IT Resilience & Disaster Recovery Analyst

Republic Services, Inc.; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental/Vision insurance

Retirement plan

ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Plan)

PTO

Job summary

Republic Services, Inc. in Phoenix is seeking an IT Disaster Recovery Continuity Analyst to strengthen the organization's resilience by documenting recovery requirements, coordinating testing, and ensuring alignment with RTO and RPO targets.

The role partners with business and IT stakeholders to translate continuity needs into actionable plans, runbooks, and measurable outcomes, and supports governance, audits, and process standardization across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years in disaster recovery, business continuity, IT risk, or related analysis.
• Experience coordinating across application owners, infrastructure SMEs, and vendors.
• Familiarity with IT service management, governance, and resiliency concepts.
• Understanding recovery technologies such as backup, storage replication, and cloud services.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate sessions with owners and stakeholders to document end-to-end recovery processes.
• Develop and maintain DR runbooks, checklists, and validation steps for services.
• Analyze current-state recovery capabilities and document gaps and recommendations.
• Coordinate DR tabletop exercises, tests, and failover activities with teams.
• Document test results and track remediation through closure.
• Support governance, audits, and evidence collection for DR programs.
• Collaborate with vendors and partners to enhance recovery capabilities.
• Identify opportunities to automate DR activities and improve efficiency.
• Prepare status reports and executive summaries on progress and risks.

Skills

DR/BC lifecycle

Requirements elicitation

Risk assessment

Documentation

Communication skills

Project coordination

Tools

SQL

Job description

Republic Services, Inc. in Phoenix is seeking an IT Disaster Recovery Continuity Analyst to strengthen the organization's resilience by documenting recovery requirements, coordinating testing, and ensuring alignment with RTO and RPO targets.

The role partners with business and IT stakeholders to translate continuity needs into actionable plans, runbooks, and measurable outcomes, and supports governance, audits, and process standardization across the enterprise.