IT Analyst - Intermediate

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Blue Star Partners LLC

IT Analyst - Intermediate

Columbus, OH
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    **Job Title: IT Analyst - Intermediate
    ** Rate: Up to $47.65 per hour based on qualifications
    Employment Type: Temp to Hire Resource, W2
    Duration: 2/26/2024 – 2/25/2025
    Location: Must live near Columbus, Ohio

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    Responsibilities:**

    • DR Coordinator for Plans, Exercises, medium sized DR project coordination, working with a cross section of IT Operational Teams under the direction of the DR Lead and/or Manager.
    • Resolves issues related to plans and exercises, track issues during exercises and report issues according to standards.
    • Work closely with company project managers, on projects from time to time to ensure the company DR Standards are used.
    • Gather data on day-to-day Applications, Servers, OS, Databases, etc. to assist with the planning of a DR Exercise.
    • Maintain a solid understanding of Service Providers’ operational and service delivery responsibilities.
    • Review Application Recovery Plans and/or Run Books for completeness in preparation of Disaster Recovery exercises and failover activities.
    • Participate in the planning and execution of and lead Disaster Recovery exercises and failover activities.
    • Report to the Disaster Recovery Services Manager under Infrastructure Management.
    • Other related DR/BC Duties and/or project work as assigned.
    • No on-call duties currently.

    **
    Responsibilities:**

    • DR Coordinator for Plans, Exercises, medium sized DR project coordination, working with a cross section of IT Operational Teams under the direction of the DR Lead and/or Manager.
    • Resolves issues related to plans and exercises, track issues during exercises and report issues according to standards.
    • Work closely with company project managers, on projects from time to time to ensure the company DR Standards are used.
    • Gather data on day-to-day Applications, Servers, OS, Databases, etc. to assist with the planning of a DR Exercise.
    • Maintain a solid understanding of Service Providers’ operational and service delivery responsibilities.
    • Review Application Recovery Plans and/or Run Books for completeness in preparation of Disaster Recovery exercises and failover activities.
    • Participate in the planning and execution of and lead Disaster Recovery exercises and failover activities.
    • Report to the Disaster Recovery Services Manager under Infrastructure Management.
    • Other related DR/BC Duties and/or project work as assigned.
    • No on-call duties currently.

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    Qualifications:**

    • 4 to 8 years work experience with Data Center Infrastructure Disaster Discovery (DR) environments and/or Business Continuity documentation and exercises.
    • CBCP, MCBI, or ABCP certification is a plus.
    • Experience work in a large enterprise Data Center Operations team.
    • Strong coordinating, tracking, technical documentations skills.
    • Enjoy working with IT Teams on DR documentation and plan maintenance. In this role the person will lead the coordination and tracking of hundreds of technical plans using DR software.
    • Working with SR DR Analyst support DR Exercises on/off-site. 5 to 10% travel as needed to assist with DR Exercises.
    • Longer hours and weekends are required during DR Exercises.
    • Strong Microsoft Office Skills, Outlook, Excel, Teams, Power Point, Visio, SharePoint, etc.
    • Comfortable giving presentation to other teams on DR Standards.

    Familiar with Data Center Technologies like VMWare, AIX, Databases (Oracle and SQL), Snapshots, Replication, SRM, Commvault, Zerto, ActiveDR, etc.

    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, the job requires creating documents for each DR Exercise including Scope and Objectives documents and Post Exercise Results Reports.
    • Must have a teaching mindset, excellent presentation and people skills, strong organizational skills to oversee hundreds of DR plan are maintained and tested by Plan Owners annually.
    • Familiar with Business or Application Impact Analysis Projects.
    • Must have experience working with Disaster Recovery (DR) or Business Continuity (BC) Plan Coordination, creating Exercise status and Issues reports for management, enjoys collaborating with Technical Teams, assist with creating, maintaining, and writing Technical Recovery Plans.
    • Experience working with DR/BC Software a plus.
    • Works independently on assigned projects, meets deadlines, and has an analytical mind set.
    • Experienced in planning, and leading Disaster Recovery exercises and failover testing across multiple data centers, third party hot site, and call centers.
    • Experienced working with a CMDB such as Service Now or another platform. Service Now advanced experience a plus.
    • Must have experience working with Disaster Recovery (DR) or Business Continuity (BC) Plan coordination and enjoy collaborating with Technical Teams to assist them with creating, maintaining, and writing Technical Recovery Plans.
    • Enjoys collaborating with people across different teams and a teaching mindset.
    • Experienced in planning and leading DR exercises and/or failover testing throughout the year.