Principal Engineer, IT Disaster Recovery & Resiliency

Here at Discount Tire, we celebrate the spirit of our people with extraordinary pride and enthusiasm. Our business has been growing for more than 60 years and now is the best time in our history to join us. We are opening more locations every year and we are always looking for qualified individuals to join us in our growth. We are a company that promotes from within, both in our retail and corporate operations. 

Under general supervision, the Principal Engineer, IT Disaster Recovery & Resiliency manages Disaster Recovery (DR) plans, DR testing, and ensures DR solutions are in place for mission-critical applications and systems. Provides direction to determine technical and operational feasibility of solutions are aligned with DR requirements and standards. As a subject matter expert, continually provides mentorship and servant leadership to all.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manages and maintains application, system, and cloud DR Plans
• Owns DR standards and policies
• Plans and coordinates DR Testing
• Performs failover and failback exercises
• Identifies application single points of failure and presents recommendations to correct
• Recommends and presents resiliency options for cloud-based applications and infrastructure
• Collaborates with Enterprise Data Architect on maintenance of all data flow diagrams and topologies
• Collaborates with Risk Segment on recovery time objectives (RTO) and recovery point objectives (RPO) for mission critical applications and systems
• Schedules and host meetings to coordinate DR Testing and Plan updates
• Engages vendors as necessary to discuss HA and DR solutions
• Leads semi-annual DR policy and standards review
• Leads reoccurring risk analysis to identify critical operations and systems core to continued business operations in the event of disruption
• Monitors and evaluates plans and backup systems
• Develops and deploys awareness, documentation, and communication of disaster procedures to the organization
• Develops service level recovery standards and agreements with vendors
• Functions as liaison for auditing and examination of disaster recovery processes
• Work with IT management to ensure that the disaster recovery plans drive and support DR strategy for the enterprise
• Establishes and maintains DR procedures and documents interdependencies
• Other duties as assigned 

Qualifications:

• This position requires a minimum of 10 years’ experience in the information technology field
• 5+ years managing and executing Disaster Recovery Plans for a multi-billion-dollar organization
• 5+ years leading medium-large projects including planning, execution, and leadership presentations
• Must have a solid working knowledge of data center computing, SaaS, IaaS, and network environments, and system resiliency in applications (business and technical)
• Must have experience interacting with auditors
• Proficient in SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS environments
• Proficient in Microsoft Azure, AWS and Salesforce services
• Proficient in Amazon Web Services (AWS) multiple availability zones and regions

Preferred Qualifications

• DR Certified Planner, Specialist, or Expert or equivalent experience
• CBRM (Certified Business Resilience Manager) or CBRITP (Certified Business Resilience IT Professional) preferred and PMP certification
• Understanding of current recovery solutions, High Availability and Cloud Architectures
• Deep understanding of basic IT network and Infrastructure principles
• Excellent oral and written communication skills to convey plans, exercises, and activities
• Must be able to interact with technical, non-technical, and management staff
• Familiarity with Business Continuity program life cycle plans and source deliverables (e.g., risk assessments, continuity planning)
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite including Project

Educational Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, information security, or related IT field is required.
• Professional certifications are a plus.