Sr Disaster Recovery Analyst

UT Southwestern Medical Center • Dallas, TX

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About The Position

Serves as a key member of the Disaster Recovery Team to promote and implement IT disaster recovery best practices in a decentralized clinical and academic environment while providing expertise in disaster recovery concepts, plan development, validation, and testing of critical systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree In Information Technology, Computer Science or a related field
• 4 years Progressively responsible information systems disaster recovery experience and
• Additional years of directly related information systems disaster recovery experience may be accepted on a year for year basis in lieu of stated degree requirement.
• Must have previous experience utilizing Disaster Recovery Planning software and tools.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with ITIL Problem Management and Root Cause Analysis
• Related industry certifications or memberships are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates with Information Resources and various business groups across campus to identify critical systems and dependencies, the potential vulnerabilities and risks that could result in catastrophic impact, and the development of effective mitigation strategies in the form of high availability/fault tolerant solutions, Information System Contingency Plans (ISCP) and validation testing.
• Works closely with the Disaster Recovery Manager in maintaining all disaster recovery data within a centralized disaster recovery tool.
• Reviews requests regarding potential incoming systems to determine tier category and associated disaster recovery requirements.
• Coordinates ISCP and tier reviews on a regular basis. Tracks progress, follow-up activities and completion.
• Schedules and coordinaties disaster recovery testing of critical systems. Documents results, recovery time capability, issues and resolutions through post-testing analysis.
• Reports to the Disaster Recovery Manager and serves as back-up during catastrophic disaster recovery or business continuity events.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100%25 coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees