IT Disaster Recovery Lead — Resilience & Automation

Horizontal Talent; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Retirement plan

Job summary

Horizontal Talent is seeking a seasoned IT Disaster Recovery professional to lead recovery activities across global and U.S. operations from planning to testing.

You will partner with stakeholders to schedule activities and report progress, ensuring robust recovery capabilities and reduced risk for critical services. The ideal candidate has 5–8 years in IT disaster recovery or business continuity, with strong communication, leadership, and analytical skills to drive improvements and automation

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, or equivalent work experience.
• 5–8 years of experience in IT disaster recovery and/or business continuity.
• Experience leading moderately complex technology teams or initiatives through planned and real recovery scenarios.
• Strong understanding of disaster recovery planning, testing, and post-test follow-up activities.
• Solid knowledge of IT service continuity and process-driven operating methods.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work across all levels of an organization.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities and projects at once.
• Ability to collaborate, delegate effectively, and support high-performing teams.
• Problem-solving mindset with strong troubleshooting and analytical abilities.
• Ability to contribute to resource planning based on organizational needs and priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate IT disaster recovery activities across global and U.S. operations.
• Plan, execute, and improve disaster recovery exercises to support strong recovery readiness.
• Partner with business stakeholders to schedule activities and provide regular status updates.
• Review recovery plans to help ensure procedures and configurations support successful restoration during an outage or disaster.
• Analyze applications and supporting services to identify gaps, inefficiencies, and resilience opportunities.
• Recommend and help implement improvements that strengthen recovery capabilities and reduce risk.
• Develop business cases for automation that improve efficiency, resilience, and cost effectiveness.
• Track and report on key performance indicators and service objectives for the ITDR function.
• Maintain accurate data, metadata, and documentation related to disaster recovery processes.
• Contribute to continuous improvement efforts, innovation initiatives, and adoption of best practices.

Skills

IT disaster recovery

Business continuity

Cross-functional collaboration

Planning and testing

Communication skills

Project prioritization

Analytical skills

Resource planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

Horizontal Talent is seeking a seasoned IT Disaster Recovery professional to lead recovery activities across global and U.S. operations from planning to testing.

You will partner with stakeholders to schedule activities and report progress, ensuring robust recovery capabilities and reduced risk for critical services. The ideal candidate has 5–8 years in IT disaster recovery or business continuity, with strong communication, leadership, and analytical skills to drive improvements and automation