Disaster Recovery Manager

NTT DATA Services • Plano, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Disaster Recovery (DR) Manager is responsible for leading the organization’s disaster recovery and IT resilience program to ensure business continuity during system outages, cyber incidents, natural disasters, or other disruptive events. This role oversees the development, implementation, testing, and continuous improvement of disaster recovery strategies, recovery plans, and operational readiness across critical business and technology environments.
The DR Manager collaborates with infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud, application, network, and business stakeholders to establish recovery objectives, coordinate recovery exercises, manage crisis response activities, and ensure compliance with regulatory and organizational requirements. The role also provides leadership during disaster recovery events and drives continuous enhancement of recovery capabilities, governance, and resilience standards.

Requirements

• 10+ years of Disaster Recovery/Risk Management Experience
• Applied knowledge of risk management concepts
• Strong knowledge of systems and network administration (i.e., desktop, server)
• Knowledge and application of Globally Accepted Information Security Principles
• Strong knowledge of network security that pertains to communications, computer system environments and related infrastructures
• Thorough knowledge of server and desktop configurations that will protect systems from unauthorized access and software invasion

Nice To Haves

• CISSP, GIAC, SSCP or CEH

Responsibilities

• Leading the organization’s disaster recovery and IT resilience program
• Ensuring business continuity during system outages, cyber incidents, natural disasters, or other disruptive events
• Overseeing the development, implementation, testing, and continuous improvement of disaster recovery strategies, recovery plans, and operational readiness across critical business and technology environments
• Collaborating with infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud, application, network, and business stakeholders to establish recovery objectives
• Coordinating recovery exercises
• Managing crisis response activities
• Ensuring compliance with regulatory and organizational requirements
• Providing leadership during disaster recovery events
• Driving continuous enhancement of recovery capabilities, governance, and resilience standards

Benefits

• NTT DATA is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed