Subject Area: Disaster Recovery
Description: TITLE: Disaster Recovery Coordinator
COMPANY: Equifax
LOCATION: Alpharetta, GA
CONTACT: gary.shaar@equifax.com
The Disaster Recovery Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating and maintaining mainframe and midrange recovery processes and procedures between the disaster recovery services provider and Equifax. This will include the coordination of the development, maintenance, and testing of recovery processes for the mainframe and midrange infrastructure. In addition, the Disaster Recovery Coordinator will manage the Change Control process as it relates to DR infrastructure, and serve as the liaison between Equifax and the disaster recovery services provider.
Responsibilities:
• Assist with the planning, coordinating, and execution of DR tests and/or actual events.
• Assist in the development of exercise objectives between recovery vendor and Equifax.
• Assist in implementing a problem tracking process for DR testing and coordinate post-test issues resolution meetings.
• Prepare and deliver a post-test report detailing all successes and issues encountered.
• Implement updates to the Disaster Recovery Plan following a recovery exercise.
• Review changes in corporate resources with the management of those areas to assure the effectiveness of the recovery procedures.
• Responsible for providing manuals, configuration specifications, software specifications, written procedures or other information required for the execution of recovery processes.
• Work with vendors of disaster recovery services and facilities to ensure best practices are followed.
Required Skills and Experience:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Management Information Systems, or related field: or the equivalent in education and work experience.
• 5-7 +years of Disaster Recovery experience, with an emphasis on mainframe/midrange recovery.
• Significant knowledge of current disaster recovery planning methodologies and technologies.
• Knowledge of Business Continuity best practices and Business Impact Analysis (BIA) methodologies.
• Significant understanding of Change Management process - Required
• Project Management experience.
• Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP), or willingness to obtain certification - Preferred
• Familiarity with the Archer application – Preferred
