NJITO DR Coordinator- NEW

Disaster Recovery Coordinator

The Disaster Recovery (DR) Coordinator is responsible for planning, organizing, executing, and maturing the Judiciary's enterprise-wide Disaster Recovery and IT Resiliency Program.

Program Leadership & Coordination

• Serve as the central point of contact for all DR activities across the Judiciary.
• Coordinate and facilitate DR planning sessions, status meetings, and post exercise reviews.
• Maintain alignment with Judiciary IT strategy, business continuity objectives, and evolving operational requirements

Disaster Recovery Planning

• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve a comprehensive Disaster Recovery & Resiliency Plan covering:
• IBM mainframe environments (z/OS)
• Linux
• Windows/x86 and virtualized environments (VMware, cloud workloads)
• Network, storage, and supporting infrastructure
• Ensure DR plans reflect accurate system inventories, recovery procedures, RTO/RPO requirements, dependencies

DR Testing & Validation

• Plan, schedule, coordinate, and execute multiple DR tests annually (both full-scale and component-level exercises).
• Collaborate with Recovery Point Systems to validate hot site readiness, replication integrity, and environment compatibility.
• Coordinate with application and infrastructure teams to ensure test objectives, success criteria, and roles are clearly defined.
• Document test results, identify remediation activities, and track corrective actions to completion.

Cross-Team Collaboration

• Work with development teams to ensure applications incorporate recovery readiness, proper failover procedures, and dependency documentation.
• Partner with infrastructure teams to confirm systems, storage, and network configurations are test-ready and aligned with DR capabilities.
• Communicate clearly with leadership on DR posture, gaps, risks, and progress metrics

Vendor & Partner Management

• Act as primary liaison with the DR vendor (Recovery Point Systems), ensuring:
• Scheduling and logistics for DR tests
• Timely communication of infrastructure changes
• Coordination on replication, data synchronization, and recovery environment updates
• Review and validate vendor delivered DR services and SLAs.

Documentation & Governance

• Maintain all DR-related documentation in a standardized, version-controlled format.
• Develop frameworks, templates, checklists, and procedures for DR activities.
• Ensure compliance with Judiciary security, continuity, and contingency planning requirements.
• Produce reports for audits, leadership updates, and external reviews.

Risk Management & Continuous Improvement

• Identify resiliency gaps and recommend system or process improvements.
• Monitor changes in the production environment to ensure ongoing DR alignment.
• Stay informed of DR industry best practices and emerging technologies.

Required Skills & Experience :

• Strong experience in IT Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, or IT Resiliency roles.
• Hands on understanding of:
• IBM mainframe environments (z/OS, JCL, schedulers, storage replication)
• Linux and Windows/x86 systems
• Virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware ESXi)
• Cloud platforms (IaaS/PaaS)
• SAN storage, networking, and data replication technologies
• Prior experience coordinating DR exercises with third party recovery providers (Recovery Point experience preferred).
• Excellent project management, documentation, and coordination skills.
• Ability to work across diverse technical teams and communicate effectively with technical and non technical audiences.

Skill
- Required / Desired
- Amount - of Experience

Strong experience in IT Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, or IT Resiliency roles.

- Required - 8 - Years

IBM mainframe environments (z/OS, JCL, schedulers, storage replication) - Required - 8 - Years

Linux and Windows/x86 systems
- Required - 8 - Years

Virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware ESXi) - Required - 8 - Years

Cloud platforms (IaaS/PaaS) - Required - 8 - Years

SAN storage, networking, and data replication technologies
- Required - 8 - Years

Compensation:
The hourly rate for this position is between $XX-XX per hour. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include [geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate]. Benefits:
Sunrise offers ACA compliant medical coverage/dental insurance/vision insurance to all employees. We also offer Sick time benefits as required per State regulations.