IT Disaster Recovery Lead

Talent; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent is seeking a senior ICT Disaster Recovery and cyber resilience lead to uplift enterprise capabilities across a large technology environment. The role focuses on recovery, response and resilience when disruption occurs, working with technical owners, business stakeholders and senior leaders.

The 18-month contract (with potential extension) requires Australian citizenship with baseline clearance; NV1 desirable.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in ICT Disaster Recovery and technology resilience.
• Experience developing DR strategies, policies, standards and governance frameworks.
• Strong understanding of IT infrastructure, cloud environments, architecture and dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Designing and maintaining enterprise ICT Disaster Recovery capabilities, including recovery plans and testing programs.
• Developing Disaster Recovery strategy, policy and governance.
• Leading DR testing, assurance, audit and remediation activities.
• Integrating recovery requirements across architecture, cloud, project delivery and cyber security.
• Conducting Business Impact Analysis and recovery prioritisation (RTOs and RPOs).

Skills

Disaster Recovery

Cyber security

Governance

DR testing

BIA & RTO/RPO

Job description

• Lead the uplift of enterprise ICT Disaster Recovery and cyber resilience capability
• 18-month contract + 18-month extension
• Must be an Australian Citizen with Baseline clearance - NV1 desirable

Take on a senior role focused on strengthening how critical technology services recover, respond and remain resilient when disruption occurs.

You’ll work across ICT Disaster Recovery, cyber resilience, governance and assurance, partnering with technical owners, business stakeholders and senior leaders to uplift recovery capability across a large and complex technology environment.

The Role

Your responsibilities will include:

• Designing and maintaining enterprise ICT Disaster Recovery capabilities, including recovery plans, technical runbooks and testing programs
• Developing and maintaining Disaster Recovery strategy, policy, standards and governance
• Leading DR testing, assurance, audit and remediation activities
• Integrating recovery requirements across architecture, cloud, project delivery, cyber security and operational processes
• Conducting Business Impact Analysis, criticality assessments and recovery prioritisation, including RTOs and RPOs

About You

We’re particularly interested in:

• Extensive experience across ICT Disaster Recovery, technology resilience, cyber security or related areas
• Experience developing DR strategies, policies, standards, operating models or governance frameworks
• Strong understanding of IT infrastructure, enterprise architecture, cloud environments, system dependencies and resilience
• Experience within Australian Government environments
• Knowledge of frameworks including NIST, ISO 22301, PSPF and ISM
• Experience with DR testing, BIA, recovery prioritisation, RTO/RPO and assurance activities will be highly regarded

Why Consider the Opportunity?

This is more than maintaining existing DR plans. You’ll have the opportunity to influence how disaster recovery capability is developed and matured across a complex technology environment, with involvement spanning strategy and governance through to testing, assurance and technical recovery.

The role offers hybrid working, with a minimum of three days per week in the office and flexibility for the remaining two days, subject to agreement.