Disaster Recovery & Resilience Lead

Albert Heijn Group; Zaandam; On-site; EUR 49,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to €81K (incl. holiday)

Flexible working hours

AH Tech Academy training

Pension plan

Travel allowance / NS card

Staff discount

Mijn Albert Heijn Premium membership

Job summary

Albert Heijn is seeking an experienced Disaster Recovery Specialist to strengthen resilience across technology, security, and operations. You will drive end-to-end initiatives, develop runbooks, and lead recovery exercises while aligning with regulatory requirements.

The role emphasizes hands-on program building, ownership, and practical improvements that impact resilience. Collaboration across teams and audits is central to success.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Crisis Management, Operational Resilience, or related field.
• Proven track record implementing resilience programs at scale.
• Strong understanding of resilience concepts: RTO, RPO, MTD, MBCO.
• Experience designing and executing testing and exercising programs (tabletop, simulations, recovery tests).
• Hands-on experience with compliance frameworks including resilience and DR controls (ISO 22301, SOC 2 Type II, NIST SP 800-34).
• Strong documentation skills: policies, runbooks, playbooks, procedures, recovery plans.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and facilitation skills.
• Ability to work independently, take ownership, and drive initiatives from idea to implementation.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills in complex environments.
• Experience in technology-driven organizations preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define DR strategy with stakeholders, set scope, objectives, RTO/RPO, governance.
• Author and maintain DR runbooks with failure scenarios and escalation paths.
• Lead tabletop and live failover drills; document results and drive remediation.
• Establish a continuous improvement cycle to identify gaps and track fixes.
• Conduct Business Impact Analyses to quantify risk and inform DR priorities.
• Translate compliance requirements into testable DR controls (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR).
• Produce audit-ready evidence for internal/external assessors.
• Maintain stakeholder engagement with business owners on continuity requirements.

Skills

Disaster Recovery

Business Continuity

Crisis Management

Operational Resilience

Stakeholder Management

Documentation

Automation tools

Tools

Runbook automation

Chaos engineering

Job description

Albert Heijn is seeking an experienced Disaster Recovery Specialist to strengthen resilience across technology, security, and operations. You will drive end-to-end initiatives, develop runbooks, and lead recovery exercises while aligning with regulatory requirements.

The role emphasizes hands-on program building, ownership, and practical improvements that impact resilience. Collaboration across teams and audits is central to success.