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Disaster Recovery (DR) Testing Delivery Lead
Experience
10–14 years total IT experience, with 5+ years in DR / IT Resilience / BCP delivery leadership
Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. Northern Trust will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa)
Role Summary
The DR Testing Delivery Lead is responsible for end-to-end ownership of Disaster Recovery testing strategy, planning, execution, governance, and stakeholder communication across business-critical applications and infrastructure. This role ensures organizational resilience by validating recoverability, meeting RTO/RPO objectives, and aligning DR capabilities with regulatory, audit, and business expectations.
Key Responsibilities
Define and own enterprise DR testing strategy, testing Plans, and operating model
Ensure alignment with BCP, IT Risk, Cyber Resilience, and Regulatory requirements
Establish standardized DR test frameworks, runbooks, success criteria, and reporting
Drive continuous improvement based on test outcomes, incidents, and audits
Lead DR simulation, failover, and failback testing (technology-led and business-led)
Coordinate end-to-end DR exercises across applications, infrastructure, cloud, and third-party vendors
Validate RTO, RPO, MTD, and data consistency across DR events
Ensure testing coverage for planned, unplanned, and cyber-driven DR scenarios
Act as single point of accountability for DR testing delivery
Partner with Application, Infrastructure, Security, Network, Cloud, and Business teams
Manage executive-level communications, dashboards, and risk escalations
Support internal/external audits, regulatory reviews, and compliance attestations
Identify DR gaps, risks, and dependencies; drive remediation plans
Provide Automation and Do better plans to reduce manual work.
Ensure audit-ready documentation and evidence management
Support incident post-mortems and lessons learned integration
Mandatory Technical Skills
Disaster Recovery & BCP DR strategies (Active-Active, Active-Passive, Pilot Light, Backup & Restore)
RTO, RPO, MTD definitions and validation
DR runbooks, playbooks, and recovery sequencing
Infrastructure & Platforms Data Centers, Virtualization (VMware), Storage replication
Network DR (DNS, load balancers, firewalls)
Backup and recovery tools (Cohesity/Data Domain , Native Azure backup solutions & Cohesity for M365 in the cloud)
Cloud & Hybrid DR DR for Azure workloads
Cloud-native DR patterns (ASR, AWS Elastic DR, snapshots, multi-region)
Hybrid DR integrations
Application & Data DR for Tier-1 / Tier-2 applications
Databases (Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, NoSQL)
Data integrity, consistency, and reconciliation validation
Good-to-Have Technical Skills
Integration with SOC, IR, and Cyber teams
DR test automation and orchestration tools
Scripting (Python, PowerShell, Bash)
CMDB, ITSM, ServiceNow DR modules
Soft & Leadership Skills
Strong delivery ownership and decision-making
Executive-level communication and stakeholder management
Risk-based thinking and…