Disaster Recovery Specialist - Infrastructure

Health Care Service Corporation•Nashville, TN

1d•$61,500 - $136,100•Hybrid

About The Position

The IT Disaster Recovery Specialist is responsible for supporting the development, implementation, testing, and maintenance of disaster recovery (DR) plans to ensure systems, applications, and infrastructure can be restored effectively following outages or major disruptions. This role partners with IT teams to improve system recoverability, reduce downtime, and strengthen overall resilience.

Requirements

Bachelor Degree and 2 years experience in disaster recovery planning, process analysis, and general business systems analyst OR 6 years related military experience.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field.

Responsibilities

Assist in the development and maintenance of disaster recovery plans for centralized and distributed systems, applications, and infrastructure
Identify system risks, vulnerabilities, and single points of failure, and recommend mitigation solutions
Develop, document, and maintain disaster recovery procedures, standards, and supporting materials
Coordinate and support disaster recovery testing activities, including recovery exercises and failover testing with IT teams
Document test results, track remediation activities, and support the resolution of identified gaps
Participate in recovery efforts during system disruptions by executing disaster recovery procedures as needed
Collaborate with infrastructure, application, and network teams to ensure recovery requirements and dependencies are clearly defined
Assist in evaluating third-party vendors to ensure disaster recovery capabilities and service level agreements (SLAs) align with organizational requirements
Maintain accurate documentation of system dependencies, recovery processes, and defined recovery objectives (RTOs and RPOs)