Platform Recovery Lead: Digital Resilience & Continuity

EDF Energy; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Annual bonus

Market-leading pension scheme

Electric vehicle leasing

Discounted gym membership

Life assurance

Tech vouchers

Experience days

Job summary

EDF Energy in the United Kingdom is seeking a Platform Recovery Lead to ensure our technology services are resilient, recoverable and capable of withstanding disruptions. Reporting to the Enterprise Product Manager within the Enterprise Platform team, you will shape recovery strategy, maintain runbooks, and coordinate cross‑functional response activities with engineering, security and business units.

This hybrid role balances home and on‑site work with occasional travel to EDF offices across the

Qualifications

• Experience in IT disaster recovery, digital recovery, operational resilience or IT service continuity.
• Hands-on with operational resilience frameworks, impact tolerance setting and scenario testing.
• Familiarity with on-premise and cloud platforms (Azure/AWS) and enterprise architecture principles.
• Ability to lead cross-functional response activities and influence senior stakeholders.
• Certifications such as ITIL, ISO 22301, CISSP, CISM, or Cloud Architecture qualifications are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain IT digital recovery plans aligned to architectural standards.
• Maintain recovery runbooks and technical recovery procedures for critical services.
• Raise and monitor recovery risks and support mitigation planning with business continuity leads.
• Ensure recovery capabilities meet service level requirements with product teams and business units.
• Continuous improvement of testing methods in line with regulatory expectations.
• Engage with senior stakeholders to ensure resilience priorities are understood and supported.

Skills

IT disaster recovery

Digital recovery

Operational resilience

Scenario testing

Azure

AWS

Enterprise architecture

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Job description

EDF Energy in the United Kingdom is seeking a Platform Recovery Lead to ensure our technology services are resilient, recoverable and capable of withstanding disruptions. Reporting to the Enterprise Product Manager within the Enterprise Platform team, you will shape recovery strategy, maintain runbooks, and coordinate cross‑functional response activities with engineering, security and business units.

This hybrid role balances home and on‑site work with occasional travel to EDF offices across the