Disaster Recovery Lead: IT Resilience & DR Testing (Remote)

MassGenics, Inc.; New York (NY); Remote; USD 110,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Referral program $250–$1000

Medical & pharmacy coverage

Dental/vision insurance

401(k)

HSA & FSA

Life Insurance

Short/Long-term Disability

Pet Insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Innova Solutions is seeking a Disaster Recovery Specialist (Contract) to join our IT resilience team remotely. The role focuses on reviewing and enhancing DR plans, validating RTO/RPO and failover capabilities, and supporting DR testing across technology and infrastructure domains.

The ideal candidate has 9–10+ years in disaster recovery with hands-on DR testing experience and strong communication skills to coordinate with multiple teams and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 9-10+ years of experience in disaster recovery, IT resilience, or technology risk.
• Hands-on experience developing and validating DR plans, including application recovery and infrastructure failover.
• Experience supporting or executing DR testing (e.g., failover, tabletop, simulation).
• Strong understanding of recovery concepts (RTO, RPO, data recovery, system dependencies).
• Ability to work effectively with technology and infrastructure teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Technology, Infrastructure, and Application teams to review and enhance DR plans.
• Validate recovery strategies, including RTOs and RPOs, and failover capabilities.
• Identify gaps in recovery readiness, including dependencies, data integrity, and environment availability.
• Support design and execution of DR testing, including simulations and failover exercises.
• Assess effectiveness of recovery procedures and recommend practical improvements.
• Ensure DR plans are aligned to critical business services and operational priorities.
• Propose governance enhancements strengthening second line oversight practices.
• Synthesize findings into clear, actionable recommendations and track remediation progress.
• Support preparation of materials for audit, regulatory, and internal governance reviews.

Skills

Disaster recovery

IT resilience

Technology risk

Stakeholder collaboration

Analytical thinking

Communication

Job description

Innova Solutions is seeking a Disaster Recovery Specialist (Contract) to join our IT resilience team remotely. The role focuses on reviewing and enhancing DR plans, validating RTO/RPO and failover capabilities, and supporting DR testing across technology and infrastructure domains.

The ideal candidate has 9–10+ years in disaster recovery with hands-on DR testing experience and strong communication skills to coordinate with multiple teams and stakeholders.