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We're seeking a Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCP/DR) Senior Engineer to help us implement, maintain, and continuously improve our organization's resilience capabilities. Reporting to the Director of Event Response, this role will execute the BCP/DR strategy and own the operational aspects of the continuity function, working cross-functionally across Engineering, Infrastructure, Product, and Business Operations teams to ensure AlphaSense can maintain critical operations during disruptions.
Job Responsibility:
Design and implement comprehensive BCP/DR programs aligned with industry frameworks (ISO 22301, NIST SP 800-34, ISO 27001)
Conduct Business Impact Analyses (BIA) to identify critical business functions, dependencies, and recovery priorities
Define and maintain Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) for all critical systems and services
Develop and maintain disaster recovery playbooks and runbooks for various incident scenarios
Create and manage crisis communication frameworks for security incidents and business disruptions
Lead tabletop exercises and disaster recovery drills to validate recovery procedures
Design and implement backup and recovery solutions for AWS cloud infrastructure (primary focus)
Build automated backup workflows for databases, storage systems, applications, and configurations
Implement immutable backup strategies and offsite replication for ransomware resilience
Monitor backup operations, validate recovery procedures, and maintain backup integrity
Optimize backup windows, retention policies, and storage costs across cloud environments
Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for DR environment provisioning and configuration management
Develop automated failover and failback procedures for critical services
Design and maintain hot/warm/cold standby environments based on business requirements
Conduct regular disaster recovery testing and document test results with improvement recommendations
Build monitoring and alerting systems for backup health, replication lag, and recovery readiness
Maintain detailed recovery documentation including network diagrams, dependency maps, and configuration details
Coordinate with application teams to ensure application-consistent backups and recovery procedures
Ensure BCP/DR programs meet regulatory requirements and customer commitments
Maintain comprehensive documentation of recovery procedures, test results, and capability assessments
Track and report on key resilience metrics including RTO/RPO achievement, test success rates, and recovery drills
Coordinate with internal audit and compliance teams during assessments
Participate in vendor risk assessments for third-party backup and recovery solutions
Requirements:
7+ years of hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS required
GCP/Azure beneficial)
Deep expertise in enterprise backup and recovery solutions (Veeam, Commvault, AWS Backup, or similar)