GM Financial · 2 days ago
Senior Disaster Recovery Administrator
Arlington, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
5+ years expGM Financial is committed to AI-powered transformation and digital innovation, and they are seeking a Senior Disaster Recovery Administrator. This role involves developing, implementing, and maintaining the IT Disaster Recovery program, ensuring business continuity and recovery objectives are met.
Finance
No H1B
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain a GM Financial IT Disaster Recovery Program
Consult on the development and maintenance of a Disaster Recovery plan and runbooks for stated scope business critical applications
Monitor the deployment and changes of applications and infrastructure for impacts to Disaster Recovery-related contingency planning
Serve as the Disaster Recovery Manager ensuring that the Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) and the Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) are met in exercises
Guide and provide work direction to IT subject matter experts as their roles pertain to Disaster Recovery
Participate in vendor Disaster Recovery Exercises to ensure vendors can recover critical services provided to GMF
Provide ongoing review of Disaster Recovery scope services and support to align with budget planning
Assess technical risks and provide timely mitigation and remediation plans. Evaluate new technology and tools and build business cases for their use
Participate in cross-functional reviews and identify high risk areas pertaining to Disaster Recovery scope
Coordinate with Business Continuity teams to ensure business expectations are met
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience in an Information Technology discipline required
High School Diploma or equivalent required
Advanced knowledge of disaster recovery and business continuity processes and tools needed
A broad understanding of information technology in order to assist in preparation of recovery procedures for all areas
Advanced knowledge and understanding of industry standard disaster recovery planning techniques and technologies as well as methods used in performing risk analysis and business impact analysis
Ability to skillfully react and adapt to a constantly changing business and IT work environment
Demonstrated interpersonal and leadership abilities working with cross-functional teams
Demonstrated success in project management
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Strong interpersonal and communication skills in order to interface with all levels within the business and IT organizations
Creative, innovative, problem-solving and maximizing potential to solve problems and improve methods
Preferred
4-6 years of experience in disaster recovery/business continuity planning lifecycle methodology preferred
Bachelor's Degree in related field or equivalent work or military experience preferred
Professional certification(s) in the field of Information Technology or Disaster Recovery (for example CBCP, DRCS, CISSP) preferred
Company
GM Financial
GM Financial is the captive finance company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Motors Company.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2010-09-29Acquired
Leadership Team
Katie DeGraaf
Senior Vice President, OnStar Insurance, Product & Telematics
Ross Reichardt
AVP - OnStar Insurance
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