Senior Disaster Recovery Specialist

Canadian Tire Corporation; Toronto; Presencial; CAD 64.000 - 106.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Comprehensive benefits and retirement

Performance incentives

Career growth opportunities

Descripción de la vacante

Canadian Tire Corporation seeks a Senior Disaster Recovery Lead to design, plan, and execute end-to-end recovery exercises across applications and infrastructure. You will define scenarios, dependencies, and criteria, coordinating with owners and IT teams to ensure readiness and approved runbooks.

You will develop methods, dashboards, and executive reports, drive validation of RTOs/RPOs, and lead post-exercise reviews with corrective actions to strengthen resilience across the organization.

Formación

• 7+ years of disaster recovery or business continuity experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field.
• ITIL Intermediate certification.
• Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) or similar DR-specific certification.
• Hands-on experience developing DR plans and executable recovery runbooks and leading large cross-functional DR exercises.

Responsabilidades

• Lead end-to-end DR exercise design, planning, coordination, and execution with defined recovery scenarios and criteria.
• Coordinate with application owners and IT teams to ensure recovery coverage and readiness.
• Develop and improve DR planning methodologies, runbook templates, and documentation standards.
• Identify and implement automation for repeatable recovery steps and readiness checks.

Conocimientos

Disaster recovery

Business continuity

Leadership

Project management

Scripting

Automation tools

Stakeholder communication

BI dashboards

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or Computer Science

Herramientas

Automation platforms

Recovery orchestration tools

BI tools

Scripting languages

Descripción del empleo

• Lead end-to-end Disaster Recovery exercise design, planning, coordination, and execution, defining recovery scenarios, scope, dependencies, schedules, entry and exit criteria, and stakeholder responsibilities.
• Create, maintain, and validate actionable DR plans and step-by-step recovery runbooks with application and infrastructure owners, documenting prerequisites, recovery sequencing, dependencies, roles, escalation paths, validation checks, and failback procedures aligned with established recovery objectives.
• Direct DR test execution and validate results against recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs); capture evidence, lead post-exercise reviews, update runbooks, and track corrective actions through resolution and retesting, as required.
• Partner with business units, application owners, and IT teams to assess recovery coverage, confirm critical dependencies and recovery priorities, resolve planning gaps, and maintain exercise readiness as applications and infrastructure change.
• Develop and improve DR planning and testing methodologies, runbook templates, documentation standards, and repeatable practices; provide technical guidance and knowledge sharing to strengthen recovery consistency across teams.
• Identify, design, and implement automation with technology teams for repeatable recovery steps, readiness checks, evidence collection, and status reporting; validate automated workflows and maintain appropriate approvals, exception handling, and manual fallback procedures.
• Build and maintain DR dashboards and performance measures covering plan and runbook currency, exercise coverage, RTO/RPO achievement, recovery trends, and overdue remediation; establish consistent metric definitions, validate source data, and automate data refreshes where practical.
• Deliver executive-ready DR reporting that communicates exercise outcomes, recovery gaps, risks, remediation progress, and prioritized recommendations, translating technical findings into clear decisions and follow-up actions.

What You'll Do

• Lead end-to-end Disaster Recovery exercise design, planning, coordination, and execution, defining recovery scenarios, scope, dependencies, schedules, entry and exit criteria, and stakeholder responsibilities.
• Create, maintain, and validate actionable DR plans and step-by-step recovery runbooks with application and infrastructure owners, documenting prerequisites, recovery sequencing, dependencies, roles, escalation paths, validation checks, and failback procedures aligned with established recovery objectives.
• Direct DR test execution and validate results against recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs); capture evidence, lead post-exercise reviews, update runbooks, and track corrective actions through resolution and retesting, as required.
• Partner with business units, application owners, and IT teams to assess recovery coverage, confirm critical dependencies and recovery priorities, resolve planning gaps, and maintain exercise readiness as applications and infrastructure change.
• Develop and improve DR planning and testing methodologies, runbook templates, documentation standards, and repeatable practices; provide technical guidance and knowledge sharing to strengthen recovery consistency across teams.
• Identify, design, and implement automation with technology teams for repeatable recovery steps, readiness checks, evidence collection, and status reporting; validate automated workflows and maintain appropriate approvals, exception handling, and manual fallback procedures.
• Build and maintain DR dashboards and performance measures covering plan and runbook currency, exercise coverage, RTO/RPO achievement, recovery trends, and overdue remediation; establish consistent metric definitions, validate source data, and automate data refreshes where practical.
• Deliver executive-ready DR reporting that communicates exercise outcomes, recovery gaps, risks, remediation progress, and prioritized recommendations, translating technical findings into clear decisions and follow-up actions.

What You Bring

• 7+ years of experience in disaster recovery or business continuity, with demonstrated leadership in technology recovery planning and enterprise Disaster Recovery exercises.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field
• ITIL certification (at least Intermediate level)
• Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) or similar DR-specific certification
• Extensive hands‑on experience developing DR plans and executable recovery runbooks and leading large‑scale, cross‑functional DR exercises, including scenario design, execution coordination, evidence collection, results analysis, and remediation follow‑up.
• Strong understanding of DR technologies and methodologies, recovery strategies, application and infrastructure dependencies, and the validation of RTOs and RPOs.
• Hands‑on experience using scripting, workflow automation, or recovery orchestration tools to reduce manual effort and improve repeatability, with an understanding of testing, change control, exception handling, and operational safeguards.
• Demonstrated ability to develop management reports and interactive dashboards using business intelligence and data analysis tools, define meaningful DR measures, validate data quality, and present actionable insights to technical and executive audiences.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder engagement, and project management skills, with the ability to influence without direct authority, navigate complex recovery issues, and communicate technical risks and recommendations clearly to senior management.

We’re always looking for great talent! In addition to competitive pay, we offer:

• Comprehensive benefits and retirement programs
• Performance incentives, Continuing Education Programs
• Other perks to support your well‑being
• Career growth opportunities and product discounts

Broadband Salary Range: 64,000.00 - 106,000.00

Salary decisions are also dependent on other factors such as your experience, industry benchmarks, internal equity and other role-specific requirements. For critical roles, the compensation offering will be reviewed to ensure alignment with market rate and conditions and the unique value you bring to the role.

This posting represents an existing vacancy within our organization.

We may use artificial intelligence tools as part of our recruitment process to assist in the initial screening of resumes. All hiring decisions, including candidate evaluation, selection, and disposition, are made by human recruiters.

About Us

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (CTC) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, over 1,600 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e-commerce capabilities, and exciting market‑leading merchandising strategies. We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward. We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees. As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits‑eligible employees and their families, including total well‑being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees. Join us in helping to make life in Canada better through living and working our Core Values: we are innovators and entrepreneurs at our core, outcomes drive us, inclusion is a must, we are stronger together and we take personal responsibility. It is an especially exciting time to join CTC and its family of companies where career opportunities are wide‑ranging! Join us, where there's a place for you here.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.

Accommodations

We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity‑seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.