Pilvi Systems, Inc.Remote
Senior DR & Business Continuity Engineer
United States of America
Contract
3 weeks ago
No H1B
Key skills
Disaster Recovery PlanningEnterprise ResilienceISO 22301NIST Contingency PlanningTechnical Design AssessmentDistributed SystemsData ReplicationBackupsNetwork DesignIdentityAccess ManagementFinancial ConceptsAudit ConceptsInformation Technology ConceptsMicrosoft OfficeBusiness Continuity ManagementCBCP CertificationMBCI CertificationAnalytical skillsCross-functional alignmentIndependent workServiceNowPresentation Skills
About this role
Pilvi Systems, Inc. is seeking a Senior DR & Business Continuity Engineer. The role involves owning disaster recovery methodology, curating program content, and ensuring alignment with regulatory resilience expectations while advising product teams on resilient patterns.
Responsibilities:
- Own DR methodology: Define, maintain, and continuously improve client’s DR methodology (standards, controls, acceptance criteria, and playbooks), aligned with 1-AER governance and our ISO 22301 BCMS
- Program content & enablement: Curate guidance and templates for Disaster Recovery Plans; develop training that raises DR literacy and practice maturity across engineering and operations
- Plan review & assurance: Systematically review DR plans for accuracy, completeness, viability, and conformity to methodology; validate that RTO/RPO targets from BIA/TIA are supported by architecture and procedures
- Technical SME & advisor: Advise product/service teams on resilient patterns given their structure and how DR integrates with Business Continuity and Enterprise Resilience
- Exercises & validation: Review DR exercise submissions for accuracy and completeness. Ensure plans are updated accordingly
- Standards alignment: Ensure DR artifacts and controls align to client’s methodology and evolving regulatory resilience expectations (e.g., DORA), and feed audit/readiness activities
- Tooling: Utilize Business Continuity Management (BCM) module within ServiceNow to improve readiness and transparency for DR efforts
- Perform other activities as required to support enterprise resilience at client
Requirements:
- 15+ YEARS MUST
- Demonstrable experience in enterprise resilience, including disaster recovery planning spanning 10 years
- Strong grasp of ISO 22301 and NIST guidance for contingency planning
- Ability to read/assess technical designs and runbooks; familiarity with distributed systems, data replication, backups, network design, identity/access, and observability
- Excellent analytical, verbal, written, and presentation skills
- Comfortable collaborating with engineers and leaders; can drive cross-functional alignment
- Good understanding of Financial, Audit, and Information Technology concepts
- Outstanding proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, SharePoint)
- Strong administrative skills, including the ability to develop project plans and achieve target dates
- Productive great teammate with the ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- An undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
- Professional designation (CBCP, MBCI)
- Experience in preparing for significant multi-site disruptive incidents