Azure Disaster Recovery Consultant

This is a 12-18 month contract. Remote. Visa - all open.

Sample Tasks

• Develop application specific recommendations for Azure Disaster Recovery (DR) tools and services
• Develop reports, dashboards, and presentation materials sufficient to communicate Azure DR options and recommendations to leadership
• Assist in establishing and documenting Azure DR best practices and associated processes in collaboration with sponsors and stakeholders
• Develop and document reports and presentation material to effectively communicate these best practices and process to other team members
• Develop best practices for IT Disaster Recovery Plans, Risk Assessments, and Emergency Management procedures within the Azure environment
• Develop best practices for testing Azure DR plans, including applications and databases testing, in collaboration with sponsors and stakeholders across all locations
• Incorporating any identified weaknesses or points of failure into the continuous enhancement of our DR planning and testing practices
• Identify and document opportunities for where we could gain DR efficiencies and effectiveness by utilizing Azure
• Develop cost models for related Azure services
• Provide strategic vision and thinking with focus on outcomes
• Create clear and attainable project/program objectives
• Create clear and attainable project/program requirements
• Manage program/project constraints of cost, time, and scope
• Form close links with team members and stakeholders
• Provide knowledge transfer

• Five (5) years' experience in Cybersecurity Disaster Recovery Strategic Planning role.
  • A Master's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology or related field substitutes for three years of experience, or a Bachelor of Cybersecurity substitutes for two years, or an Associate of Cybersecurity substitutes for one year.
• Three (3) years' experience designing and implementing DR services within Azure, including planning, testing, cost analysis, and migration strategy planning.
• Two (2) engagements lasting more than six (6) months in Cybersecurity Disaster Recovery Strategic Planning role working specifically with NIST Cybersecurity Framework.

• Experience developing application specific recommendations for Azure Disaster Recovery (DR) tools and services
• Experience developing reports, dashboards, and presentation materials sufficient to communicate DR options and recommendations within Azure
• Demonstrated experience working across senior leadership, business units, and technology groups to present ideas and build consensus
• Experience developing a plan for testing DR plans within Azure, including application and database testing, in collaboration with sponsors and stakeholders
• Experience developing and documenting improvement recommendations from any identified weaknesses or points of failure
• Experience in Disaster Recovery Strategic Planning in government
• CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) ISC2 Certified
• CCSP (Certified Cloud Security Professional) ISC2 Certified
• CAP (Certified Authorization Professional) ISC2 Certified
• Solid understanding of NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF)
• Excellent technical documentation and communication skills with the ability to articulate business requirements into new technologies
• Demonstrated understanding of application (ex; Java, .Net, HTML5) and infrastructure (servers, storage, network, cloud, container) technologies, and the techniques and methods available to recover in the event of a disaster
• Solid understanding of technology landscape as it relates to disaster recovery including operating systems, server management, information security, networking, application development, storage and backup, virtualization and/or cloud technologies (Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud with a preference for knowledge of Azure)
• Experience developing disaster recovery plans related to:
  • Oracle (RAC and Enterprise DB) and SQL Server databases
  • Tomcat, WebLogic middleware
  • RHEL, Windows OS
• Experience with container technologies such as Azure Kubernetes
• Experience with Azure DevOps/GitHub
• Demonstrable leadership ability
• Ability to direct & manage DR program development from beginning to end
• Ability to define DR program scope, goals, and deliverables in collaboration with project sponsors and stakeholders
• Ability to estimate DR program/project resource requirements and participants needed to achieve goals including changes where necessary
• Ability to establish program/project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools and tracking such milestones and deliverables
• Ability to manage changes in DR program/project scope, identify potential crises or issues, and devise contingency plans as appropriate
• Ability to communicate DR program/project plans, expectations, updates, progress, issues, and successes in a timely & clear fashion