Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Specialist

Brown & Brown; Plano (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Benefits

401(k) Plan

DTO - Discretionary Time Off

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Brown & Brown Insurance seeks a Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Specialist to join our Plano, TX team. You will own DR/BC planning for the retail application portfolio, conduct BIAs, coordinate tests, and ensure audit-ready controls across the estate.

This hybrid/remote role collaborates with Application Support, Infrastructure and Security to build backup procedures, track risks, report executive status, and drive remediation. Travel up to 10%.

Qualifications

• Experience with DR/BC planning and testing
• Ability to translate recovery requirements into actionable plans
• Audits/compliance experience in IT resilience

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain DR/BC for retail applications
• Conduct BIAs and validate RTO/RPO targets
• Coordinate annual DR exercises and document results
• Collaborate with Application Support, Infrastructure and Security
• Develop and maintain DR plan documentation

Skills

Disaster Recovery

Business Continuity

IT Risk & Compliance

GRC/ITSM tooling

Microsoft 365 stack

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/BC/EM

Tools

ServiceNow

Azure AD

Power Automate

Job description

Built on meritocracy, our unique company culture rewards self-starters and those who are committed to doing what is best for our customers.

Brown & Brown is seeking a Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Specialist to join our growing team in Plano, TX.

Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Specialist

Brown & Brown Insurance is seeking a Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Specialist to join our growing team! We're on the hunt for a detail-oriented, resilience-minded professional with a passion for keeping our critical business applications recoverable and our organization audit-ready. On our team you will own disaster recovery and business continuity planning for our retail business’s application portfolio, conduct business impact analyses, coordinate DR testing, and champion compliance and audit readiness across the application estate. Reporting to the Application Support Director, this role is responsible for ensuring every critical application has a current, tested recovery plan and that Brown & Brown can demonstrate strong DR/BIA and IT control compliance to auditors and regulators. This position is a hybrid or remote role and can report into any of our 500 offices.

What You'll Do

• Own and maintain Disaster Recovery and planning for the retail application portfolio, ensuring Application/Disaster Recovery Plans (ARPs) exist for every application designated as critical to Brown & Brown's operations.
• Conduct and maintain Business Impact Analyses (BIAs) for all retail business applications, validate findings with business partners and use BIA ratings to define and validate Recovery Time Objective (RTO), Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and criticality requirements.
• Maintain application tiering according to Brown & Brown's Disaster Recovery and Backup policies ensuring recovery capabilities, backup cadence, and testing are aligned to each application's assigned tier.
• Coordinate and execute annual Disaster Recovery exercises (tabletop, isolation failover, or full failover), document results, validate RTO/RPO achievement, and drive remediation where targets are not met.
• Partner with Application Support, Infrastructure, and Security teams to build, test, and maintain data backup, replication, and recovery procedures for critical systems.
• Own compliance and audit readiness for Disaster Recovery supporting Control Self-Assessments, internal and external audits, and Archer-based exception requests and tracking.
• Technical representation for business continuity and operational resilience
• Develop, govern, and continuously improve Application Disaster Recovery Plan documentation, ensuring recovery strategies evolve alongside changing business and technology requirements.
• Partner with Application Portfolio Management and Application Support leadership to identify and prioritize resilience gaps, tracking remediation through governance forums.
• Support new application onboarding by confirming DR requirements, resilience classification, and recovery documentation is established prior to go-live.
• Develop and present executive-level reporting on application resilience, recovery readiness, compliance status, testing results, and emerging risks.
• Serve as the subject matter expert on DR policy, standards, and terminology, providing guidance to application owners and support teams.
• Monitor regulatory, audit, and industry requirements related to disaster recovery to keep practices current and compliant.
• Champions information security best practices through educating customers and following audit, regulatory and compliance information security policies, and procedures.
• Infrequent travel to offices for onsite support, conferences, and meetings. Up to ~10%

Required

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, business continuity/emergency management, or equivalent experience
• 3-5 years of experience in disaster recovery, business continuity, IT risk/compliance, or application support
• Intermediate knowledge of disaster recovery and business continuity concepts, including Business Impact Analysis, RTO, RPO, and recovery tiering frameworks
• Intermediate knowledge of ServiceNow or comparable GRC/ITSM tooling for tracking DR plans, exceptions, and compliance
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft technologies (M365, O365, OneDrive, SharePoint, Azure AD, Power Automate)
• Strong analytical and documentation skills, with the ability to translate technical recovery requirements into clear plans and reporting
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience supporting audits or compliance assessments
• Foundational knowledge of the insurance industry
• Foundational knowledge of Agile and Scrum frameworks
• ITIL Foundation certification

Preferred

• Certification in business continuity or disaster recovery (e.g., CBCP, MBCI, DRCS, or equivalent)
• Experience with Archer or another GRC platform for risk and exception management
• Experience facilitating DR tabletop exercises or full-scale failover testing
• Experience supporting SOX, security, or other regulatory audits related to IT resilience
• Experience with cloud-based DR/backup solutions and data replication technologies
• Experience working within established resilience frameworks such as NIST, ISO 22301, COBIT or FFIEC guidance.

What We Offer

• Excellent growth and advancement opportunities.
• Discretionary Time Off (DTO)
• Generous benefits package: health, dental, vision, 401(k), etc.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement and Student Loan Repayment Assistance
• Mental Health Resources

Teammate Benefits & Total Well-Being

We go beyond standard benefits, focusing on the total well-being of our teammates, including:

• Health Benefits: Medical/Rx, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance
• Financial Benefits: ESPP; 401k; Student Loan Assistance; Tuition Reimbursement
• Mental Health & Wellness: Free Mental Health & Enhanced Advocacy Services
• Beyond Benefits: Paid Time Off, Holidays, Preferred Partner Discounts and more.

Not reflective of all benefits. Enrollment waiting periods or eligibility criteria may apply to certain benefits. Benefit details and offerings may vary for subsidiary entities or in specific geographic locations.

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