Disaster Recovery (DR) consultant

Job Title: Disaster Recovery Consultant (Execution & Improvement)

Job Type: Contract | up to 6 months

Work Schedule: Full-Time | 37.5 weekly

Hybrid or Remote

Location: Home Office NYC

Ideal candidate:

• Deep, hands-on experience with application and infrastructure DR planning and testing
• Has validated recovery strategies (RTO/RPO) and understands real-world feasibility
• Has supported or executed failover tests, simulations, or recovery exercises
• Able to identify gaps in recovery readiness (dependencies, data integrity, environment readiness)
• Comfortable working directly with technology and infrastructure teams

Strong Backgrounds

• IT Disaster Recovery / Technology Resilience teams
• Infrastructure or application teams with DR ownership
• Consulting roles focused on DR testing, validation, and uplift
• Experience in regulated environments (financial services is a plus)

Full-Time

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Disaster Recovery (DR) consultant to provide targeted, execution-focused support to strengthen enterprise DR capabilities.

• This role will focus on enhancing application recovery planning, improving testing and validation practices, and strengthening second line of defense oversight to ensure the organization can effectively recover critical systems in real disruption scenarios.
• This is not a steady-state support role. The consultant will be expected to work across technology and business teams to drive tangible improvements in recovery readiness within defined timelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Technology, Infrastructure, and Application teams to review and enhance DR plans.
• Validate recovery strategies, including recovery time objectives (RTOs), recovery point objectives (RPOs), and failover capabilities.
• Identify gaps in recovery readiness, including dependencies, data integrity, and environment availability.
• Support design and execution of DR testing, including simulations and failover exercises.
• Assess effectiveness of recovery procedures and recommend practical improvements.
• Ensure DR plans are aligned to critical business services and operational priorities.
• Propose governance enhancements strengthening second line oversight practices.
• Synthesize findings into clear, actionable recommendations and track remediation progress.
• Support preparation of materials for audit, regulatory, and internal governance reviews.

Required Qualifications

• 9-10+ years of experience in disaster recovery, IT resilience, or technology risk
• Hands-on experience developing and validating DR plans, including application recovery and infrastructure failover
• Experience supporting or executing DR testing (e.g., failover, tabletop, simulation)