IT Disaster Recovery Analyst I

Marion County Sheriff's Office•Florida 34475, FL

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The IT Disaster Recovery Analyst is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining the organization's disaster recovery and business continuity plans. This role involves identifying potential risks, creating strategies to mitigate those risks, and ensuring the organization can quickly recover from any disruption to its IT systems and operations. The IT Disaster Recovery Analyst works closely with IT teams and business units to ensure that critical systems and data are protected and that recovery plans are effective and regularly tested.

Requirements

Associates degree or equivalent experience.
A strong understanding of disaster recovery principles, practices, and tools is essential, along with experience in risk assessment, business impact analysis, and the development of recovery strategies.
Customer service experience.
Strong organizational skills to balance multiple projects within the constraints of timelines and budgets with business awareness.
Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and with the written word.
Must be able to pass a Criminal Background Screening and Drug Screening.
Maintain a valid Florida driver's license.
Demonstrates excellent customer service and professionalism.
No ongoing pattern of negative feedback.
Maintains responsive and solution focused communications with all users.
Applies a security first approach in all duties.
Follows least privilege principles and reports anomalies.
Actively participates in security response efforts.
Successfully completes security and phishing tests.
Demonstrates respect toward peers and managers.
Addresses disagreements professionally.
Does not undermine leadership or colleagues.
Maintains a positive and collaborative attitude within the IT department.
Communicates effectively with stakeholders, peers, and vendors.
Keeps others informed on status and impacts of work.
Assists peers and contributes to team improvement.
Participates and can be depended upon in emergency after-hours situations.
Stays focused and delivers high quality work on time and meets deadlines.
Proactively prevents delays and removes roadblocks.
Consistently plans and prioritizes tasks so that meaningful work is always in progress.
Shows initiative to learn new technologies and practices.
Demonstrates capacity to read documentation and apply new knowledge independently.
Strives to be a subject matter expert.
Keeps IT systems and spaces clean and maintained.
Prevents and actively seeks to reduce technical debt.
Ensures minimal system downtime through architectural and process improvement.
Delivers maintainable and reliable solutions to improve system functionality, performance, and stability.
Solves complex problems with precision, even under pressure.
Shows commitment to the profession by always maintaining a high standard of technical competence and a drive to continuously exceed expectations in our sector.

Nice To Haves

2+ years of experience in disaster recovery planning or a related field.
Familiarity with disaster recovery tools and technologies is a plus.

Responsibilities

Assist in the development and implementation of comprehensive disaster recovery and business continuity plans for the organization.
Coordinate and conduct disaster recovery testing and simulations, including DR site fail over recovery plans to ensure the disaster recovery plan is current and effective.
Assist in incident response activities, including investigation, documentation, and reporting of security breaches or incidents.
Ensure the health and performance of backup systems by regularly monitoring, maintaining, and troubleshooting to guarantee reliable data protection and recovery capabilities.
Monitor the effectiveness of disaster recovery procedures on an ongoing basis, generating regular reports to assess readiness and identify potential weaknesses.
Collaborate with the internal IT teams on data protection to ensure applications are backed up appropriately and that the backups are periodically tested successfully.
Identify critical processes and systems that require high availability and quick recovery times.
Assist in the creation and maintenance of emergency communication plans, ensuring that key stakeholders are informed during a disruption.
Ensure that all disaster recovery procedures, including those related to the DR site, comply with industry standards, regulatory requirements, and organizational policies.
Respond to actual disasters or disruptions, coordinating recovery efforts and providing ongoing support to restore operations.
Translate user needs and business processes into technical requirements.
Develop documentation and procedures for the installation, maintenance, and use of systems.
Ensure accuracy and integrity of data and applications through analysis and problem resolution.
Perform day-to-day monitoring of disaster recovery systems and processes, taking corrective actions as needed to ensure system availability and effective recovery operations.
Develop and maintain documentation related to disaster recovery plans, procedures, and testing results.
Consistently creates and keeps tickets up to date. Information put into tickets is accurate.
Maintain accurate inventory and track assets through their lifecycle. Provides up to date and accurate assessments of licensing, usage buffers, service life, and support contracts.
Perform other related duties, as assigned, including modified schedule or temporary re-assignment during declared emergencies or activations, as determined by the Sheriff.