Business Continuity Planning:

• Develop and implement IT business continuity and disaster recovery plans.
• Conduct risk assessments to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities to IT systems.
• Create and maintain documentation for IT continuity and recovery strategies.

Disaster Recovery:

• Design and execute disaster recovery testing and simulations to ensure plans are effective.
• Ensure backup and recovery processes are functioning and data is regularly backed up and retrievable.
• Coordinate recovery efforts and provide leadership during IT-related incidents and disasters.

Risk Management:

• Identify and assess risks to IT infrastructure and applications.
• Develop strategies to mitigate identified risks and implement preventive measures.
• Regularly review and update risk management plans to address new threats.

Collaboration and Communication:

• Work closely with IT teams, stakeholders, and other departments to ensure continuity plans are integrated into overall business operations.
• Communicate effectively with senior management regarding continuity strategies, testing results, and incident response activities.
• Provide training and awareness programs for staff on business continuity and disaster recovery procedures.

Compliance and Auditing:

• Ensure that business continuity and disaster recovery plans comply with industry regulations and standards.
• Conduct regular audits of continuity plans and recovery processes to ensure they meet organizational and regulatory requirements.

Continuous Improvement:

• Monitor industry trends and best practices related to IT business continuity and disaster recovery.
• Recommend and implement improvements to enhance the effectiveness of continuity plans.
• Evaluate and update continuity strategies based on lessons learned from tests and actual incidents.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor / Master's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering or Business Information Technology
• 5+ years of experience in IT, with at least 3 years in a business continuity or disaster recovery role.
• Professional certifications such as Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) will be preferred
• Open, friendly, creative personality with service-oriented professional can-do attitude, strong intercultural skills with proven agility and flexibility and a high sense of responsibility
• Highly responsive, takes pride in always-on accessibility and thrives in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and deliver highest quality work under time constraints and in complex environments with little or no guidance
• Out-of-the-box thinking and willingness to make the impossible possible
• Superior team player with high-quality standards, cloud mindset, challenging the status quo, getting things done, continuously striving to improve our cloud services & processes and defining metrics and KPIs to measure our levels of reliability and performance
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English 
• Highly flexible and able to change course quickly. 
• Able to juggle multiple activities and priorities simultaneously.
• Experience working in datacenter, cloud, and network environments.
• Professional certifications such as Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) will be preferred.
• Fluency both written and spoken in English