Platform Recovery Lead — Resilience & Recovery Strategy

EDF Energy; Great Witcombe; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Electric vehicle leasing

Discounted gym membership

Life assurance

Tech vouchers

Experience days

Job summary

EDF Energy is seeking a Platform Recovery Lead in the Enterprise IT function to strengthen the resilience of our technology services across on-premise and cloud platforms. You will report to the Enterprise Product Manager and coordinate recovery activities with engineering, security and business teams.

This hybrid role combines home and on-site work with occasional UK travel. You will develop recovery plans, maintain runbooks, run tests, monitor risks and drive improvements to meet service

Qualifications

• Proven experience in IT disaster recovery, digital recovery, operational resilience or IT service continuity.
• Hands-on experience with 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 desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain IT digital recovery plans aligned to architectural standards.
• Maintain and assure recovery runbooks and procedures for critical infrastructure and services.
• Raise and monitor recovery risks and support mitigation planning with business continuity leads and Enterprise Product Managers/Owners.
• Work with Enterprise product teams and business units to ensure recovery capabilities meet SLAs.
• Lead testing and continuous improvement of recovery methods and alignment with regulatory expectations.
• Engage with senior stakeholders across a federated model to prioritise resilience initiatives.
• Coordinate recovery readiness with business units, including regular testing regimes.

Skills

IT disaster recovery

Digital recovery

Operational resilience

IT service continuity

Azure

AWS

Cross-functional leadership

Cloud architecture

Tools

ITIL

Job description

EDF Energy is seeking a Platform Recovery Lead in the Enterprise IT function to strengthen the resilience of our technology services across on-premise and cloud platforms. You will report to the Enterprise Product Manager and coordinate recovery activities with engineering, security and business teams.

This hybrid role combines home and on-site work with occasional UK travel. You will develop recovery plans, maintain runbooks, run tests, monitor risks and drive improvements to meet service