaborates closely with key IT and business stakeholders to develop, implement, and test disaster recovery plans and procedures.
Supports alignment with Emory's Business Continuity and Critical Event Preparedness and Response programs.
Assists with the development and maintenance of disaster recovery policies, procedures, guidance and training and monitors adherence to disaster recovery requirements.
Coordinates efforts to maintain a central repository of disaster recovery documentation, artifacts, plans, test results, and other information necessary to effectively recover from adverse events.
Implements disaster recovery governance processes.
Contributes to regular executive level reporting on the status of the disaster recovery program.
Administers and maintains tools and data used to facilitate management of the disaster recovery program.
Coordinates and executes the testing processes utilized to validate the disaster recovery plans.
Maintains recovery and testing records in a controlled repository, and control access to and distribution of the results to authorized personnel.
Plays a coordinating role in the recovery of systems in response to actual adverse events.
Stays informed of current state of the art disaster recovery and business continuity best practices.
Maintains situational awareness of the latest security threats and vulnerabilities and those most likely to lead to adverse events.
Performs other related duties as required.