Manager, Disaster Recovery

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Develops, implements and maintains policies, procedures, programs and the overall plan for ensuring the security and integrity of company data, databases, information systems, and technology. Conducts risk management analysis and creates disaster recovery plans. Manages the coordination and execution of the testing processes (exercises) utilized to validate the disaster recovery plans and to identify weaknesses and failure points in the plans. Develops the organization's resumption plan including identifying and securing necessary off site resources and ensuring action plans are in place and communicated.

Consults with IT Project Teams to determine system criticality and design disaster recovery protection schemes commensurate with that criticality for business needs for all CCHCS companies.

Maintains the disaster recovery attributes of all systems in the CCHCS configuration management database on an ongoing basis throughout the life of every system. Works closely with infrastructure and architecture teams to evaluate and optimize technology solutions to advance the reliability and effectiveness of system protection tools and their uses.

Will also participate to deliver necessary information to support audits and applications such as HHS processes when required.

Qualifications:

• BS/BA degree in related field required.

• 5+ years' experience in enterprise IT Disaster Recovery required.

• Demonstrated project management experience is required. Strong understanding of project management principles and data center technologies, IT Service Management principles, best practices and frameworks such as ITIL.

About Us:

Cook Children's Health Care System

Cook Children's Health Care System offers a unique approach to caring for children because we are one of the country's leading integrated pediatric health care delivery organizations. Patients benefit from the integrated system because it allows Cook Children's to use all of its resources to treat a patient and allows for easy communication between the various companies by physicians with a focus on caring for children and adolescents.

Cook Children's is an equal opportunity employer. As such, Cook Children's offers equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected class in accordance with applicable federal laws. These opportunities include terms, conditions and privileges of employment, including but not limited to hiring, job placement, training, compensation, discipline, advancement and termination.