Job Description:
Our Professional Services division is currently seeking a Disaster Recovery Engineer. The Professional Services cybersecurity practice performs security and governance assessments, analysis, and penetration testing within Flexential and customer environments.In this role you will provide consulting services to professional services customers with an emphasis on those related to a customer’s disaster recovery (DR) design, planning, implementation and testing. This includes developing strategic guidance, providing detailed written recommendations, presenting to customers, and providing hands-on technical assistance during DR test activities.
Key Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions:
- Conduct DR assessments for customer’s systems in both on-premises and cloud environments.
- Perform assessment activities, including collecting evidence, meeting with SMEs, reviewing policies and procedures, and validation of any identified issues.
- Design and implement DR solutions and technical control validations.
- Conduct DR testing for customers, including validation, escalation, and reporting of results from tests.
- Document DR and testing procedures thoroughly and concisely.
- Coordinate communication with internal, customer, and vendor resources and facilitate escalations of issues as appropriate.
- Learn (and share) new skills through independent research, certifications, formal training, and industry events.
- Troubleshoot difficult problems or problems where no existing guidance is provided and recommend appropriate actions. Enlist vendor aid when needed.
- Work beyond routine nature of tasks utilizing specialized knowledge and technology.
- Rotational 24 x 7 on-call support with occasional travel required.
- Perform other job-related duties as required.
Required Qualifications:
- 4+ years of experience with infrastructure architecture, network administration, or server administration.
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field required or equivalent experience.
- Skilled in understanding TCP/IP protocols, Network Topology, VPN, DNS, BGP, OSPF is required.
- A solid understanding of Windows and Linux systems is required.
- Understanding hypervisor technology infrastructure like VMWare and Hyper-V and DR tools.
- Interest in learning new skills and keeping pace with changing technologies.
- Ability to problem solve and work with others to find the best solution.
- A commitment to providing our customers with 100% satisfaction.
- Developed initiative, judgment, and time management skills.
- Precision in your work and attention to all details.
- Capability to work independently and self-motivate.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 2+ years of experience in DR or business continuity related work are considered a plus.
- Familiarity with compliance and regulatory requirements such as HIPAA, PCI, CJIS, CMMC, GDPR, and/or CCPA is a plus.
- Technical certifications such as ZCP: Enterprise Engineer, CISSP, Network +, Security +, CCNA, NSE4, MCP, VCP , etc. are considered a plus
- A working knowledge of cloud providers such as AWS and Azure is a plus.
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to sit for extended periods of time
- Walk or Stand for 5% of the time
- Moderate or advanced keyboard usage
- Lift 25 lbs.
- Travel 5% of the time
This position has the following safety hazards:
☒ Ergonomics
Base Pay Range: Annualized salary range offered for this position is estimated to be $90,000 - $95,000. However, the actual pay range depends on each candidate’s experience, location, and qualifications.
Variable Pay: Discretionary annual bonus, based on personal and company performance.
Not meeting every single requirement? No problem! We are looking for candidates who possess unique skills that set them apart from the rest. If you're enthusiastic about this role and believe you have the skills and abilities that would make you successful, don't hesitate to apply today!
Benefits of working at Flexential:
• Medical, Telehealth, Dental and Vision
• 401(k)
• Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Life and AD&D
• Short Term and Long-Term disability
• Flex Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Leave of Absence
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness Program
• Rewards and Recognition Program
Benefits are subject to change at the Company's discretion.
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Flexential empowers the IT journey of the nation’s most complex businesses by offering tailored hybrid IT solutions delivered via the FlexAnywhere™ platform of integrated colocation, cloud, connectivity, data protection, managed and professional services, with three million square feet of data center space in 19 highly connected markets. Our FlexAnywhere™ Solutions allow customers to solve their most complex hybrid IT infrastructure requirements, such as reliability and performance, agility and scalability, and interconnection, seamlessly connecting applications and users.
