Disaster Recovery Architecture Lead

eir business talent; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 101,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Our client in Dublin is seeking a Disaster Recovery Architecture Lead to design and implement enterprise disaster recovery, resilience, and business continuity solutions across complex technology environments. Hybrid attendance in Dublin, Monday to Friday, daily rate contract.

The candidate will lead DR architecture, develop recovery strategies, produce HLDs/LLDs, define RTOs/RPOs, and drive DR testing with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in Infrastructure Architecture, Technical Architecture, or Recovery Architecture.
• Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale disaster recovery design and implementation initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of business continuity, operational resilience, and recovery planning.
• Experience producing HLDs, LLDs, and technical architecture documentation.
• Hands-on experience with VMware vSphere environments.
• Strong understanding of Microsoft Active Directory recovery and identity resilience solutions.
• Experience designing and implementing database backup, restoration, and recovery solutions across Microsoft SQL Server and/or Oracle environments.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of enterprise disaster recovery and resilience architectures.
• Develop recovery strategies, business continuity plans, and resilience frameworks.
• Produce and maintain High-Level Designs (HLDs), Low-Level Designs (LLDs), and technical recovery documentation.
• Define recovery requirements, including RTOs and RPOs, for critical systems and services.
• Lead disaster recovery testing, failover exercises, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, security, and application teams to ensure recoverability is embedded within technology solutions.

Skills

Infrastructure Architecture

Recovery Architecture

Stakeholder management

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/IS/Engineering

Tools

VMware vSphere

Active Directory

SQL Server

Oracle

Job description

Our client is looking for Disaster Recovery Architecture Lead to join their team to lead the design and implementation of enterprise disaster recovery, resilience, and business continuity solutions across complex technology environments.

• Daily rate contract
• Dublin based
• Monday to Friday
• Hybrid attendance pattern

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and delivery of enterprise disaster recovery and resilience architectures.
• Develop recovery strategies, business continuity plans, and resilience frameworks.
• Produce and maintain High-Level Designs (HLDs), Low-Level Designs (LLDs), and technical recovery documentation.
• Define recovery requirements, including RTOs and RPOs, for critical systems and services.
• Lead disaster recovery testing, failover exercises, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, security, and application teams to ensure recoverability is embedded within technology solutions.

Key Experience Required:

• Strong experience in Infrastructure Architecture, Technical Architecture, or Recovery Architecture.
• Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale disaster recovery design and implementation initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of business continuity, operational resilience, and recovery planning.
• Experience producing HLDs, LLDs, and technical architecture documentation.
• Hands-on experience with VMware vSphere environments.
• Strong understanding of Microsoft Active Directory recovery and identity resilience solutions.
• Experience designing and implementing database backup, restoration, and recovery solutions across Microsoft SQL Server and/or Oracle environments.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and documentation skills.

Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related discipline.

Candidates must be eligible to work full time and long term in the location specified or currently hold a valid appropriate long term work Visa to apply.