IT Disaster Recovery Planner
As an IT Disaster Recovery Planner, you lead a team responding to data loss, hardware failure, and other disasters that threaten business operations and data. You plan ways to respond to these issues, minimize business interruptions, and ensure the continuity of operations. There are many ways to learn about IT Disaster Recovery Planning, including online courses in planning, data recovery, business continuity, and information security.
IT Disaster Recovery Planning Overview
Planning for data recovery and business continuity requires anticipating potential threats to data and developing policies and procedures for dealing with them.
Understanding the Role
Some of your responsibilities:
- Work with other IT personnel to develop and implement data recovery plans
- Develop and test disaster recovery plans
- Ensure data backups are accessible and up to date
- Conduct risk assessments and vulnerability analyses
- Develop and maintain business continuity plans
Essential Skills
To succeed in this role, you need: