Disaster Recovery Specialist - Strong Azure DR, Azure Backup and Automation

Job Title: Disaster Recovery Specialist
- Strong Azure DR, Azure Backup and Automation

Location: Richmond
- Virginia (Hybrid)

Employment Type: Contract

About Smart IT Frame:

At Smart IT Frame
, we connect top talent with leading organizations across the USA. With over a decade of staffing excellence, we specialize in IT, healthcare, and professional roles, empowering both clients and candidates to grow together.

Job Summary:

This is a Senior Disaster Recovery / Cloud Resilience role with a strong focus on Azure Cloud Architecture, DR strategy, automation, governance, and testing
.

Key Responsibilities

• Disaster Recovery Strategy Execution
• Lead the design implementation testing and continuous improvement of enterprise Disaster Recovery strategies frameworks and recovery capabilities.
• Drive DR automation initiatives by leveraging Azure native and cloud-based resiliency solutions to improve recovery effectiveness and reduce recovery timelines.
• Ensure successful execution of DR programs across infrastructure applications databases and cloud environments.
• Cloud Resilience Recovery.
• Risk Governance Compliance.
• Ensure DR and resilience practices comply with industry standards and regulations including.
• oSOX
• oGDPR
• oFFIEC
• oEnterprise Risk Management Policies
• Testing Validation

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Financial Services Insurance or other highly regulated industries.
• Knowledge of Azure Site Recovery Azure Backup and Infrastructure-as-Code automation.
• Experience with Power Shell Terraform Azure Dev Ops or other automation tools.

Relevant certifications such as

• Certified Business Continuity Professional
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional