Disaster Recovery, Stakeholder Management, MySQL, Cross-Team Coordination, Recovery Workflows, Runbooks, Reporting Dashboards
Description
GSPANN is hiring a Disaster Recovery Lead to lead and govern enterprise Disaster Recovery programs. The role focuses on DR planning, cross-team coordination, readiness assessments, and execution of large-scale DR drills to ensure business continuity.
Location: Hyderabad
Role Type: Full Time
Published On: 6 January 2026
Experience: 6 - 8 Years
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Description
GSPANN is hiring a Disaster Recovery Lead to lead and govern enterprise Disaster Recovery programs. The role focuses on DR planning, cross-team coordination, readiness assessments, and execution of large-scale DR drills to ensure business continuity.
Role and Responsibilities
- Lead the planning, execution, and governance of the organization's Disaster Recovery (DR) program.
- Coordinate closely with Infrastructure, Application, Database, Cloud, and Network teams during DR activities and failover events.
- Own, maintain, and regularly update Technical Recovery Guides (TRGs) to reflect environment and system changes.
- Conduct DR readiness assessments and maintain dashboards to track recovery preparedness and compliance.
- Identify DR risks, gaps, and improvement areas, and drive remediation plans to closure.
- Ensure teams follow defined recovery procedures, recovery time objectives, and compliance standards.
- Plan and facilitate bi-annual DR drills, oversee end-to-end testing, and document outcomes and observations.
- Prepare detailed DR drill reports and present findings to internal teams and client stakeholders.
- Support audits by coordinating evidence collection, compliance checks, and DR-related submissions.
Skills And Experience
- 6-8 years of experience in Disaster Recovery planning, coordination, or IT service continuity roles.
- Demonstrate hands-on ownership of end-to-end DR activities, including planning, documentation, testing, and governance.
- Maintain and continuously improve Technical Recovery Guides (TRGs) across all systems and platforms.
- Coordinate effectively with cross-functional teams during DR drills, failover exercises, and real incidents.
- Assess DR readiness, analyze risks and dependencies, and drive remediation of gaps and vulnerabilities.
- Perform post-DR analysis, identify improvement opportunities, and update runbooks and procedures accordingly.
- Apply a strong understanding of IT infrastructure, applications, storage, databases, and cloud environments.
- Use analytical skills to interpret recovery requirements, system dependencies, and impact analysis.
- Work hands-on with recovery workflows, runbooks, and DR tools and technologies.
- Create and maintain audit-ready documentation, evidence, dashboards, and compliance reports.
- Utilize tools such as Excel, Visio, and documentation platforms to support DR planning and reporting.
- Demonstrate knowledge of backup solutions, replication technologies, and monitoring tools.
- Apply a strong understanding of DR frameworks, Recovery Time Objective (RTO), Recovery Point Objective (RPO) planning, and business continuity processes.
- Exhibit excellent stakeholder management, communication, and cross-team coordination skills.
- Lead large-scale DR drills confidently, including under high-pressure scenarios.
- Apply working knowledge of change management, incident management, and ITIL processes.
