Junior IT Resiliency & Disaster Recovery Specialist

Kforce Inc; New York (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Kforce has a client in NYC seeking a Resiliency Junior IT SME (Phoenix Initiative). You will support disaster recovery and resiliency activities, analyze application recovery requirements, and map dependencies across applications and infrastructure.

The role focuses on assisting with governance reviews, testing activities, and remediation planning to improve resilience and operational readiness. Ideal candidates have 2–5 years in disaster recovery or related fields, strong analytical and

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience in disaster recovery, operational resilience, or related areas.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills.
• Familiarity with disaster recovery testing and business continuity practices.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the disaster recovery and resiliency workstream through analysis of application recovery requirements and technical dependencies.
• Assist with assessing service criticality, recovery needs, and gaps between current capabilities and target resilience objectives.
• Document application recovery requirements, assumptions, and recovery procedures.
• Support disaster recovery testing activities, including test preparation, evidence collection, issue tracking, and follow-up actions.
• Help map dependencies across applications, infrastructure platforms, and business services.
• Assist in preparing documentation and materials for governance reviews, audits, and design validation activities.

Skills

Disaster recovery analysis

Resiliency planning

Documentation

Stakeholder communication

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/Engineering

Job description

Kforce has a client in NYC seeking a Resiliency Junior IT SME (Phoenix Initiative). You will support disaster recovery and resiliency activities, analyze application recovery requirements, and map dependencies across applications and infrastructure.

The role focuses on assisting with governance reviews, testing activities, and remediation planning to improve resilience and operational readiness. Ideal candidates have 2–5 years in disaster recovery or related fields, strong analytical and