Disaster Recovery and Resilience Expert (m/f/d) ID27154-2

Duration: 21.09.2026 – 31.03.2027

Volumen: 40h/week

Location: remote

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Project description: “Defending the Castle” is the short-term and immediatephase of our customers AI threat resilience response. The purpose is tobuy time by increasing detection, response, containment and recovery readinesswhile a broader Phase 2 plan is prepared for the rest of the Business IT units.

Task description

- Conceptual development and structured implementation of theimmediate disaster recovery and resilience workstream for the “Defending theCastle” initiative.

- Preparation of documentation and concepts to enableoperational recovery of the most viable operations if AI-augmented compromisecauses disruption, data damage, ransomware-style encryption, destructiveactivity or service unavailability

- Identification and definition of recovery priorities, minimumviable operations, restoration sequencing, dependency mapping and backupvalidation schemes for hybrid Azure and on-premise’ environments.

- Creation of practical Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)and recovery playbooks covering recovery coordination, data integrityvalidation, clean-room restoration, crisis handover procedures andpost-recovery assurance.

- Provision of evidence-based technical analysis and readinessdocumentation by end of Q1 2027 to facilitate strategic decision-making for Phase2 planning for broader business IT resilience.

Quality

- Technical review of Recovery plans across applications,infrastructure, Azure, cyber defense, incident response and business continuityfunctions.

- Evaluation and technical assessment of restore tests assessedagainst recovery time, recovery point, integrity, dependency and operationalhand-back criteria.

- Execution and technical documentation, simulations andscenario-based playbook validations, beyond theoretical proof.

- Identification, evaluation and documentation of residualrisks, mitigation plans and escalation preparations for our customer riskmanagement.

- Identification and technical gap analysis of existingprocesses (too slow, fragmented, undocumented or dependent on informalknowledge) to document optimization potential.

- Transformation of risk evaluations into executable playbooks,technical control frameworks, test protocols, backlog items and managementevidence.

- Provision of a structured handover of a Phase 2 backlog andrecommendations for the broader Business IT resilience plan after Q1 2027.

- Development of Disaster Recovery (DR) & ResilienceStrategy Specifications for hybrid Azure and on-premise’ environments.

- Clarification of restoration priorities to preserve minimumviable operations and reduce business disruption.

- Validation of backup integrity, restore procedures anddependency assumptions before they are needed in crisis conditions.

- Creation of a common recovery model for stakeholderalignment (Disaster Recovery (DR), incident response, security monitoring,infrastructure, application

- Creation of comprehensive documentation with all resultsregarding the above-mentioned tasks with subsequent handover to our customerfor review and approval for further usage.

Skills

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• Minimum 8 years in disaster recovery, IT resilience, business continuity,infrastructure recovery, cloud operations or cyber recovery planning.

• Strong expertise in backup and restore, immutable backups, clean-roomrecovery, Azure resilience, on-premise infrastructure, identity dependenciesand crisis recovery coordination. • Experience preparing recovery strategiesfor ransomware, destructive attacks, cloud compromise or large-scale technologydisruption.

• Ability to translate technical recovery constraints into management-readydecisions and pragmatic execution plans.

• Relevant certifications such as CBCP, MBCI, CISSP, CISM, AZ-305, AZ-500,ITIL or equivalent are beneficial.

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