FactSet creates flexible, open data and software solutions for over 200,000 investment professionals worldwide, providing instant access to financial data and analytics that investors use to make crucial decisions.
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Your Team's Impact
The candidate will be part of the ITDR Team in RE - Reliability Engineering supporting Core Infrastructure. Join our team and contribute to our commitment to maintaining resiliency and preparedness.
We are seeking a detail-oriented and knowledgeable Disaster Recovery Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will work closely and report into the Disaster Recovery Manager to support and maintain a comprehensive disaster recovery program. Your primary responsibility will be to perform and execute disaster recovery duties ensuring the resiliency and continuity of critical business functions in the event of a disaster. The Disaster Recovery Engineer will partake in risk assessments, create, and update recovery plans, and support recovery efforts with internal teams and external partners. Good problem-solving skills, technical proficiency, and an understanding of disaster recovery principles are important for this position.
What you’ll do
- As a Disaster Recovery Engineer, you will play a contributing role in ensuring our organization's ability to effectively respond to and recover from disasters, safeguarding critical business functions.
- Support the Disaster Recovery Manager and cross-functional technologists to analyse potential risks, perform business impact analyses, and identify critical IT systems and processes.
- Conduct IT Business Impact Analysis (BIA) interviews with IT stakeholders to identify critical systems, Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs), and Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs).
- Develop and deploy disaster recovery plans, including updating procedures and documentation for emergency response, assist with data backup and restoration, system recovery, and infrastructure continuity.
- Conduct regular testing and validation of recovery plans and procedures to ensure their effectiveness and identify areas for improvement.
- Provide support to employees on disaster recovery procedures and best practices to enhance organizational readiness and response capabilities.
- Collaborate with IT teams to assess and enhance system recoverability, updating configurations, and monitoring recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs).
- Support the evaluation of third-party vendors and service providers for disaster recovery solutions.
- Continued learning of industry developments, emerging technologies, and regulatory requirements related to disaster recovery, proposing recommendations for program enhancements.
- Assist in incident response and recovery efforts during a crisis, working closely with the Disaster Recovery Specialist, and other technologists to minimize business disruption.
What We’re Looking For
- 5+ years proven experience in disaster recovery or business continuity planning, with a good understanding of disaster recovery methodologies, technologies, and industry standards.
- Fluent in analytical skills, identify potential risks, evaluate business impacts, and support mitigation plans.
- Understanding of data backup and recovery systems, including experience with data recovery, storage solutions, and disaster recovery technologies.
- Effective problem-solving abilities and attention to detail, ensuring accuracy and completeness in recovery plans and procedures.
- Good understanding of IT infrastructure, networks, operating systems, databases, and cloud platforms.
- Ability to prioritize tasks, support project deliveries, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Familiarity with relevant compliance regulations and frameworks, such as HIPAA or ISO 27001, ISO 22301, ISO 27031.
- Availability to respond to emergencies outside regular working hours when necessary.
Additional Skills:
- Understanding of DRI's Associate Business Continuity Professional (ABCP) or Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP), BCI's Certificate of the BCI (CBCI) or Associate Membership of the BCI (AMBCI) preferred.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills, facilitating collaboration with technologists of the organization.
- Effective use in supporting disaster recovery and crisis management events.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Systems Engineering, or a related field.
What's In It For You
At FactSet, our people are our greatest asset, and our culture is our biggest competitive advantage. Being a FactSetter means:
- The opportunity to join an S&P 500 company with over 45 years of sustainable growth powered by the entrepreneurial spirit of a start-up.
- Support for your total well-being. This includes health, life, and disability insurance, as well as retirement savings plans and a discounted employee stock purchase program, plus paid time off for holidays, family leave, and company-wide wellness days.
- Flexible work accommodations. We value work/life harmony and offer our employees a range of accommodations to help them achieve success both at work and in their personal lives.
- A global community dedicated to volunteerism and sustainability, where collaboration is always encouraged, and individuality drives solutions.
- Career progression planning with dedicated time each month for learning and development.
- Business Resource Groups open to all employees that serve as a catalyst for connection, growth, and belonging.
Learn more about our benefits here.
Salary is just one component of our compensation package and is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, and certifications.
Company Overview:
FactSet (NYSE:FDS | NASDAQ:FDS) helps the financial community to see more, think bigger, and work better. Our digital platform and enterprise solutions deliver financial data, analytics, and open technology to more than 8,200 global clients, including over 200,000 individual users. Clients across the buy-side and sell-side, as well as wealth managers, private equity firms, and corporations, achieve more every day with our comprehensive and connected content, flexible next-generation workflow solutions, and client-centric specialized support. As a member of the S&P 500, we are committed to sustainable growth and have been recognized among the Best Places to Work in 2023 by Glassdoor as a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award winner. Learn more at www.factset.com and follow us on X and LinkedIn.
At FactSet, we celebrate difference of thought, experience, and perspective. Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to characteristics protected by law.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in disaster recovery or business continuity planning
- Understanding of disaster recovery methodologies, technologies, and industry standards
- Experience with data recovery, backup systems, storage solutions, and disaster recovery technologies
- Understanding of IT infrastructure, networks, operating systems, databases, and cloud platforms
- Analytical and risk assessment skills, including business impact analysis and mitigation planning
- Problem-solving skills and strong attention to detail
- Ability to prioritize tasks, support project deliveries, and meet deadlines
- Familiarity with HIPAA, ISO 27001, ISO 22301, or ISO 27031
- Availability to respond to emergencies outside regular working hours
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, systems engineering, or a related field
- DRI ABCP or CBCP, or BCI CBCI or AMBCI certification or membership
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience supporting disaster recovery and crisis management events
Factset Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Factset and has not been reviewed or approved by Factset.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is positioned as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental/vision in some descriptions, and life and disability insurance. Company-wide wellness days and region-specific add-ons (e.g., Vitality PMI, Bupa dental, Health Shield cashback) further reinforce a strong health-and-wellbeing offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement savings support is consistently included as part of the core package through retirement savings plans. The presence of these programs is framed as a meaningful component of total rewards beyond base salary.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An employee stock purchase program is highlighted as a standard part of the total rewards package. This provides a pathway to share ownership alongside cash compensation.
Factset Insights
What We Do
FactSet creates flexible, open data and software solutions for tens of thousands of investment professionals around the world, providing instant access to financial data and analytics that investors use to make crucial decisions. For 40 years, through market changes and technological progress, our focus has always been to provide exceptional client service. From more than 60 offices in 23 countries, we’re all working together toward the goal of creating value for our clients, and we’re proud that 95% of asset managers who use FactSet continue to use FactSet, year after year. As big as we grow, as far as we reach, and as successful as we become, we stay connected to our clients and to each other.
