Disaster Recovery and Resilience Specialist (1043)- Department of Technology

Disaster Recovery And Resilience Specialist

In the Department of Technology, Office of Cybersecurity, the Disaster Recovery and Resilience Specialist plays a key role in the preparation and execution of the Technology Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity/Continuity of Operations Plans.

Major functions in this role include (and are not limited to):

• Work with City departments to plan, design, and test the resilience solutions for all critical City systems to support the citywide technology resilience program
• Conduct detailed Technology Risk assessment and Business Impact Analysis
• Review City departments completed Technology Risk and Business Impact Analysis for completeness
• Develop resilience reports that identify gaps and recommendations from Technology Risk assessment and Business Impact Analysis
• Maintains knowledge on the current and emerging developments/trends for IT Disaster Recovery technology and resilience solutions
• Collaborate with technical engineering teams to understand the evolving architectures to plan, design and test the resilience solutions
• Collaborate with technical, non-technical, and management stakeholders
• Review and provide recommendations for client departments Technology Disaster recovery Plans and Business Continuity/Continuity of Operations Plans
• Develop and maintain Business Continuity/Continuity of Operations Plans for the department and each division
• Review the completeness of technology recovery plans and procedures for critical technology systems and applications for completeness
• Design, plan, coordinate and execute technology resilience test/exercise with recovery teams for all critical technology systems and applications
• Support natural, human-caused and technology disaster/emergencies during the activations of Emergency Operations Center/Department Operation Center

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

An associate degree in computer science, computer engineering, information systems, or a closely related field from an accredited college or university OR its equivalent in terms of total course credits/units [i.e., at least sixty (60) semester or ninety (90) quarter credits/units with a minimum of twenty (20) semester or thirty (30) quarter credits/units in one of the fields above or a closely-related field].

Experience:

Three (3) years of experience analyzing, installing, configuring, enhancing, and/or maintaining the components of an enterprise network.

Substitution:
Additional experience as described above may be substituted for the required degree on a year-for-year basis (up to a maximum of two (2) years). One (1) year is equivalent to thirty (30) semester units/ forty-five (45) quarter units with a minimum of 10 semester / 15 quarter units in one of the fields above or a closely related field.

Completion of the 1010 Information Systems Trainee Program may be substituted for the required degree.

Desirable Qualifications

• Possess an industry-recognized certification in Business Continuity Planning
• Strong applied communication and presentation skills
• Possess 2–3 years of experience in IT System Infrastructure Disaster Recovery and the Business Continuity field
• Knowledgeable in current Disaster Recovery planning methodologies, tools, and technologies
• Experienced in planning and executing technology recovery testing exercises for applications and systems across enterprise data centers and cloud platforms
• Demonstrated proficiency in executing Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery programs, managing process improvement initiatives, and applying the full disaster recovery lifecycle

One-year full-time employment is considered equivalent to 2000 hours (2000 hours of qualifying work experience is based on a 40hour work week). Any overtime hours that you work above forty (40) hours per week are not included in the calculation to determine full-time employment.