Strategic ICT Disaster Recovery Lead

Bureau of Meteorology; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

The Bureau of Meteorology seeks a Disaster Recovery Lead to oversee ICT disaster recovery and operational resilience for critical technology services. Reporting within the Planning and Architecture program, you will ensure planned, tested and funded recovery of IT services after disruption, including cyber incidents and natural hazards.

You will identify critical services, recovery priorities, and objectives, translating them into practical strategies, plans and investment proposals, while

Qualifications

• Experience in disaster recovery, service continuity or infrastructure resilience.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and coordinate multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strong judgement, prioritisation and advisory skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and continuous improvement of ICT disaster recovery framework, plans and governance.
• Identify critical services, dependencies and recovery objectives.
• Ensure planned, tested and funded recovery approaches for IT services after disruption.
• Coordinate disaster recovery exercises, tests and lessons learned.
• Collaborate with cyber security, infrastructure, architecture, service management and delivery teams.
• Provide expert advice on resilience risks and investment priorities to senior leaders.
• Establish and monitor performance measures, compliance and assurance of disaster recovery readiness.
• Lead and coordinate staff, vendors and project teams to achieve resilience outcomes.

Skills

Disaster recovery

Stakeholder influence

Governance

Team leadership

Risk assessment

Job description

The Bureau of Meteorology seeks a Disaster Recovery Lead to oversee ICT disaster recovery and operational resilience for critical technology services. Reporting within the Planning and Architecture program, you will ensure planned, tested and funded recovery of IT services after disruption, including cyber incidents and natural hazards.

You will identify critical services, recovery priorities, and objectives, translating them into practical strategies, plans and investment proposals, while