Senior IT Resiliency Leader – Disaster Recovery

Great Eastern; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Great Eastern seeks an AVP of IT Resiliency to drive disaster recovery strategy, governance, and operational readiness across IT services. Lead planning, implementation, and continuous improvement of DR capabilities, aligning with business continuity and regulatory expectations.

You will coordinate DR exercises, work with infrastructure, application, security and business stakeholders, and extend coverage to other IT infrastructure areas as needed.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years in leadership in IT Disaster Recovery or Business Continuity management.
• Strong expertise in IT disaster recovery, infrastructure resilience, and business continuity practices.
• Ability to translate business recovery requirements into practical infrastructure recovery strategies (RTO/RPO).
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams during DR exercises and incident recovery.
• Familiarity with governance, standards, and regulatory frameworks for IT resilience.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and continuous improvement of DR strategy, framework and governance.
• Define DR policies and procedures aligned with enterprise standards and regulations.
• Provide leadership to team members and promote continuous DR process improvements.
• Establish recovery strategies with infrastructure and applications teams for critical systems.
• Develop annual DR plans and coordinate DR exercises including cyber and ransomware scenarios.
• Drive cross-team coordination during DR activities with infra, apps, databases, and security teams.
• Assess and improve recovery capabilities to meet RTO and RPO requirements.
• Monitor DR readiness and report risks and improvement needs to senior management.
• Lead initiatives to enhance recovery automation and resilience architecture.
• Provide SME input on DR for technology projects and major platform implementations.
• Account for business and regulatory compliance risks and mitigations.

Skills

Leadership experience in IT

IT disaster recovery

Business continuity management

Cross-functional coordination

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder engagement

Enterprise IT infrastructure

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science / IT

Diploma in a relevant field

Job description

Great Eastern seeks an AVP of IT Resiliency to drive disaster recovery strategy, governance, and operational readiness across IT services. Lead planning, implementation, and continuous improvement of DR capabilities, aligning with business continuity and regulatory expectations.

You will coordinate DR exercises, work with infrastructure, application, security and business stakeholders, and extend coverage to other IT infrastructure areas as needed.