IT Analyst; Azure & Disaster Recovery Testing

Position: IT Analyst (Azure & Disaster Recovery Testing)
** IT Analyst (Azure & Disaster Recovery Testing)*
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** IT Analyst - Azure & Disaster Recovery Testing

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* Location:

** Charlotte, NC 28202 (Hybrid - 2 to 3 days onsite weekly)

** Pay Rate:**  $30.00 - $38.00 / hour W2

** Duration:
** 12-Month Contract + Long-Term Extensions

** Employment

Terms:

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* ** STRICTLY W2 ONLY.
** No C2C, no third parties, and no referrals.

** Position Overview*
* We are seeking a highly organized  
** IT Analyst
** with 3 to 4 years of hands-on technical experience to coordinate, execute, and validate  
** Disaster Recovery (DR) testing
** across a portfolio of cloud-hosted applications and systems.

As our enterprise continues to expand its cloud footprint, this role will serve as a key technical coordinator helping execute application recovery testing in secondary/DR environments. You do not need to be a deep cloud architect, but you must have a solid foundation in  
** Azure Administration concepts
** and hands-on experience driving  
** IT recovery testing cycles** .

You will manage a portfolio of 20 to 30 individual applications-driving each independent DR testing cycle from initial environment scheduling and execution through post-test validation and sign-off.

** Key Responsibilities*
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** DR Recovery Testing Execution:
** Help coordinate and execute disaster recovery testing for 20 to 30 enterprise applications in DR/cloud environments, ensuring all recovery steps, execution logs, and validation metrics meet program standards.

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** Azure Environment Coordination:
** Utilize basic Azure administration knowledge to navigate cloud environments, review application dependencies, and verify resource readiness prior to recovery execution.

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** Stakeholder & Bridge Facilitation:
** Serve as the central technical coordinator between application owners, infrastructure teams, cloud engineers, and business partners. Lead DR planning sessions, live execution bridge calls, and post-recovery retrospectives.

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** Compliance & Evidence Tracking:
** Collect and track technical DR testing evidence, failover/failback documentation, action plans, and regulatory readiness artifacts to ensure full organizational compliance.

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** Inventory & Dashboard Management:
** Maintain accurate tracking dashboards, application recovery metrics, and schedule timelines across multiple concurrent testing cycles.

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** Issue Resolution:
** Drive cross-functional troubleshooting when recovery bottlenecks, environment issues, or scheduling conflicts arise during live test cycles.

** Qualifications & Core Requirements*
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* Experience:

** 3 to 4 years of hands-on IT, Technical Systems, or Application Support experience operating as an IT Analyst, Technical Coordinator, Systems Analyst, or Junior Cloud Administrator.

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** Disaster Recovery (DR) Focus:
** Demonstrated hands-on experience with  
** IT disaster recovery testing, application failover/recovery validation** , or operational continuity testing.

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** Azure Familiarity:
** Practical working knowledge of  
** Azure Administration concepts**  (e.g., Azure VM management, basic identity/IAM, cloud storage, and virtual networking).

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** Azure

Certifications:

** Active Azure certifications (such as  
** AZ-900** ,  
** AZ-104** , or  
** AZ-305** ) are preferred;  
** willingness to obtain
** core Azure certifications during the engagement is acceptable.

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** Superb Organizational Acumen:
** Ability to manage 20 to 30 distinct, concurrent application DR testing timelines simultaneously without missing key milestones.

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** Strong Communication:
** Excellent verbal and written skills to coordinate across distributed technical teams, lead live execution bridge calls, and report recovery statuses clearly to leadership.

** Why Apply?*
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** Long-Term Stability:
** 12-month…