Remote IT BCP & DR Lead: Resilience & Recovery

Buckinghamshire Council; Aylesbury; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Employee discounts

Gym membership

Travel discounts

Costco membership

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Council is seeking an experienced IT BCP & DR Lead to strengthen operational resilience across our technology services. You will design, implement and continuously improve recovery capabilities to keep critical services available during disruptions.

You will work with cyber security, incident management, and business stakeholders to plan and execute recovery exercises, develop playbooks, and define recovery objectives.

Qualifications

• Experience in business continuity, disaster recovery and resilience planning.
• Ability to communicate complex risks to senior leaders.
• Proven project and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and maintenance of IT BCP/DR strategies and plans.
• Coordinate disaster recovery testing and resilience exercises.
• Develop and maintain recovery playbooks and procedures.
• Collaborate with cyber security, incident managers and service owners.

Skills

Business continuity

Disaster recovery

Leadership

Cyber resilience

Stakeholder management

Education

ITIL Foundation

Job description

Buckinghamshire Council is seeking an experienced IT BCP & DR Lead to strengthen operational resilience across our technology services. You will design, implement and continuously improve recovery capabilities to keep critical services available during disruptions.

You will work with cyber security, incident management, and business stakeholders to plan and execute recovery exercises, develop playbooks, and define recovery objectives.