Johannesburg: Project Manager – Disaster Recovery Plan posted by Sabenza IT & Recruitment

The PM is responsible for coordinating, developing, updating, and validating the Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP).

Responsibilities:

DR Plan Development and Updates

• Consolidate and update DR Plan using existing DR Plans
  
• Proficient in Azure DevOps
  
• DR Testing Risk Notes
  
• Crown Jewel systems and revised RTO/RPOs
  
• Infrastructure and network DR gaps identified across the organisation.
  
• Ensure the DR Plan covers: Business continuity requirements.
  
• Data protection requirements.
  
• Governance, roles, and escalation structures.
  
• OT considerations where separate or integrated. (Per DR and DR Testing Policy requirements)
  
• Ensure all DR documentation (technical recovery plans, dependencies, upstream/downstream systems) is accurate and complete.
  

DR Governance and Coordination

• Establish and maintain a governance structure aligned to the proposed three-tier DR governance model (Strategic, Tactical, Operational).
  
• Coordinate with: IT leadership (CIO, Strategy and Planning, SIAM, Architecture).
  
• Business continuity and risk teams.
  
• Vendor partners especially for network and infrastructure components.
  
• Assist in the preparation for and facilitation of: DR SteerCo sessions.
  
• Working sessions on DR principles and standards.
  

DR Testing Planning and Execution

• Define and manage the DR testing scope using DR Test Plan Template.
  
• Coordinate: Business owners for test timing, approvals, and expected downtime.
  
• Technical teams for failover and failback procedures.
  
• Ensure validation of RTO achievement.
  
• RPO achievement.
  
• Previous test issues are not repeated.
  
• Capture results to update: DRP.
  
• Technical Recovery Plans (TRPs).
  
• CMDB CI relationships.
  

Stakeholder Engagement and Communication

• Maintain consistent communication to leadership
  
• Provide weekly progress updates: Risks, issues, and decisions required.
  
• Vendor delays.
  
• Status on testing, documentation, dependencies.
  
• Drive alignment on DR strategic principles with ITLT and relevant platforms.
  

Documentation, Storage and Compliance

• Ensure DR Plan and TRPs are stored in the approved repository (SharePoint / Teams).
  
• Validate compliance with the DR and Testing Policy. Ensure proper revision control.
  
• Facilitate acceptance and signoff processes.
  

Mandatory Deliverables

• Updated and approved DR Plan (PDF/Word).
  
• Updated Technical Recovery Plans for all in-scope systems.
  
• DR Testing Schedule and Go/No-Go documentation.
  
• DR Test Results Report (per cycle).
  
• Updated Crown Jewel application RTO/RPO mapping.
  
• DR Governance Framework (Roles, RACI, escalation matrix).