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Disaster Recovery Engineer

  • Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

  • 05/19/2026

  • Contract

  • Active

Job Description:

  • Job Summary
    We are seeking a Disaster Recovery Engineer to support an established Disaster Recovery Engineering program within a large healthcare enterprise environment. This role is focused on infrastructure-first disaster recovery planning and resiliency initiatives to ensure critical enterprise services remain recoverable and operational. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with enterprise infrastructure, disaster recovery planning, virtualization platforms, and backup technologies, along with the ability to collaborate across infrastructure, networking, and security teams.

    Key Responsibilities
    • Assess, plan, and develop disaster recovery strategies and recovery plans to support enterprise resiliency initiatives
    • Support disaster recovery planning and execution for foundational infrastructure services including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and virtualization platforms
    • Participate in enterprise disaster recovery readiness assessments and identify gaps, risks, and single points of failure
    • Contribute to remediation planning and collaborate with platform subject matter experts to improve system recoverability
    • Develop, maintain, and update disaster recovery documentation including runbooks, recovery procedures, and operational guides
    • Participate in disaster recovery testing activities including failover, failback, and tabletop exercises
    • Provide hands-on support during disaster recovery events, incident response, and recovery operations
    • Collaborate with infrastructure, networking, and security teams to align disaster recovery and resiliency strategies
    • Support ongoing improvements to recovery processes, testing methodologies, and resiliency planning initiatives

    Required Qualifications
    • 3–5+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, site reliability engineering, or disaster recovery-related roles
    • Practical experience with disaster recovery or resiliency planning in large-scale enterprise environments
    • Experience with infrastructure technologies including:
    • Active Directory
    • DNS and DHCP services
    • VMware or other virtualization platforms
    • Experience with enterprise backup and recovery tools such as:
    • Dell Avamar
    • PowerProtect Data Manager (PPDM)
    • Rubrik
    • Cohesity
    • Strong understanding of disaster recovery concepts including Recovery Time Objective (RTO), Recovery Point Objective (RPO), and business continuity principles
    • Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
    • Ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional technical teams
    • Strong communication and documentation skills

    Preferred Qualifications
    • Experience working in healthcare, hospital systems, or other regulated industries
    • Exposure to business continuity planning, disaster recovery testing, or Disaster Impacts Model (DIM) initiatives
    • Familiarity with cybersecurity concepts including firewall technologies and infrastructure security dependencies
    • Experience participating in enterprise-scale disaster recovery exercises and remediation efforts

    Certifications
    • CBCP (Certified Business Continuity Professional) or CFCP (Certified Functional Continuity Professional) certifications preferred

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