OverviewDecisionPointseeks a Senior Disaster Recovery Engineer to design, implement, andmaintainenterprise Disaster Recovery (DR) architectures in support of a large federal and DoD-aligned IT program. This role ensures resilience, recoverability, and operational continuity across cloud-hosted environments, applications, networks, and mission-critical databases.
The Senior Disaster Recovery Engineeris responsible forDR strategy execution, DR site readiness, failover modeling, runbook development, and coordination with engineering, cloud, cybersecurity, and database teams. This position plays a key role in achieving mission continuity and ensuring alignment with federal and DoD DR requirements.
This position is fully remote.
Duties & Responsibilities
The Senior Disaster Recovery Engineer will:
- Design, architect, andmaintainDisaster Recovery solutions for cloud, application, network, and database environments.
- Lead DR readiness activities, including validation of secondary sites, replication models, and failover configurations.
- Develop andmaintaindetailed DR runbooks, procedures, and technical documentation.
- Coordinate DR failover planning, including tabletop exercises, simulation testing, and execution of failback strategies.
- Support Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) validation across all systems.
- Work closely with cloud engineering teams to design resilient architecturesleveragingcloud-native DR capabilities.
- Coordinate with database administrators to ensure backup integrity, replication accuracy, and HA/DR compliance.
- Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to ensure DR approaches align with RMF controls and IL5 security requirements.
- Perform DR risk assessments,identifygaps, and recommend mitigation plans.
- Provide DR status reporting, readiness summaries, and executive briefings.
- Support continuous improvement efforts for DR architectures, tools, and testing strategies.
Qualifications
Clearance Requirement
Must hold an active Top Secret clearance, supported by a Tier 5 background investigation.
Education (Required)
Bachelors degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cloud Engineering, ora relatedfield.
Experience (Required)
- Minimum 10 yearsof experience in disaster recovery engineering, systems engineering, cloud infrastructure, or enterprise IT operations.
- Experience designing DR architectures for cloud, application, networking, and database systems.
- Experience coordinating failover/failback procedures and DR testing activities.
- Experience collaborating with engineering, security, and database teams on DR readiness.
- Experience supporting DR efforts in federal or DoD environments preferred.
Technical Knowledge (Required)
- Strong knowledge of DR frameworks, HA/DR design patterns, and system resiliency strategies.
- Experience with cloud-native DR tools, replication, snapshots, backups, and multi-region architecture.
- Understanding ofIL5 security requirements, RMF controls, and DoD continuity expectations.
- Proficiencywith system monitoring, logging, and performance analysis tools.
- Knowledge of network dependencies, load balancing, and failover routing.
Technical Knowledge (Preferred)
- Experience with automation, scripting, or orchestration tools to support DR workflows.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), andDevSecOpsenvironments.
- Experience supporting DR environments using AWS, Azure, or hybrid cloud.
Certifications
Required:
Preferred:
- AWS, Azure, or cloud architecture certifications
- Disaster recovery or business continuity certifications
Skills
- Strong problem solving and analytical abilities for complex DR scenarios.
- Excellent communication skills for cross-team coordination and executive reporting.
- Strong documentation skills for creating detailed runbooks and DR procedures.
- Ability to lead DR testing activities and manage technical readiness efforts.
- Attention to detail and commitment to enterprise resilience.
