Sr. Disaster Recovery Consultant

Manulife / John Hancock is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make decisions easier, and lives better.

We are looking for a Senior Disaster Recovery Consultant to participate in key projects and initiatives ensuring information risk is always considered and handled.

The opportunity ensures accurate plan development, testing and maintenance of related applications and services in accordance with global/segment standards and guidelines. As a domain expert your focus will be to enable the business to achieve and maintain their targeted levels of Disaster Recovery testing. The position also has an outstanding opportunity to provide mentorship to our global partners in developing improved recovery methods and driving the adoption of improved testing/validation procedures with a goal of continuous improvement to Segment risk posture.

• Work with IT and Project Management colleagues and vendors to ensure the required technical assets are resilient and systems are built with DR requirements embedded. You’ll be a DR Domain Expert on projects that apply various project management methodologies (mostly Agile) and current technologies.

• Guide and assist with the selection of appropriate DR solutions or high availability configurations in a 95% cloud-based model.

• Partner with teams to ensure accurate development and documentation of plans for business application resilience.

• Through expert consultation, help US Segment IT identify and evaluate strategy options for the recovery of business applications and related services.

• Work with Segment Risk Teams globally to identify areas of program improvement and drive execution through special projects and general working sessions

• Work with the Global Risk Management team in the development of related DR policies and standards; perform segment gap analyses and work with business teams and technical teams to implement policies and processes throughout the segment.

• Perform vendor risk assessment for new and existing third parties, ensuring DR posture meets business needs.

• Support Second line, Audit or external parties as needed for evidence collection

• Valued: Experience in Disaster Recovery planning and testing in a large organization for 5+ years.

• Require a self-motivated, critical objective problem solver who can demonstrate follow-through and resourcefulness to achieve valuable outcomes.

• Demonstrate ability to see the big picture to drive efficiencies and develop new strategies

• Possess a working technical knowledge of systems (client/server), networking (LAN/WAN), storage, resiliency configuration options and data replication methods

• Experience with cloud-based architecture and industry standard recovery solutions

• Achievement oriented with proven project management skills and the ability to work independently and as part of a team, managing multiple priorities within tight deadlines.

• Ability to work with senior engineers in designing/validating recovery solutions

• Ability to understand technical network and data flow

• Demonstrable ability to establish relationships, engage and influence others, work with a diverse internal and international user community, as well as vendors.

• University Degree (Computer Science, Business or Finance preferred)

• Superb interpersonal skills (oral and written) including presentation skills and demonstrated ability to communicate at all organizational levels; includes ability to develop and deliver effective user education sessions to squads as needed

• Professional certification in BCP - CBCP or MBCP preferred but not required

• We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.

• We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.

• As part of our global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see.

À propos de Manuvie et de John Hancock

La Société Financière Manuvie est un chef de file mondial des services financiers qui aide les gens à prendre leurs décisions plus facilement et à vivre mieux. Pour en apprendre plus à notre sujet, rendez vous à l’adresse www.manuvie.com.

Manuvie est un employeur qui souscrit au principe de l’égalité d’accès à l’emploi

Chez Manulife/John Hancock nous valorisons notre diversité. Nous nous efforçons d’attirer, de perfectionner et de maintenir une main d'oeuvre qui est aussi diversifiée que nos clients, et de favoriser la création d’un milieu de travail inclusif qui met à profit la diversité de nos employés et les compétences de chacun. Nous nous engageons à assurer un recrutement, une fidélisation, une promotion et une rémunération équitables, et nous administrons toutes nos pratiques et tous nos programmes sans discrimination en raison de la race, de l’ascendance, du lieu d’origine, de la couleur, de l’origine ethnique, de la citoyenneté, de la religion ou des croyances ou des convictions religieuses, du genre (y compris grossesse et affection liée à une grossesse), de l’orientation sexuelle, des caractéristiques génétiques, du statut d’ancien combattant, de l’identité de genre, de l’expression de genre, de l’âge, de l’état matrimonial, de la situation de famille, d’une invalidité ou de tout autre motif protégé par la loi applicable.

Nous nous sommes donné comme priorité d’éliminer les obstacles à l’accès égalitaire à l’emploi. C’est pourquoi un représentant des Ressources humaines collaborera avec les candidats qui demandent accommodement raisonnable pendant le recrutement. Tous les renseignements communiqués pendant le processus de demande d'accommodement seront stockés et utilisés conformément aux lois et aux politiques applicables de Manuvie. Pour demander une mesure d’accommodement raisonnable dans le cadre du recrutement, écrivez à recruitment@manulife.com.

Referenced Salary Location

Modalités de travail

Salary range is expected to be between

Si vous posez votre candidature à ce poste en dehors de la région principale, veuillez écrire à recruitment@manulife.com pour obtenir l’échelle salariale correspondant à votre région. Le salaire varie en fonction des conditions du marché local, de la géographie et de facteurs pertinents liés au poste telles les connaissances, les compétences, les qualifications, l’expérience et l’éducation ou la formation. Les employés ont également la possibilité de participer à des programmes de motivation et de toucher une rémunération incitative liée au rendement de l’entreprise et au rendement individuel.

Manulife/John Hancock offers eligible employees a wide array of customizable benefits, including health, dental, mental health, vision, short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance coverage, adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits, and employee/family assistance plans. We also offer eligible employees various retirement savings plans (including pension/401(k) savings plans and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources. Our generous paid time off program in the U.S. includes up to 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days, 150 hours of vacation, and 40 hours of sick time (or more where required by law) each year, and we offer the full range of statutory leaves of absence.

Know Your Rights I Family & Medical Leave I Employee Polygraph Protection I Right to Work I E-Verify I Pay Transparency