IT Disaster Recovery (ITDR) Consultant
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About the Role
The role involves leading IT Disaster Recovery assessments, designing recovery plans, and developing governance frameworks while engaging stakeholders and ensuring compliance.
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Responsibilities
- Lead enterprise wide IT Disaster Recovery (ITDR) risk assessments and maturity evaluations
- Design and develop comprehensive Disaster Recovery Plans (DRPs) aligned to business critical services
- Define recovery strategies, Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs), Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs), and application recovery priorities
- Perform technology dependency analysis and develop end to end recovery workflows and procedures
- Establish and implement a Disaster Recovery Incident Management Framework (DRIMF)
- Develop an enterprise IT Disaster Recovery Operating Model covering governance, roles, KPIs, KRIs, and continuous improvement
- Facilitate workshops with business and technology stakeholders to identify critical systems and recovery requirements
- Produce high quality documentation, governance artefacts, standards, policies, and operating procedures
- Ensure Disaster Recovery capabilities align with international best practices and Saudi regulatory requirements
- Support the development of Disaster Recovery maturity roadmaps and ongoing governance initiatives
Requirements
- Experience in IT Disaster Recovery consulting or related field
- Knowledge of DR planning, RTO/RPO definition, and recovery strategies
- Experience with enterprise wide risk assessments and maturity evaluations
- Ability to develop DR plans, incident management frameworks, and operating models
- Strong stakeholder facilitation and workshop skills
- Knowledge of international best practices and Saudi regulatory requirements
Full Job Posting
Overview
- Are you an experienced IT Disaster Recovery (ITDR) Consultant with a passion for resilience, governance, and enterprise risk management?
- We're partnering with a leading organisation in Riyadh to hire an ITDR Consultant who will play a key role in strengthening enterprise resilience by assessing, designing, and governing Disaster Recovery capabilities across the organisation.
- This is a strategic advisory role focused on governance, operating models, risk assessment, documentation, and stakeholder engagement rather than hands on infrastructure implementation.
What You'll Be Doing
- Lead enterprise wide IT Disaster Recovery (ITDR) risk assessments and maturity evaluations.
- Design and develop comprehensive Disaster Recovery Plans (DRPs) aligned to business critical services.
- Define recovery strategies, Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs), Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs), and application recovery priorities.
- Perform technology dependency analysis and develop end to end recovery workflows and procedures.
- Establish and implement a Disaster Recovery Incident Management Framework (DRIMF), including incident governance, escalation models, crisis communications, and executive reporting.
- Develop an enterprise IT Disaster Recovery Operating Model covering governance structures, organisational roles, KPIs, KRIs, service metrics, and continuous improvement.
- Facilitate workshops with business and technology stakeholders to identify critical systems, dependencies, and recovery requirements.
- Produce high quality documentation, governance artefacts, standards, policies, and operating procedures.
- Ensure Disaster Recovery capabilities align with international best practices and Saudi regulatory requirements.
- Support the development of Disaster Recovery maturity roadmaps and ongoing governance initiatives.
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