Disaster Recovery Specialist

Reed Elsevier Philippines; Philippines; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work setup

IT Equipment provided

HMO coverage Day 1

Retirement package matching

Life and Accident Insurance Day 1

24 Annual PTOs + 6 after 5 years

Competitive benefits & merit increases

Training & certification programs

Job summary

RELX is seeking a Disaster Recovery Specialist in the Philippines to strengthen resilience across AWS-based platforms, design standardized recovery strategies, and collaborate with architects and engineers to embed resilience into product design.

The role requires 5–8 years in systems engineering, cloud infrastructure, and resilience, with hands-on AWS experience and IaC tooling. Join to drive continuous improvement and risk-aware operations across global products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, CS, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience in disaster recovery, resilience testing and recovery planning.
• Strong analytical and communication skills with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Designing and standardizing disaster recovery and resilience testing strategies.
• Leading resilience initiatives across cloud-based applications and platforms.
• Developing and improving resilience frameworks, standards, and best practices.
• Reviewing architectures and providing recommendations on recovery and resiliency design.
• Managing resilience assessments, testing activities, and compliance tracking.
• Monitoring and reporting key resilience metrics such as RTO and RPO.
• Partnering with Engineering and Architecture teams to embed resilience into product design.
• Supporting audits, resilience exceptions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Investigating resilience‑related incidents and identifying opportunities for improvement.

Skills

AWS expertise

Disaster recovery planning

Resilience testing

RPO/RTO monitoring

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Infrastructure‑as‑Code tools

Job description

Join us and enjoy benefits designed to help you thrive:

• Flexible hybrid work setup (1 day/month onsite reporting)


• IT Equipment provided


• HMO coverage starting from Day 1 for you and FOUR FREE dependents


• Attractive retirement package with company matching


• Life and Accident Insurance starting Day 1


• 24 Annual PTOs, additional 6 once you reach your 5th year with us


• Competitive benefits with annual merit increase and incentives


• Continuous improvement for our employees (workshops, certification programs, learning sessions, etc.)

Work Arrangement:

• Set-Up: Hybrid (with 1/month onsite reporting)


• Location: UP AyalaLand Technohub, Commonwealth, Quezon City

Join RELX as a Disaster Recovery Specialist and play a critical role in ensuring our global products and platforms remain resilient, recoverable, and compliant. This is a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, architecture, resilience testing, disaster recovery, and risk management, while partnering with architects, engineers, and technology leaders across the organization.

What You'll Do

As our Disaster Recovery Specialist, you'll help strengthen the resilience posture of our AWS-based platforms by:

• Designing and standardizing disaster recovery and resilience testing strategies.


• Leading resilience initiatives across cloud-based applications and platforms.


• Developing and improving resilience frameworks, standards, and best practices.


• Reviewing architectures and providing recommendations on recovery and resiliency design.


• Managing resilience assessments, testing activities, and compliance tracking.


• Monitoring and reporting key resilience metrics such as RTO and RPO.


• Partnering with Engineering and Architecture teams to embed resilience into product design.


• Supporting audits, resilience exceptions, and continuous improvement initiatives.


• Investigating resilience‑related incidents and identifying opportunities for improvement.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.


• 5–8 years of experience in Systems Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, Disaster Recovery, or Technical Resilience.


• 2–5 years of hands‑on AWS experience (EC2, EKS, RDS, IAM, VPC, Multi‑AZ).


• Experience in disaster recovery, resilience testing, and recovery planning.


• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and stakeholder communication skills.


• AWS Certification (e.g., Solutions Architect).


• Experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or Infrastructure‑as‑Code tools.


• Familiarity with monitoring, observability, and incident management tools.


• Knowledge of compliance, risk, or resilience frameworks.

Ideal Candidate

A technically skilled professional who can bridge technology, risk, and business needs while serving as a trusted advisor on resilience, recovery, and assurance activities.