Disaster Recovery Lead

This is a key time to be joining British Airways as we Build a Better BA. We take huge pride in our past – but we’re looking to the future as an airline that loves embracing the best of modern Britain. Our country’s creativity, diversity, style, wit and warmth are the same special qualities that make us who we are. If you’re made of the same qualities as us, you could soon be part of the next chapter of our story. Together as one team, we’re connecting Britain with the world and the world to Britain like no one else

This is a key time to be joining British Airways as we Build a Better BA. We take huge pride in our past – but we’re looking to the future as an airline that loves embracing the best of modern Britain. Our country’s creativity, diversity, style, wit and warmth are the same special qualities that make us who we are. If you’re made of the same qualities as us, you could soon be part of the next chapter of our story. Together as one team, we’re connecting Britain with the world and the world to Britain like no one else.

This engaging role within BA’s Business Resilience team works to ensure that we effectively plan for and respond to major incidents across the company. Key to this role is building effective internal and external relationships across the airline and with key collaborators and partners to ensure best practices in resilience are implemented across a range of projects, and the evolving contingency, business continuity and disaster recovery planning environment. The role is rresponsible for developing and implementing the corporate policies and procedures that ensure the recovery, security and integrity of company data, information systems and technology in the event of disruption.

Key accountabilities include:

• Define IT resilience strategies based on the results of the business impact analysis and risk assessments
• Review and propose architecture designs and develop Disaster Recovery strategies based on the availability and RTO needs
• Identification and evaluation of risks that could impact in the availability of applications
• Develop and document Disaster Recovery Plans (detailed documentation of how to recover the application based on previous identified risks; escalation process).
• Design and revision of IT architectures (cloud and on premise). Focusing on availability, redundancy and disaster recovery possibilities.
• Design, implement and exercise business continuity systems and processes; working with business stakeholders to identify and document critical business impacts, recovery plans and priorities of organisational readiness, ensuring recovery plans are fit for purpose
• Implementation of frameworks IT Disaster Recovery and Resilience Governance to align to the Group Resilience Strategy
• Influence senior management across directorates to advocate best practice in resilience functions and approach
• Lead on the logistics of the corporate exercise programme, playing a lead role to practice a range of scenarios and ensure the team and process are in a state of readiness
• Lead Disaster Recovery projects/ programs as project manager or business owner
• Become an SME in core resilience activities and provide guidance to BA colleagues
• Identify areas of the Corporate Response that would benefit from a Continuous Improvement Review, ensuring that the objectives of the Business Plan and Policy are not compromised
• Take part in the Business Resilience on call roster
• Conduct & lead reviews of major business continuity activations and exercises for improvements to ensure any learning is incorporated into future planning
• Represent the airline at industry and partner airline groups, striving to continually improve our response capabilities and partnerships
• Ensure training, checklists and activations are evolved, exercised and supported, integrating into the wider Incident Management Framework

Our Corporate and Support roles come with big potential to make your mark on our business. The airline industry changes so fast that we’re constantly evolving and finding new ways to impress customers and get ahead of our competitors. If you’re an innovator and brave and bold thinker, you will be in your element at British Airways.

Your impact on British Airways will be rewarded with a competitive rewards package plus the opportunity to develop and progress your career in many directions.

Not only will you have the chance to further your career development within BA, you’ll have access to our competitive reward and benefits package. This includes core company paid benefits such as a Defined Contribution pension scheme, generous Life Assurance cover and a whole host of options to support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing. You can also sign up for a range of voluntary benefits such as Private Medical cover, Dental and Critical Illness cover, Technology Scheme, Cycle to Work and Electric Car Scheme. And of course, you’ll be able to enjoy the benefit of staff travel as soon as you join us

We are an equal opportunities employer and value diversity at British Airways. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status. This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job and the general nature and level of work performed by job holders within this job. However, this job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position.

N.B. We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date in the event of an overwhelming response or a change in business priorities.