IT Disaster Recovery Coordinator

IT Disaster Recovery Coordinator

What success looks like in this role:

Role Summary

Responsible for maintaining, executing, and improving IT disaster recovery plans, coordinating DR testing, and acting as a key liaison between IT teams, business stakeholders, and senior DR leadership.

1. Disaster Recovery Planning

• Maintain and update IT disaster recovery plans
• Ensure plans reflect:
  • Current infrastructure and applications
  • Cloud, on‑prem, and hybrid environments
• Validate plan accuracy through regular reviews
• Maintain and track:
  • System‑level RTO and RPO
• Identify gaps between recovery targets and technical capability
• Escalate risks and misalignments to senior leadership

2. IT & Technical Knowledge (Infrastructure & Platform Understanding)

• Solid working knowledge of:
  • Servers, virtualization, storage, and networking basics
  • Cloud DR concepts (replication, snapshots, failover)
• Understand how:
  • Applications depend on databases, identity, and networks
  • Can explain recovery steps and sequencing clearly to technical teams.

Backup & Restore Processes

• Understand backup and recovery solutions:
  • Backup schedules, retention, restore validation
• Coordinate restore testing with infrastructure teams
• Track backup success and recovery risks

3. DR Testing & Exercising (Test Planning & Execution)

• Plan and coordinate:
  • Application DR tests
  • Infrastructure recovery tests
  • Create test scenarios aligned to real‑world failures
• Coordinate across:
  • Server, network, database, application, security teams

Test Reporting & Follow‑Up

• Capture test results:
  • Actual recovery times vs RTO
  • Issues and lessons learned
• Track remediation actions to closure
• Track recovery progress, blockers, and dependencies
• Maintain accurate timelines during incidents
• Provide summary reports to senior DR leadership

Communication & Coordination

• Prepare and deliver:
  • Clear, timely stakeholder updates
  • Status reports for IT and business teams
• Maintain incident logs and documentation
• Communicate confidently with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

4. Governance, Risk & Compliance (Documentation & Audit Readiness)

• Maintain DR documentation for:
  • Audits and compliance reviews
• Support audits:
  • Provide evidence
  • Walk through DR plans and test results
• Track audit findings and remediation actions
• Audit‑aware and detail‑oriented.

Risk Tracking

• Identify DR gaps and risks:
  • Inadequate testing
  • Missing dependencies
  • Unrealistic recovery targets
• Log and track risks until resolution or formal acceptance
• Proactively flags risks instead of reacting to audit findings.

5. Program & Organizational Skills

Planning & Coordination

• Manage DR calendars:
  • Testing schedules
  • Plan reviews
• Coordinate with:
  • IT, Security, Applications, Infrastructure, Vendors
• Track deliverables and deadlines

Tools & Reporting

• Use tools such as:
  • ServiceNow
  • BCM Modules
• Maintain accurate trackers, dashboards, and reports

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You will be successful in this role if you have:

Soft Skills & Behaviors (Critical at Mid‑Level)

Skill

Mid‑Level Expectation

Communication

Clear, structured, audience-aware

Organization

Strong multitasking and follow-up

Analytical Thinking

Identifies patterns and improvement opportunities

Ownership

Drives tasks to completion

Collaboration

Works effectively across IT teams

Pressure Handling

Stays calm during incidents

7. Certifications (Valued, Not Mandatory)

• CBCP / CBCI (Associate or Core level)
• ITIL Foundation
• ISO 22301 (Foundation / Internal Auditor)
• Cloud fundamentals (Azure or AWS)

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Experience Level

Mid Level