Job Summary:
MDAEdge is a company focused on ensuring the stability and resilience of IT infrastructure. They are seeking an IT Continuity & Resilience Engineer to manage backup solutions, lead disaster recovery plans, and collaborate with various teams to optimize continuity strategies.
Responsibilities:
โข Ensure the stability, security, and resilience of company IT infrastructure across NY, OH, and CA sites.
โข Focus on backups, disaster recovery, business continuity, and high availability.
โข Work with infrastructure, security, and business teams to plan and optimize continuity strategies.
โข Solve problems quickly while building maintainable, scalable solutions.
โข Work independently toward goals and collaborate well under pressure.
โข Build and manage backup solutions to protect data integrity and availability.
โข Lead and test disaster recovery and business continuity plans.
โข Perform regular DR testing and validate recovery objectives.
โข Maintain clear documentation for DR strategies, policies, and procedures.
โข Partner with security on data protection and compliance best practices.
โข Design, deploy, and maintain servers, storage, networking, and cloud systems.
โข Implement high-availability, failover, and load balancing for critical systems.
โข Monitor performance, capacity, and uptime to meet service levels.
โข Automate and optimize to improve reliability and efficiency.
โข Resolve issues quickly and prevent recurrence through root-cause actions.
โข Act as a primary responder for resilience incidents with minimal downtime.
โข Run post-incident reviews and strengthen prevention strategies.
โข Identify vulnerabilities and implement proactive risk mitigations.
โข Keep recovery procedures current, accurate, and accessible.
โข Follow internal IT controls and required policy training.
โข Align with frameworks and regulations such as NIST and GxP.
โข Implement encryption and secure data storage solutions.
โข Partner with cybersecurity to address vulnerabilities and threats.
โข Stay current on evolving threats and resilience best practices.
โข Align continuity and infrastructure strategies with business objectives.
โข Track industry trends and emerging technologies to improve resilience.
โข Train IT teams on continuity and recovery best practices.
Qualifications:
Required:
โข Bachelor's in information systems or computer science preferred, or 5+ years of related experience.
โข 5+ years in IT infrastructure engineering and support.
โข Proven experience in disaster recovery planning, systems engineering, or business continuity.
โข Strong knowledge of backups, replication, and recovery tools.
โข Deep skills in networking, storage, virtualization, and high availability.
โข Experience with automation and orchestration for DR and failover.
โข Understanding of NIST, GxP, and cybersecurity best practices.
โข Strong communication, collaboration, and documentation skills.
โข Effective under pressure with strong problem-solving skills.
โข Experience in midsize enterprise environments.
Preferred:
โข Experience with Arcserve is a plus.
Company:
The world doesn't have a talent shortage. It has a talent alignment problem. MDA Edge exists to fix that. Founded in , the company is headquartered in Sheridan, WY, US, , with a team of 51-200 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.