Disaster Recovery Analyst
The Financial Information Services Agency-Office of Payroll Administration (FISA-OPA) has a vacancy for a Disaster Recovery (DR) Analyst. Under the direction of the Disaster Recovery Process Lead, the DR Analyst will work with all levels of the organization to coordinate and assist the larger team with preparing for and participating in disaster recovery events. The Disaster Recovery Analyst will be responsible to:
- Support disaster recovery testing through documentation of plans and test plans, identifying program needs, and maintaining artifacts
- Convene & manage meetings - agenda, participants, deliverables - to ensure important issues are aired and resolved
- Develop metrics and reporting dashboards to communicate status, dependencies and risks of various DR activities
- Work closely with Business Continuity and Risk Management team members to continually mature and improve the response to disruptive events
- Work additional hours during the DR drills, which are conducted 4 times a year and is a 48hr event and can be extended to 72hrs. These events can require going to the site if needed. Therefore, it will require some travelling on an as needed basis
- Provide assistance with Change Management as a backup
Essential Skills:
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and proven analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent customer service skills
- Ability to work independently with minimal direction and under pressure with tight deadlines
- Demonstrate proficiency with MS Project Management; MS Excel; and other Microsoft tools such as Word, Power Point and Visio
- Ability to speak in front of a user group and clearly describe how business functions are executed from within FISA-OPA
- Ability to orchestrate an end user meeting with the goal of gathering requirements, gaining consensus between parties on business issues, taking and publishing meeting minutes, creating and presenting deliverables for review
Preferred Skills:
- Knowledge of IT infrastructure operations
- Strong understanding of standard SDLC methodologies
Minimum Qualifications:
Qualification Requirements:
- 1. High school graduation or equivalent and three years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to duties described above; or
- 2. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to 1 above.
Public Service Loan Forgiveness:
As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education's website.
Residency Requirement:
New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.
Additional Information:
The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.