Disaster Recovery Specialist
Bethesda, MD 
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Posted 13 days ago
Job Description
Disaster Recovery Specialist
Job ID 2024-26592 Category Infrastructure Support Location US-Remote
About DMI

DMI is a leading global provider of digital services working at the intersection of public and private sectors. With broad capabilities across IT managed services, cybersecurity, cloud migration and application development, DMI provides on-site and remote support to clients within governments, healthcare, financial services, transportation, manufacturing, and other critical infrastructure sectors. DMI has grown to over 2,100+ employees globally and has been continually recognized as a Top Workplace in both regional and national categories.

About the Opportunity

DMI, LLC is seeking a IT Disaster Recovery Resource

Duties and Responsibilities:

    Review of Site's Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP)
    • Review for accuracy and sufficiency
    • Are all current critical systems and services identified
    • Does it accurately identify current personnel and key positions
    • Does it include all current hardware, software, applications, etc.
    • Detailed systems and architecture diagrams?
  1. Meet with Site Leadership and key personnel to perform
    • Risk assessment and business impact analyses for identified critical services and systems
    • Establish RTO and RPO for critical services and systems
    • Understand and incorporate site's non-IT DRP and COOP plans
  2. Create a new IT DRP, meeting ISO 27001 standards and includes:
    • Current IT inventory
    • Data back-up and verification SOPs
    • Detailed semi-annual DRP testing program
    • Business resumption plan
    • Continuity of operations plan
    • Incident management plan (IMP)
    • Disaster recovery plan
    • RACI charts for all DRP and COOP activities
    • Plan for annual updates to DRP and COOP by local IT team
  3. Present and Review IT DRP and COOP to Site Leadership
    • Edit plan per leadership feedback
    • Thoroughly review finalized DRP and COOP with site IT team
    • Supply copy of finalized DRP and COOP plans to OET Asst CIO for Infrastructure and Operations (Asst CIO I&O)
  4. Perform first semi-annual test of DRP and COOP components
    • Work with site leadership and IT team to select at least 2 components of the DRP and COOP to test
    • Perform test with local IT team
    • Submit results and after-action report of testing to site's IT team, site's Leadership and OET Asst CIO I&O
Qualifications

Education and Years of Experience:

Required and Desired Skills/Certifications:

  • Ability to travel to MDH work sites located throughout the entire State of Maryland
  • Minimum 5 years' experience implementing and managing disaster recovery and business continuity management programs
  • Experience working in the government sector
  • Current certification in at least one of the following certifications:
    1. Certified Disaster Recovery Engineer (CDRE)
    2. Certified Emergency Manager (CEM)
    3. Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP)
    4. Certified Business Continuity Vendor (CBCV)
  • Working technical knowledge of current systems software, hardware, protocols, and standards

Additional Requirements:

Min Citizenship Status Required:

Physical Requirements: No Physical requirement needed for this position.

Location: Remote

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Working at DMI

DMI is a diverse, prosperous, and rewarding place to work. Being part of the DMI family means we care about your wellbeing. We offer a variety of perks and benefits that help meet various interests and needs, while still having the opportunity to work directly with several of our award-winning, Fortune 1000 clients. The following categories make up your DMI wellbeing:

  • Convenience/Concierge - Virtual visits through health insurance, pet insurance, commuter benefits, discount tickets for movies, travel, and many other items to provide convenience.
  • Development - Annual performance management, continuing education, and tuition assistance, internal job opportunities along with career enrichment and advancement to help each employee with their professional and personal development.
  • Financial - Generous 401k matches both pre-tax and post-tax (ROTH) contributions along with financial wellness education, EAP, Life Insurance and Disability help provide financial stability for each DMI employee.
  • Recognition - Great achievements do not go unnoticed by DMI through Annual Awards ceremony, service anniversaries, peer-to-peer acknowledgment, employee referral bonuses.
  • Wellness - Healthcare benefits, Wellness programs, Flu Shots, Biometric screenings, and several other wellness options.

Employees are valued for their talents and contributions. We all take pride in helping our customers achieve their goals, which in turn contributes to the overall success of the company. The company does and will take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals with disabilities and protected veterans, and to treat qualified individuals without discrimination based on their physical or mental disability or veteran status. DMI is an Equal Opportunity Employer Minority/Female/Veterans/Disability. DMI maintains a drug-free workplace.

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Applicants selected may be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. US citizenship may be required for some positions.

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The company does and will take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals with disabilities and protected veterans, and to treat qualified individuals without discrimination on the basis of their physical or mental disability or veteran status. DMI is an Equal Opportunity Employer Minority/Female/Veterans/Disability.

 

Job Summary
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Experience
5+ years
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