Manager - Disaster Recovery

Responsibilities

• Be the Digital Guardian: Architect and ensure Deriv’s systems can withstand challenges, building a robust infrastructure that keeps operations running smoothly.
• Lead with Strategy: Develop and oversee disaster recovery (DR) plans, mentor your team, and guide us through the evolving IT resilience landscape. Provide leadership in Business Impact Analysis (BIA) and DR planning.
• Design Resilient Systems: Implement advanced DR solutions for critical cloud services (AWS, GCP) ensuring scalability, durability, and readiness for any situation.
• Anticipate Risks: Conduct in-depth risk assessments, leverage machine learning, and prepare for the unexpected by leading exercises. Ensure DR strategies meet or exceed RTO and RPO targets.
• Automate Recovery Processes: Develop frameworks and tools (Chef, AWS Step Functions, Ansible, Terraform, AWS CloudFormation) to streamline recovery, minimize downtime, and accelerate recovery speed.
• Test and Improve: Design comprehensive testing and validation protocols for DR drills, using observability tools (Grafana, AWS CloudWatch). Stress-test systems with chaos engineering techniques to ensure DR plans are effective.
• Collaborate Across Teams: Partner with various teams to ensure everyone understands their role in DR. Work closely with architects, system engineers, and security specialists.
• Lead in Crisis: Take charge during disruptions, coordinating recovery efforts and minimizing the impact with steady leadership.
• Ensure Compliance: Stay on top of regulatory requirements, particularly in the financial sector, and provide detailed performance reports to senior leadership and regulatory bodies.
• Commit to Continuous Improvement: Keep up with industry trends, continuously improve DR capabilities, and share knowledge with the team.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in disaster recovery, business continuity, or a related field
• 3+ years in a leadership role in a technical environment
• In-depth knowledge of AWS services for disaster recovery (AWS Backup, Amazon RDS Multi-AZ, AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery, CloudFormation, Global Accelerator, Fault Injection Simulator)
• Proficiency in managing DR in cloud environments (AWS, GCP) using tools like Terraform, Chef, Docker, Kubernetes, and Octopus Deploy
• Strong understanding of modern architectures (microservices, serverless, containerization)
• Proven experience leading complex DR projects
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and Business Continuity principles
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• Master’s degree or certifications (e.g., CDRP, CISSP, ISO 22301 LI) are a plus