Disaster Recovery & IT Resilience Associate

American Electric Power Co.; Columbus, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 93,000; Full time

Job summary

American Electric Power Co. is seeking an entry-level Disaster Recovery Analyst Associate in Columbus, OH. You will support the enterprise DR program by collecting recovery data, updating records, preparing exercise materials, and maintaining documentation under supervision.

The role builds foundational knowledge of disaster recovery, business continuity, and resilience processes within a regulated energy company.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT or related field (or equivalent).
• Basic understanding of IT infrastructure and disaster recovery concepts.
• Certification preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Assist with DR inventories, recovery docs, RTO/RPO records, dependencies, and evidence repositories.
• Gather recovery information from applications, infrastructure, cloud/SaaS, vendors, and MSPs.
• Assist with tabletop, functional, and scenario recovery tests with materials and scheduling.
• Track corrective actions, lessons learned, gaps, and follow-up items from exercises and audits.
• Support metrics and dashboards by collecting data on documentation and test participation.

Skills

IT operations

Disaster recovery

Business continuity

Technology resilience

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Cybersecurity/related field

Job description

American Electric Power Co. is seeking an entry-level Disaster Recovery Analyst Associate in Columbus, OH. You will support the enterprise DR program by collecting recovery data, updating records, preparing exercise materials, and maintaining documentation under supervision.

The role builds foundational knowledge of disaster recovery, business continuity, and resilience processes within a regulated energy company.