Disaster Recovery & Resilience Lead

New Jersey Resources Corp.; Wall, Northern (SD, KY); Hybrid; USD 93,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day one medical coverage

401(k) plan with company match

Stock purchase plan

Wellness perks

Employee Assistance Program

Professional development and tuition

Hybrid work options

Job summary

New Jersey Resources seeks a Disaster Recovery Coordinator to support IT disaster recovery program, partnering with IT, Cybersecurity and vendors to ensure rapid recovery of critical systems and data.

Location is Hybrid with base pay range of $92,500-$125,000 and annual incentive opportunity; seven years of IT experience including three in DR/BC are preferred, along with knowledge of Onspring, Cohesity and Rubrik and strong coordination skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Business Continuity or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• Minimum of seven years of IT experience required, including at least three years in disaster recovery, business continuity or a related discipline preferred.
• Strong understanding of disaster recovery planning, recovery runbooks, backup and recovery processes, recovery testing and business continuity concepts.

Responsibilities

• Support the administration, coordination and continuous improvement of NJR’s Information Technology Disaster Recovery Program.
• Maintain disaster recovery plans, recovery runbooks, emergency and vendor contact information, recovery team assignments, critical systems inventories and related program documentation.
• Coordinate periodic reviews and updates of disaster recovery documentation to ensure accuracy, completeness and alignment with business continuity, risk management, audit and compliance requirements.
• Partner with Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Business Continuity, business stakeholders and third-party vendors to document recovery requirements, dependencies and recovery strategies for critical systems, applications, infrastructure and data.
• Plan, coordinate and document disaster recovery exercises, recovery tests and backup recovery validation activities, including testing involving infrastructure, applications, databases, cloud environments and backup platforms.
• Assist with backup integrity testing and recovery validation using tools such as Cohesity and Rubrik.
• Review Business Impact Analysis information and help identify gaps, risks and dependencies that may impact recovery objectives, including Recovery Time Objectives and Recovery Point Objectives.
• Track disaster recovery readiness, testing results, compliance metrics, corrective actions and risk mitigation efforts; prepare related reports and updates for IT leadership.
• Serve as a liaison during internal audits, external audits, regulatory examinations and compliance reviews related to disaster recovery readiness and evidence.
• Research industry practices, technologies, standards and trends related to disaster recovery, business continuity, data protection, high availability, cloud recovery and cyber resilience; recommend improvements as appropriate.
• Participate in strategic initiatives involving resiliency, backup modernization, recovery improvements and operational resilience.

Skills

Disaster recovery

Business continuity

Project coordination

Vendor coordination

Documentation

Security awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems or related field

Tools

Onspring

Cohesity

Rubrik

Job description

New Jersey Resources seeks a Disaster Recovery Coordinator to support IT disaster recovery program, partnering with IT, Cybersecurity and vendors to ensure rapid recovery of critical systems and data.

Location is Hybrid with base pay range of $92,500-$125,000 and annual incentive opportunity; seven years of IT experience including three in DR/BC are preferred, along with knowledge of Onspring, Cohesity and Rubrik and strong coordination skills.