IT Disaster Recovery; ITDR Consultant

Overview

We are partnering with a leading organization in Riyadh to hire an ITDR Consultant who will play a key role in strengthening enterprise resilience by assessing, designing, and governing Disaster Recovery capabilities across the organization. This is a strategic advisory role focused on governance, operating models, risk assessment, documentation, and stakeholder engagement rather than hands‑on infrastructure implementation.

• Lead enterprise-wide IT Disaster Recovery risk assessments and maturity evaluations
• Design and develop comprehensive Disaster Recovery Plans (DRPs) aligned to business-critical services
• Define recovery strategies, Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs), Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs), and application recovery priorities
• Perform technology dependency analysis and develop end‑to‑end recovery workflows and procedures
• Establish and implement a Disaster Recovery Incident Management Framework (DRIMF) including incident governance, escalation models, crisis communications, and executive reporting
• Develop an enterprise IT Disaster Recovery Operating Model covering governance structures, organisational roles, KPIs, KRIs, service metrics, and continuous improvement
• Facilitate workshops with business and technology stakeholders to identify critical systems, dependencies, and recovery requirements
• Produce high-quality documentation, governance artefacts, standards, policies, and operating procedures
• Ensure Disaster Recovery capabilities align with international best practices and Saudi regulatory requirements
• Support the development of Disaster Recovery maturity roadmaps and ongoing governance initiatives

• Proven experience delivering enterprise IT Disaster Recovery strategy, governance, and advisory engagements
• Strong understanding of ITDR risk assessments and Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
• Experience developing Disaster Recovery Plans, recovery procedures, and governance frameworks
• Knowledge of recovery strategies and workflows, RTO/RPO definition and management, critical application recovery mapping, technology dependency analysis, and Disaster Recovery governance and operating models
• Proficiency in incident lifecycle management and escalation frameworks, including incident classification, severity models, crisis communication, RACI matrices, executive reporting, and regulatory reporting requirements
• Experience in lessons‑learned processes and continual service improvement
• Experience designing enterprise operating models, governance structures, steering committees, KPIs, KRIs, and service metrics
• Excellent stakeholder management, facilitation, and documentation skills
• Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to engage senior business and technology leaders