Senior Manager, IT Disaster Recovery

Senior Manager, IT Disaster Recovery Company: AIA About the Role The Group BCM IT/DR Senior Manager supports the Group Office’s IT/DR program working closely with Group IT infrastructure, Cloud Architecture and application support teams to validate our technology recovery readiness and continuously strengthen Technology resilience for Groupwide systems owned and managed centrally by Group Office. Roles and Responsibilities Planning, coordinating, and implementing full scale Datacenter and Cloud Disaster Recovery tests which comprises of testing the key scenarios such as a loss of key IT components as well as full site Work with business continuity planning team to understand and establish Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) for critical business functions and related technology to embed in the IT DR plan Manage and support Resilience Risk/Compliance Scorecards preparation and ensure technology recovery capability are aligned with business continuity requirements Review of SSDC Capacity Management Report to identify the shortfall of the IT capacity and communicate the information to BU BCM/ITDR teams Coordinate with infrastructure team, application teams, Infrastructure vendors, and Datacenter partners on the creation and maintenance of fit‑to‑purpose DR plans and ensure adequacy of all application‑based DR Plans/Activation Run books Work with the IT technical staff to ensure the DR solutions security, integrity, and accessibility of data, databases, and information systems Schedule and lead the planning, coordination, and execution of the disaster recovery exercises to validate the DR plan Coordinate & facilitate Group and business unit’s application related DR planning & execution activities Manage the administration, development, implementation, and maintenance of policies and procedures related to disaster recovery Support BCM System Groupwide Implementation for BU ITDR Plan and ITDR Drill Report Establish and maintain detailed DR communications and command and control plans through a change management process Develop and produce program key performance indicators, metrics and reports that reflect overall health and viability of disaster recovery capabilities Provide 24x7 on‑call support for any emergency, which may require activation of all or part of the IT business continuity or disaster recovery plans Minimum Job Requirements Experienced in coordinating large scale events such as data centre disaster recovery tests, power downs, maintenance activities Hands‑on experience on the entire process, from planning all the way to the actual coordination on the day of the activity 10‑12 years of experience in IT Service Continuity program management, IT disaster recovery plan development, maintenance and exercising with a large‑scale financial institution Experience in conducting BIA and developing Business Continuity Plans Experience with and an understanding of enterprise data replication & automation technologies as well as DR network topology design and implementation Application and Infrastructure knowledge & understanding to ensure proper planning for and implementation of a highly advanced disaster recovery alternate site capability and the corresponding DR program components Possess general technology knowledge (mainframe, distributed, network, middleware and storage, data backup technologies) Job Details Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level Employment type: Full‑time Job function: Information Technology Industries: Insurance Build a career with us as we help our customers and the community live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives. #J-18808-Ljbffr