Disaster Recovery Specialist

Overview

Together we fight for everyone’s opportunity for a better financial future. We will do this together — with customers, partners and colleagues, championing everyone’s access to opportunities and working to create a better financial future today. We are bold and committed to action, fostering a work environment where differences are understood, valued and pursued. We believe employees own our culture and should feel comfortable bringing their whole selves to work.

Are you ready to join a company with a strong purpose and a winning culture? Start your Voyage – Apply Now. Get To Know The Opportunity. We are seeking a detail-oriented and technically proficient Disaster Recovery Specialist to lead and support all aspects of disaster recovery planning, testing, automation, and reporting. This role will ensure organizational resilience and compliance with recovery objectives while driving innovation and reducing manual dependencies in DR and cyber incident response.

This position will be fully on-site, 5-days per week, in either our New York or Connecticut office locations.

• Lead all enterprise DR tests, including Level I (CMDB Review), Level II (Walkthrough), and Level III (Functional Testing), ensuring full coordination across infrastructure, application, and business teams.
• Organize and facilitate cross-functional participation in DR exercises, including internal teams and third-party vendors.
• Develop and maintain DR calendars, test schedules, and compliance documentation.
• Drive automation of DR workflows to reduce reliance on manual effort and improve response time and accuracy.
• Support ransomware recovery planning and tabletop exercises, including development of isolated recovery environments (IREs) and playbooks.
• Maintain DR documentation including business function mappings, recovery time objectives (RTO), and tier classifications.
• Contribute to the development and refinement of DR metrics dashboards, including recoverability scores, tiering compliance, and plan currency.
• Assist in the creation and submission of monthly and quarterly ORM metrics, including Tier 1 and Tier 2 recoverability and plan approval rates.
• Participate in working sessions and support automation and monitoring of DR workflows.
• Provide support for DR-related communications, including participant instructions and compliance letters.

• 3+ years of experience in disaster recovery, business continuity, or IT operations.
• Proven experience leading DR testing and coordinating multi-team participation.
• Experience with DR testing methodologies and compliance frameworks.
• Experience with cloud-based DR solutions and Azure Site Recovery (ASR).
• Exposure to cybersecurity and ransomware recovery planning.
• Experience with DR automation tools such as Continuity Patrol or similar platforms.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail in metrics reporting and documentation.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical and business teams.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• High standards of integrity and transparency in all aspects of execution and reporting.

• Knowledge of ITIL or similar service management frameworks.
• Experience with ORM reporting and enterprise risk metrics.

The below annual base salary range reflects the expected hiring range(s) for this position in the location(s) listed. In addition to base salary, Voya offers incentive opportunities (i.e., annual cash incentives, sales incentives, and/or long-term incentives) based on the role to reward the achievement of annual performance objectives. Actual compensation offered may vary from the posted salary range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer.

Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

Base salary range: $140,000 - $150,000.

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