Description:
Use your skills where innovative technology solutions begin. ECLARO is looking for a Disaster Recovery Engineer for our client in New York, NY.
ECLARO’s client is a leading technology solutions provider, collaborating with customers to manage their needs and achieve success in their business goals. If you’re up to the challenge, then take a chance at this rewarding opportunity!
Position Overview:
- Responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining disaster recovery (DR) solutions for cloud-based and hybrid environments.
- Assess application dependencies, ensure system backups, and define and manage RTO (Recovery Time Objective) and RPO (Recovery Point Objective) to minimize downtime and data loss in the event of a disaster.
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement Azure-based disaster recovery solutions for critical business applications, ensuring high availability and minimal disruption during outages.
- Conduct application dependency assessments to map out interdependencies between systems, applications, and services, ensuring seamless failover and recovery.
- Define, manage, and test Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) to meet business requirements and reduce downtime.
- Develop and maintain backup strategies using Azure Backup, ensuring data retention policies are met for mission-critical workloads.
- Configure and manage Azure Site Recovery (ASR) for automatic failover and data replication across Azure regions and on-premises environments.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including IT, DevOps, and application owners to develop comprehensive disaster recovery plans.
- Perform regular disaster recovery drills and failover testing to ensure preparedness and to validate that systems can recover within the agreed RTO/RPO.
- Develop detailed disaster recovery runbooks and procedures, ensuring smooth recovery processes during incidents.
- Implement monitoring solutions using Azure Monitor and Log Analytics to detect issues and ensure optimal system health.
- Provide ongoing risk assessments and business impact analysis (BIA) to identify potential vulnerabilities and gaps in the disaster recovery strategy.
- Stay current on emerging cloud technologies and best practices in disaster recovery and backup solutions, making recommendations for continuous improvement.
Required Qualifications:
- Proven experience as a Disaster Recovery Engineer or similar role, with a focus on Azure cloud infrastructure.
- Strong understanding of RTO/RPO concepts and ability to design systems to meet business recovery objectives.
- Expertise in Azure Site Recovery (ASR), Azure Backup, and Azure Blob Storage.
- Experience in conducting application dependency mapping and assessing critical service interdependencies for DR planning.
- Solid knowledge of cloud architecture, including virtual machines, networking, and storage in Azure environments.
- Familiarity with failover testing, replication technologies, and disaster recovery automation tools.
- Scripting skills (PowerShell, Azure CLI) to automate DR tasks and backup operations.
- Strong understanding of business continuity planning and risk management.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Azure Solutions Architect Expert or Azure Administrator Associate certification.
- Experience with on-premises-to-cloud migration for disaster recovery purposes.
- Experience in developing disaster recovery strategies for hybrid environments.
- Knowledge of compliance and data protection standards related to DR and backup strategies.
If hired, you will enjoy the following ECLARO Benefits:
- 401k Retirement Savings Plan administered by Merrill Lynch
- Commuter Check Pretax Commuter Benefits
- Eligibility to purchase Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance through ECLARO