Disaster Recovery Architect

Appex Innovation; Stamford (CT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Appex Innovation in Stamford, CT is seeking a Disaster Recovery Architect to design, implement, and mature the enterprise DR program across a hybrid portfolio including SAP on-premises data centers and cloud environments.

This role collaborates with Infrastructure leaders to architect backup, replication, and recovery strategies and translates that architecture into actionable runbooks and executive-level reporting.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with enterprise backup platforms (Cohesity, Veeam, Azure Backup, or equivalent).
• Strong knowledge of database recovery strategies across at least one major RDBMS (Oracle, SQL Server).
• Experience supporting DR for SAP or other large-scale ERP environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain DR architecture and recovery strategies across heterogeneous platforms (on-prem databases, SAP, cloud infrastructure, and business-critical applications).
• Own and evolve enterprise DR runbooks, including procedure tables, escalation paths, and RTO/RPO.
• Assess and document backup landscape coverage across tools; identify gaps and drive remediation plans.
• Build and maintain detailed inventories of dependencies to support recovery planning and audit readiness.
• Partner with database, infrastructure, and application teams to validate recovery procedures through regular DR testing.
• Track legacy platform risk and drive modernization or compensating controls.
• Define and enforce DR standards, policies, and governance across the portfolio.
• Serve as a technical escalation point during actual DR events or failover exercises.

Skills

Backup platforms expertise

Database recovery strategies

SAP/ERP DR experience

Hybrid cloud/onsite infra

Executive communication

Tools

Cohesity

Veeam

Azure Backup

Job description

Job Details

Role: Disaster Recovery Architect

Location: Stamford, CT

Position Summary

(DR) Architect designs, implements, and continuously matures Brands ' enterprise disaster recovery program across its hybrid application portfolio including SAP on-premises data centers, and cloud environments. This role works with technical leaders in Infrastructure to architect backup, replication, and recovery strategies, and translates that architecture into actionable runbooks, inventories, and executive-level reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and maintain DR architecture and recovery strategies across heterogeneous platforms (on-prem databases, SAP, cloud infrastructure, and business-critical applications such as SCADA and MobileFrame) . Own and evolve enterprise DR runbooks, including procedure tables, escalation paths, and recovery time/point objectives (RTO/RPO).
• Assess and document backup landscape coverage across tools such as Cohesity and Azure Backup/Veeam, identifying gaps and driving remediation plans
• Build and maintain detailed technical inventories (application, database, and infrastructure dependencies) to support recovery planning and audit readiness.
• Partner with database, infrastructure, and application teams to validate recovery procedures through regular DR testing and tabletop exercises
• Track legacy platform risk (e-g- unsupported database versions) and drive modernization or compensating controls
• Define and enforce DR standards, policies, and governance across the application portfolio.
• Serve as a technical escalation point during actual DR events or failover exercises

Required Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with enterprise backup platforms (Cohesity, Veeam, Azure Backup, or equivalent)
• Strong knowledge of database recovery strategies across at least one major RDBMS (Oracle, SOL Server)
• Experience supporting DR for SAP or other large-scale ERP environments
• Familiarity with hybrid infrastructure spanning on-premises data centers and cloud (Azure preferred)
• Ability to translate complex technical detail into clear executive communication

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with manufacturing, industrial, or SCADA/OT environments
• Exposure to compliance/audit frameworks tied to business continuity (SoX, I50 22301, NIST)
• Prior experience building DR dashboards or status reporting tools