Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the IT Service and Technology Management team, for a full-timeDisaster Recovery Manager. We are looking for a enthusiastic and highly motivated individual with keen attention to detail, to support SCW systems' continuing resilience and to lead on DR service recovery assurance.
This is a key role in defining and supporting SCW key recovery requirements and ensuring the resilience essential business systems within the DDaT service line.
*Previous applicants need not reapply*
Main duties of the job
- Performing complex backup and recovery systems analysis and support work.
- Reviewing SCW & customer requirements, procedures, and policies to improve existing backup infrastructure.
- Participating in planning and specifying procedures for accomplishing work within team.
- Managing the administration, maintenance, and testing of new server backup software products for the backup infrastructure.
- Monitoring and assuring that third party contracts related to disaster recovery and back up sevices remain aligned to SCW requirements.
- Define and support key SCW recovery requirements and objectives
- Support SCW systems' continuing resilience, and timely recovery following the occurrence of an outage or major disaster that results in the partial or complete disruption of IT operations.
- Lead activities to ensure that DR service recovery plans are fully developed, documented, and tested by plan owners. Effectively align the IT DR activities with those of the Business Continuity Management team.
About us
The holder of the role will be expected to mentor and lead junior members of the SCW Technical Operations Team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Responsible for the configuration, administration and monitoring of backup software and associated monitoring systems.
- Participates in projects and initiatives related to the backup infrastructure environment.
- Acts as team lead for disaster recovery testing.
- Develops metrics and reports to present on the state of disaster recovery tests
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Responsible for the configuration, administration and monitoring of backup software and associated monitoring systems.
- Participates in projects and initiatives related to the backup infrastructure environment.
- Acts as team lead for disaster recovery testing.
- Develops metrics and reports to present on the state of disaster recovery tests
Person Specification
Values & Behaviours
Essential
- Patient First - Customer Excellence
- Aspirational
- Collaborative
- Insightful
- Respectful
Education
Essential
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Evidence of continued professional development
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experience in communications and stakeholder management
- Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments
Desirable
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project
- Understanding of the public sector
- A good understanding of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it
Skills & Capabilities
Essential
- Management of various types of backup infrastructure, including servers, switches, routers, wireless controllers, firewalls etc.A/I/T
- Clear understanding of backup standards and their implementation.
- Ability to analyse, debug and enhance backup solution implementations.
Desirable
- Automation of routine tasks such as equipment backups.
- The configuration of backup monitoring tools
Person Specification
Values & Behaviours
Essential
- Patient First - Customer Excellence
- Aspirational
- Collaborative
- Insightful
- Respectful
Education
Essential
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Evidence of continued professional development
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experience in communications and stakeholder management
- Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments
Desirable
- Comprehensive knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools, such as Prince 2 Foundation and Microsoft Project
- Understanding of the public sector
- A good understanding of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it
Skills & Capabilities
Essential
- Management of various types of backup infrastructure, including servers, switches, routers, wireless controllers, firewalls etc.A/I/T
- Clear understanding of backup standards and their implementation.
- Ability to analyse, debug and enhance backup solution implementations.
Desirable
- Automation of routine tasks such as equipment backups.
- The configuration of backup monitoring tools
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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