Disaster Recovery Coordinator

Disaster Recovery Coordinator

Location: Trenton, NJ (Hybrid)

Duration: Contract

Interview Type: In Person Only

Short Description:

The Disaster Recovery (DR) Coordinator is responsible for planning, organizing, executing, and maturing the Judiciary’s enterprise-wide Disaster Recovery and IT Resiliency Program.

Complete Description:

Key Responsibilities:

Program Leadership & Coordination

• Serve as the central point of contact for all DR activities across the Judiciary.
• Coordinate and facilitate DR planning sessions, status meetings, and post exercise reviews.
• Maintain alignment with Judiciary IT strategy, business continuity objectives, and evolving operational requirements.

Disaster Recovery Planning

• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve a comprehensive Disaster Recovery & Resiliency Plan covering:

• IBM mainframe environments (z/OS)
• Linux
• Windows/x86 and virtualized environments (VMware, cloud workloads)
• Network, storage, and supporting infrastructure
• -Ensure DR plans reflect accurate system inventories, recovery procedures, RTO/RPO requirements, dependencies, and data replication methods.

DR Testing & Validation

• -Plan, schedule, coordinate, and execute multiple DR tests annually (both full-scale and component-level exercises).
• Collaborate with Recovery Point Systems to validate hot site readiness, replication integrity, and environment compatibility.
• Coordinate with application and infrastructure teams to ensure test objectives, success criteria, and roles are clearly defined.
• Document test results, identify remediation activities, and track corrective actions to completion.

Cross-Team Collaboration

• Work with development teams to ensure applications incorporate recovery readiness, proper failover procedures, and dependency documentation.
• Partner with infrastructure teams to confirm systems, storage, and network configurations are test-ready and aligned with DR capabilities.
• Communicate clearly with leadership on DR posture, gaps, risks, and progress metrics.

Vendor & Partner Management

• Act as primary liaison with the DR vendor (Recovery Point Systems), ensuring:
• Scheduling and logistics for DR tests
• Timely communication of infrastructure changes
• Coordination on replication, data synchronization, and recovery environment updates
• Review and validate vendor delivered DR services and SLAs.

Documentation & Governance

• Maintain all DR-related documentation in a standardized, version-controlled format.
• Develop frameworks, templates, checklists, and procedures for DR activities.
• Ensure compliance with Judiciary security, continuity, and contingency planning requirements.
• Produce reports for audits, leadership updates, and external reviews.

Risk Management & Continuous Improvement

• Identify resiliency gaps and recommend system or process improvements.
• Monitor changes in the production environment to ensure ongoing DR alignment.
• Stay informed of DR industry best practices and emerging technologies.

Required Skills & Experience:

Strong experience in IT Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, or IT Resiliency roles.

Hands on understanding of:

• IBM mainframe environments (z/OS, JCL, schedulers, storage replication)
• Linux and Windows/x86 systems
• Virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware ESXi)
• Cloud platforms (IaaS/PaaS)
• SAN storage, networking, and data replication technologies
• Prior experience coordinating DR exercises with third party recovery providers (Recovery ---Point experience preferred).
• Excellent project management, documentation, and coordination skills.
• Ability to work across diverse technical teams and communicate effectively with technical and non technical audiences.

Required / Desired Skills

• Strong experience in IT Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, or IT Resiliency roles. Required 8 Years
• IBM mainframe environments (z/OS, JCL, schedulers, storage replication) Required 8 Years
• Linux and Windows/x86 systems Required 8 Years
• Virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware ESXi) Required 8 Years
• Cloud platforms (IaaS/PaaS) Required 8 Years
• SAN storage, networking, and data replication technologies Required 8 Years