Disaster Recovery Engineer

Disaster Recovery Engineer

The Disaster Recovery Engineer is responsible for developing, maintaining, and executing the organization's Disaster Recovery (DR) program. This role works closely with IT infrastructure teams, application owners, and Emergency Management/Business Continuity partners to ensure operational resilience and continuity of critical technology systems. The Disaster Recovery Engineer will design DR playbooks, coordinate DR exercises, guide teams through recovery steps, and produce clear reports for technical and leadership stakeholders.

Disaster Recovery Planning & Documentation:

• Partner with infrastructure, network, cloud, and application teams to develop detailed DR playbooks and recovery procedures.
• Identify system dependencies, RPO/RTO requirements, and recovery strategies for critical services.
• Maintain an up to date DR documentation repository, ensuring accuracy and version control.

DR Testing & Coordination:

• Create the annual DR testing schedule and coordinate test scenarios with participating teams.
• Lead and facilitate DR tabletop exercises, technical failover tests, and full-scale recovery events.
• Track test results, issues, and lessons learned; follow up with teams to ensure remediation actions are completed.

Reporting & Metrics:

• Produce post exercise reports summarizing test outcomes, metrics, gaps, and recommendations.
• Maintain dashboards and readiness indicators for leadership visibility.
• Provide input into enterprise risk assessments and continuity planning based on test data.

Collaboration & Cross Functional Engagement:

• Work closely with Emergency Management and Business Continuity teams to ensure alignment between IT Disaster Recovery and enterprise resilience strategies.
• Support business impact analysis (BIA) efforts and ensure technology recovery capabilities match business priorities.
• Assist application owners in identifying resilience improvements and infrastructure enhancements.

Program Governance & Compliance:

• Ensure DR plans and practices comply with organizational policies, regulatory requirements, and industry standards.
• Participate in audits, risk reviews, and compliance assessments related to technology continuity.
• Promote awareness and best practices across IT and business groups.

• A bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or Cybersecurity or High school diploma or equivalent plus 5 or more years of experience in IT engineering, System Administration, or Cybersecurity roles.
• Experience in Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, IT Operations, or related roles is required.
• Strong understanding of IT infrastructure including servers, networks, storage, virtualization, and cloud platforms.
• Ability to create detailed technical documentation and process flows.
• Experience coordinating cross functional teams during technical exercises or incidents.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.

• Knowledge of Business Continuity/DR frameworks (ISO 22301, NIST, FFIEC, etc.).
• Experience with enterprise DR tools or orchestration platforms.
• Familiarity with emergency management or risk management practices.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., CBCI, MBCI, ITIL, AWS/Azure certifications).

$83,636.80 - $

ECU Health is a mission-driven, 1,708-bed academic health care system serving more than 1.4 million people in 29 eastern North Carolina counties. The not-for-profit system is comprised of 13,000 team members, nine hospitals and a physician group that encompasses over 1,100 academic and community providers practicing in over 180 primary and specialty clinics located in more than 130 locations.

The flagship ECU Health Medical Center, a Level I Trauma Center, and ECU Health Maynard Children's Hospital serve as the primary teaching hospitals for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. ECU Health and the Brody School of Medicine share a combined academic mission to improve the health and well-being of eastern North Carolina through patient care, education and research.