IT Disaster Recovery and Disaster Management Specialist
2025-07-04T10:26:48+00:00
World Vision Kenya
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FULL_TIME
Nairobi
Nairobi
00100
Kenya
Nonprofit, and NGO
Computer & IT
2025-05-17T17:00:00+00:00
Kenya
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Key Responsibilities:
- The IT Disaster Recovery and Disaster Management Specialist provides technical leadership in the design, coordination, and execution of disaster recovery (DR) and IT continuity strategies across global operations—with a particular focus on enabling preparedness and rapid response in field environments. This role helps ensure that critical digital services remain secure, resilient, and recoverable in the face of cyber threats, natural disasters, or infrastructure failures.
- Operating across both global and regional scopes, the specialist supports the development and testing of enterprise DR frameworks, while also delivering field-specific planning, readiness, and capacity building. This dual responsibility ensures operational continuity for both central systems and mission-critical field operations in some of the world’s most challenging environments.
- We are looking for an IT Disaster Recovery and Disaster Management Specialist to lead global disaster recovery strategies and ensure continuity of operations in the most critical conditions. You will shape and execute DR planning across cloud, infrastructure, and field services—empowering secure, reliable, and restorable digital operations during emergencies. If you're passionate about operational resilience and thrive in high-impact environments, we invite you to join our mission.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and maintain the global IT disaster recovery framework, policies, and recovery standards in alignment with enterprise risk and continuity strategies.
- Coordinate the development and implementation of DR plans for core infrastructure, cloud platforms, and business-critical applications.
- Conduct and manage enterprise-wide DR drills and simulation exercises, including recovery time objective (RTO) and recovery point objective (RPO) validation.
- Design and implement DR strategies and response protocols tailored to field offices, ensuring readiness in low-bandwidth, disaster-prone, or high-risk contexts.
- Act as technical advisor and support during IT-related emergencies, service disruptions, or field-based crisis incidents.
- Collaborate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, and operations teams to ensure robust backup, failover, and incident response mechanisms are in place.
- Train and build capacity of regional and local IT staff on DR processes, emergency IT protocols, and post-disaster recovery workflows.
- Maintain and improve DR documentation, including runbooks, readiness dashboards, and recovery plans for both global and regional platforms.
- Engage with external partners and vendors to support third-party DR integration and infrastructure logistics.
- Contribute to the maturity of the organization’s business continuity and incident response frameworks from a technical and operational standpoint.
Key Skills and Competencies:
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field
- Proven experience in disaster recovery, IT continuity planning, or technical emergency response within global and decentralized organizations.
- Strong understanding of cloud services (e.g., Azure, AWS), data center resilience, hybrid infrastructure, and backup technologies.
- Familiarity with cybersecurity incident response and its integration into DR planning.
- Practical experience supporting humanitarian or field-based operations is highly desirable.
- Effective communicator with strong documentation skills and the ability to lead under pressure.
- Working knowledge of ITIL, ISO 22301, or other continuity frameworks; certification (e.g., CBCI, DRII, or similar) is a plus.
- Agile mindset and familiarity with adaptive planning practices in fast-changing environments.
- Demonstrated commitment to service continuity, user support, and operational reliability in both headquarters and field contexts.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Provide support, guidance, and collaboration to field office IT staff across all regions to ensure consistent service delivery and alignment with global standards. Manage and maintain cloud-based databases (e.g., Azure SQL, Amazon RDS, PostgreSQL, MySQL) across production and non-production environments. Implement and monitor backup, high availability, and disaster recovery strategies. Optimize database performance through indexing, tuning, and automation. Ensure database security and compliance with organizational and regulatory requirements. Collaborate with developers, architects, and infrastructure teams to support application performance and scalability. Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices for consistent and automated database deployments. Conduct proactive monitoring and capacity planning using ITOM tools. Work collaboratively within Agile teams, embracing iterative delivery, continuous improvement, and adaptive planning as part of the organization's new ways of working.
KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE: Bachelor’s degree in programming/systems, computer science, information systems, or mathematics, specialized training, certification or equivalent work experience. Has a broad level of understanding surrounding information systems and application and/or web standards. Preference will be given to candidates with experience in Terraform and Azure DevOps. Familiarity with GitHub Actions, Ansible, or scripting tools such as PowerShell or Python is highly desirable. Security-first mindset is essential in all aspects of cloud infrastructure and operations. Strong understanding of IT Operations Management (ITOM) and database observability. Experience with public cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) and cloud-native database services. Problem-solving skills with a value-driven mindset, focusing on service optimization and reliability. Customer-centric approach—understanding how database performance impacts end-user experience and business outcomes. Strong scripting and automation skills (e.g., PowerShell, Terraform, Python) for DevOps integration.
KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE: Bachelor’s degree in programming/systems, computer science, information systems, or mathematics, specialized training, certification or equivalent work experience. Has a broad level of understanding surrounding information systems and application and/or web standards. Preference will be given to candidates with experience in Terraform and Azure DevOps. Familiarity with GitHub Actions, Ansible, or scripting tools such as PowerShell or Python is highly desirable. Security-first mindset is essential in all aspects of cloud infrastructure and operations. Strong understanding of IT Operations Management (ITOM) and database observability. Experience with public cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) and cloud-native database services. Problem-solving skills with a value-driven mindset, focusing on service optimization and reliability. Customer-centric approach—understanding how database performance impacts end-user experience and business outcomes. Strong scripting and automation skills (e.g., PowerShell, Terraform, Python) for DevOps integration.
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Vacancy title:
IT Disaster Recovery and Disaster Management Specialist
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO, Category: Computer & IT]
Jobs at:
World Vision Kenya
Deadline of this Job:
Saturday, May 17 2025
Duty Station:
Nairobi | Nairobi | Kenya
Summary
Date Posted: Friday, July 4 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
Key Responsibilities:
- The IT Disaster Recovery and Disaster Management Specialist provides technical leadership in the design, coordination, and execution of disaster recovery (DR) and IT continuity strategies across global operations—with a particular focus on enabling preparedness and rapid response in field environments. This role helps ensure that critical digital services remain secure, resilient, and recoverable in the face of cyber threats, natural disasters, or infrastructure failures.
- Operating across both global and regional scopes, the specialist supports the development and testing of enterprise DR frameworks, while also delivering field-specific planning, readiness, and capacity building. This dual responsibility ensures operational continuity for both central systems and mission-critical field operations in some of the world’s most challenging environments.
- We are looking for an IT Disaster Recovery and Disaster Management Specialist to lead global disaster recovery strategies and ensure continuity of operations in the most critical conditions. You will shape and execute DR planning across cloud, infrastructure, and field services—empowering secure, reliable, and restorable digital operations during emergencies. If you're passionate about operational resilience and thrive in high-impact environments, we invite you to join our mission.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and maintain the global IT disaster recovery framework, policies, and recovery standards in alignment with enterprise risk and continuity strategies.
- Coordinate the development and implementation of DR plans for core infrastructure, cloud platforms, and business-critical applications.
- Conduct and manage enterprise-wide DR drills and simulation exercises, including recovery time objective (RTO) and recovery point objective (RPO) validation.
- Design and implement DR strategies and response protocols tailored to field offices, ensuring readiness in low-bandwidth, disaster-prone, or high-risk contexts.
- Act as technical advisor and support during IT-related emergencies, service disruptions, or field-based crisis incidents.
- Collaborate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, and operations teams to ensure robust backup, failover, and incident response mechanisms are in place.
- Train and build capacity of regional and local IT staff on DR processes, emergency IT protocols, and post-disaster recovery workflows.
- Maintain and improve DR documentation, including runbooks, readiness dashboards, and recovery plans for both global and regional platforms.
- Engage with external partners and vendors to support third-party DR integration and infrastructure logistics.
- Contribute to the maturity of the organization’s business continuity and incident response frameworks from a technical and operational standpoint.
Key Skills and Competencies:
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field
- Proven experience in disaster recovery, IT continuity planning, or technical emergency response within global and decentralized organizations.
- Strong understanding of cloud services (e.g., Azure, AWS), data center resilience, hybrid infrastructure, and backup technologies.
- Familiarity with cybersecurity incident response and its integration into DR planning.
- Practical experience supporting humanitarian or field-based operations is highly desirable.
- Effective communicator with strong documentation skills and the ability to lead under pressure.
- Working knowledge of ITIL, ISO 22301, or other continuity frameworks; certification (e.g., CBCI, DRII, or similar) is a plus.
- Agile mindset and familiarity with adaptive planning practices in fast-changing environments.
- Demonstrated commitment to service continuity, user support, and operational reliability in both headquarters and field contexts.
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Experience: No Requirements
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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