Senior Disaster Recovery Administrator

JOB DESCRIPTION

Why GMF Technology?

GM Financial is set to change the auto finance industry and is leading the path of embarking on tech modernization - we have a startup mindset, and preserve our small company culture, in a public company environment with financial stability and intense growth over a decade-plus history. We are data junkies and trust in data and insights to advance our business objectives.

We take our goal of zero emission, zero collision, zero congestion, and zero friction very seriously. We believe as an auto finance market leader we are in the driver's seat to lead us in the GM EV mission to change the world. We are building global platforms, in LATAM, Europe, China, U.S. and Canada - and we are looking to grow our high-performing team. GMF is comprised of over 10,000 team members globally. Join our fintech culture within a Blue-Chip company where we are changing the way we use technology to support our customers, dealers and business.

Flexible hybrid work environment (onsite 2 days a week/3 days remote) at our Arlington (AOC1), TX office.
Please note: We are unable to provide any type of sponsorship for this position at this time.

JOB DUTIES

The Sr Disaster Recovery Administrator works with IT technical and business teams as well as vendors to assist in the development, implementation and maintenance of the GM Financial IT Disaster Recovery program. The program includes disaster recovery planning, IT risk assessment, disaster recovery exercises and other ongoing initiatives to enhance IT recoverability capabilities.

RESPONSIBILITIES

What Makes You A Dream Candidate?

• Develop and maintain a GM Financial IT Disaster Recovery Program
• Consult on the development and maintenance of a Disaster Recovery plan and runbooks for stated scope business critical applications
• Monitor the deployment and changes of applications and infrastructure for impacts to Disaster Recovery-related contingency planning
• Serve as the Disaster Recovery Manager ensuring that the Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) and the Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) are met in exercises
• Guide and provide work direction to IT subject matter experts as their roles pertain to Disaster Recovery
• Participate in vendor Disaster Recovery Exercises to ensure vendors can recover critical services provided to GMF
• Provide ongoing review of Disaster Recovery scope services and support to align with budget planning
• Assess technical risks and provide timely mitigation and remediation plans. Evaluate new technology and tools and build business cases for their use
• Participate in cross-functional reviews and identify high risk areas pertaining to Disaster Recovery scope
• Coordinate with Business Continuity teams to ensure business expectations are met

• Advanced knowledge of disaster recovery and business continuity processes and tools needed
• A broad understanding of information technology in order to assist in preparation of recovery procedures for all areas
• Advanced knowledge and understanding of industry standard disaster recovery planning techniques and technologies as well as methods used in performing risk analysis and business impact analysis
• Ability to skillfully react and adapt to a constantly changing business and IT work environment
• Demonstrated interpersonal and leadership abilities working with cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated success in project management
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills in order to interface with all levels within the business and IT organizations
• Creative, innovative, problem-solving and maximizing potential to solve problems and improve methods

• 5+ years of experience in an Information Technology discipline required
• 4-6 years of experience in disaster recovery/business continuity planning lifecycle methodology preferred

• High School Diploma or equivalent required
• Bachelor's Degree in related field or equivalent work or military experience preferred

• Professional certification(s) in the field of Information Technology or Disaster Recovery (for example CBCP, DRCS, CISSP) preferred