Overview
In this Disaster Recovery Analyst role, you support the DR strategy across Infrastructure and CIO applications to ensure business continuity. You will help drive testing, governance, and improvements for on-premises and cloud services, contributing to a resilient, risk-aware technology environment. The role sits in the Chief Information & Resiliency Officer area within Technology & Operations, partnering with stakeholders to deliver repeatable recovery plans and measurable service quality. This is a chance to influence resilience at scale in a customer-centric bank.
Pay / Benefits
- 27 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
- pension contributions (8% of salary, up to 12.5% with employee contribution)
- volunteering opportunities
- private medical and dental insurance options
- life assurance and income protection
- hybrid working pattern with office attendance requirement
Responsibilities
- Support delivery of the overall DR strategy across multiple functional areas
- Identify opportunities for automation, cost savings, and service quality improvement
- Assist in delivering DR plans and ensure governance with Santander KPIs
- Support development of enterprise technology standards and performance metrics
- Deliver DR testing for on-premises and cloud-based services (AWS)
- Contribute to governance and documentation efforts (ServiceNow, AI tools)
- Provide tech interface to business units to ensure fit-for-purpose recovery plans
- Maintain repeatable on/off-premise recovery plans
- Support operations for existing infrastructure and new DR-related tools
Key requirements
- Accountability for resilience and disaster recovery testing
- Embed resilience and recovery testing at the core of builds
- Experience as technology interface to stakeholders for end-to-end recovery plans
- Ability to build and maintain repeatable DR plans for on/off-premise tech
- Experience delivering DR plans within governance metrics
- Spanish language (preferred)
- Technical understanding of OS, database technologies (preferred)
- Understanding of DR and resiliency techniques (preferred)
- Understanding of risk management framework (preferred)
- Understanding of Regulators Operational Resilience framework and Important Business Services (preferred)
- Experience in service-focused environments (preferred)
- Stakeholder management
- Attention to detail
- Risk-conscious decision making
- OS and database technologies (basic to advanced)
- Disaster Recovery and resiliency techniques
- AWS infrastructure knowledge including Resilience Hub and FIS
Disaster Recovery Analyst | S2 | Chief Information & Resiliency Officer | Milton Keynes employer: Grupo Santander
At Santander Corporate & Investment Banking, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer that values diversity and fosters a collaborative work culture. Located in the heart of London, our team enjoys a competitive benefits package, including generous holiday allowances, tailored pension contributions, and comprehensive healthcare options, all designed to support both personal and professional growth. We empower our employees to thrive by providing opportunities for development and encouraging innovative thinking, making us a rewarding place to build a meaningful career in global banking.
