Senior Disaster Recovery Specialist

Vocative Consulting; Wakefield; Hybrid; GBP 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in West Yorkshire seeks a Senior Disaster Recovery Specialist to join their business continuity team. This hybrid role requires strong expertise in disaster recovery and business continuity. Responsibilities include ensuring adherence to disaster recovery policies, participating in project delivery, and executing recovery procedures. The position offers a competitive salary around £65k and requires membership in BCI (MBCI).

Qualifications

• Must have experience in DR and BC environments.
• Strong expertise in disaster recovery policies and solutions.

Responsibilities

• Assist in planning stages to ensure adherence to DR policies.
• Engage in project delivery for DR solutions implementation.
• Participate in regular audit activity and execute recovery procedures.

Skills

Strong background in Disaster Recovery (DR)

Experience in Business Continuity (BC) environments

Ability to work with technical teams

Project delivery capabilities

Education

Membership in BCI (MBCI)

Job description

Senior Disaster Recovery Specialist – Permanent – Hybrid (West Yorkshire)

An opportunity to join a major Financial Services group in a crucial role, working in their business continuity team and taking particular responsibility for the implementation and maintenance of disaster recovery policies and solutions.

Day‑to‑day duties include working closely with technical teams, third‑party vendors and business stakeholders to ensure that disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (BC) are embedded in every project and initiative across the organisation. You will:

• Assist in planning stages to ensure that DR policies are adhered to.
• Engage in project delivery to facilitate implementation of DR solutions.
• Participate in regular audit activity and execute disaster recovery procedures when issues arise.

You will need a strong background in DR and BC environments and particular expertise working in a relevant role. Membership in BCI (MBCI) is a mandatory requirement.

The role is based in West Yorkshire and is hybrid – you must be in the office a couple of days a week. The base salary is around £65 k.

For more details please contact Justin Sleep with a copy of your resume.