Senior Disaster Recovery & Resilience Analyst

American Electric Power; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 99,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

American Electric Power in Columbus, Ohio seeks a Senior Disaster Recovery Analyst to lead and support DR program activities, maintain recovery documentation, and validate readiness against enterprise standards. You will collaborate with technology, cybersecurity, business, and vendor stakeholders to ensure accurate recovery information and effective testing, governance, and reporting.

The role emphasizes independent judgment to improve documentation and remediation tracking without ownership of

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Business, Risk Management, Emergency Management, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve DR inventory, RTO/RPO, dependency, contact, evidence, and recovery documentation.
• Coordinate and validate DR inventory, recovery objective, dependency, and documentation updates in ServiceNow, CMDB, and other systems.
• Coordinate tabletop and functional recovery tests, including scheduling, materials, test evidence, and after-action documentation.
• Support audit and regulatory readiness by collecting evidence, reviewing documentation quality, and tracking remediation items.
• Monitor cloud, SaaS, managed-service, and vendor-supported recovery documentation for completeness and alignment with enterprise expectations.
• Prepare program reporting inputs for recovery capability health, test completion, evidence quality, remediation items and maturity measures.
• Support DR input into training curriculum and readiness materials aligned to enterprise standards.

Skills

Disaster Recovery

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Cybersecurity/Business/Risk Mgmt/Emergency Mgmt or related

Tools

ServiceNow

CMDB

Job description

American Electric Power in Columbus, Ohio seeks a Senior Disaster Recovery Analyst to lead and support DR program activities, maintain recovery documentation, and validate readiness against enterprise standards. You will collaborate with technology, cybersecurity, business, and vendor stakeholders to ensure accurate recovery information and effective testing, governance, and reporting.

The role emphasizes independent judgment to improve documentation and remediation tracking without ownership of