Hybrid DR & Business Continuity Specialist (Applications)

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

Benefits offered by this job

DTO

Health, dental, vision

401(k)

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Brown & Brown, Inc. is seeking a Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Specialist to join our Plano team. You will own DR planning for the retail application portfolio, conduct BIAs, coordinate DR exercises, and champion audit readiness across critical systems.

You’ll collaborate with Application Support, Infrastructure, and Security to ensure robust recovery procedures, maintain policy documentation, and drive remediation when targets aren’t met. Travel up to ~10% may be required.

Qualifications

• 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 BIAs, RTO, RPO and recovery tiering frameworks
• ServiceNow or comparable GRC/ITSM tooling experience
• Microsoft technologies (M365, O365, OneDrive, SharePoint, Azure AD, Power Automate)
• Strong analytical and documentation skills
• Strong written and verbal communication, support audits/compliance
• Foundational knowledge of the insurance industry

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain Disaster Recovery planning for the retail application portfolio and ARPs for critical apps
• Conduct BIAs for all retail applications and define RTO/RPO and criticality requirements
• Maintain application tiering and testing aligned to each tier’s policies
• Coordinate annual DR exercises and document results; drive remediation as needed
• Partner with Application Support, Infrastructure, and Security to build recovery procedures
• Own compliance and audit readiness for DR supporting controls and audits
• Develop and improve DR Plan documentation to reflect changing needs
• Identify resilience gaps and track remediation through governance forums
• Support onboarding of new applications with DR requirements before go-live
• Provide executive reporting on resilience, readiness, compliance, testing, and risks
• Serve as SME on DR policy, standards, and terminology for owners and teams
• Monitor regulatory/audit requirements to keep DR practices current

Skills

Disaster recovery

Business continuity

IT risk/compliance

ServiceNow / ITSM

Microsoft technologies

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or information systems

ITIL Foundation

CBCP / MBCI / DRCS or equivalent (preferred)

Tools

Archer

GRC platforms

Cloud-based DR/Backup solutions

Job description

Brown & Brown, Inc. is seeking a Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Specialist to join our Plano team. You will own DR planning for the retail application portfolio, conduct BIAs, coordinate DR exercises, and champion audit readiness across critical systems.

You’ll collaborate with Application Support, Infrastructure, and Security to ensure robust recovery procedures, maintain policy documentation, and drive remediation when targets aren’t met. Travel up to ~10% may be required.