Remote (Global)

AlphaSense is hiring a Staff Security Engineer, Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery

Responsibilities

  • Create and execute comprehensive business continuity and disaster recovery (BCP/DR) programs based on industry standards (ISO 22301, NIST SP 800-34, ISO 27001).
  • Perform Business Impact Analyses (BIA) to determine essential business functions, dependencies, and recovery priorities.
  • Establish and maintain Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) for all critical systems and services.
  • Develop and maintain disaster recovery playbooks and runbooks for various incident scenarios.
  • Create and manage crisis communication frameworks for security incidents and business disruptions.
  • Lead tabletop exercises and disaster recovery drills to validate recovery procedures.
  • Design and implement backup and recovery solutions for AWS cloud infrastructure (primary focus).
  • Build automated backup workflows for databases, storage systems, applications, and configurations.
  • Implement immutable backup strategies and offsite replication for ransomware resilience.
  • Monitor backup operations, validate recovery procedures, and maintain backup integrity.
  • Optimize backup windows, retention policies, and storage costs across cloud environments.
  • Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for DR environment provisioning and configuration management.
  • Develop automated failover and failback procedures for critical services.
  • Design and maintain hot/warm/cold standby environments based on business requirements.
  • Conduct regular disaster recovery testing and document test results with improvement recommendations.
  • Build monitoring and alerting systems for backup health, replication lag, and recovery readiness.
  • Maintain detailed recovery documentation including network diagrams, dependency maps, and configuration details.
  • Collaborate with application teams to ensure application-consistent backups and recovery procedures.
  • Ensure BCP/DR programs meet regulatory requirements and customer commitments.
  • Maintain comprehensive documentation of recovery procedures, test results, and capability assessments.
  • Track and report on key resilience metrics including RTO/RPO achievement, test success rates, and recovery drills.
  • Coordinate with internal audit and compliance teams during assessments.
  • Participate in vendor risk assessments for third-party backup and recovery solutions.

Compensation

Competitive

Work Arrangement

On-site

Team

Security

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement comprehensive BCP/DR programs aligned with industry frameworks (ISO 22301, NIST SP 800-34, ISO 27001).
  • Conduct Business Impact Analyses (BIA) to identify critical business functions, dependencies, and recovery priorities.
  • Define and maintain Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) for all critical systems and services.
  • Develop and maintain disaster recovery playbooks and runbooks for various incident scenarios.
  • Create and manage crisis communication frameworks for security incidents and business disruptions.
  • Lead tabletop exercises and disaster recovery drills to validate recovery procedures.
  • Design and implement backup and recovery solutions for AWS cloud infrastructure (primary focus).
  • Build automated backup workflows for databases, storage systems, applications, and configurations.
  • Implement immutable backup strategies and offsite replication for ransomware resilience.
  • Monitor backup operations, validate recovery procedures, and maintain backup integrity.
  • Optimize backup windows, retention policies, and storage costs across cloud environments.
  • Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for DR environment provisioning and configuration management.
  • Develop automated failover and failback procedures for critical services.
  • Design and maintain hot/warm/cold standby environments based on business requirements.
  • Conduct regular disaster recovery testing and document test results with improvement recommendations.
  • Build monitoring and alerting systems for backup health, replication lag, and recovery readiness.
  • Maintain detailed recovery documentation including network diagrams, dependency maps, and configuration details.
  • Coordinate with application teams to ensure application-consistent backups and recovery procedures.
  • Ensure BCP/DR programs meet regulatory requirements and customer commitments.
  • Maintain comprehensive documentation of recovery procedures, test results, and capability assessments.
  • Track and report on key resilience metrics including RTO/RPO achievement, test success rates, and recovery drills.
  • Coordinate with internal audit and compliance teams during assessments.
  • Participate in vendor risk assessments for third-party backup and recovery solutions.

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Required Skills
AWSGCPMicrosoft AzureDisaster RecoveryCloud Security
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AlphaSense provides AI-driven market intelligence and search to help sophisticated companies make decisions. The platform includes public and private content like equity research, company filings, transcripts, news, and client research. It serves over 6,000 enterprise customers, including a majority of the S&P 500.
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Category security
Posted 4 months ago