At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead IT disaster recovery efforts and ensure business continuity through innovative strategies.
- Company: Join UEA, a forward-thinking university committed to digital excellence.
- Benefits: Enjoy 44 days annual leave, hybrid working, and a generous pension scheme.
- Other info: Access to personal development resources and a vibrant campus community.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on digital infrastructure while enhancing your career in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Strong IT disaster recovery experience and excellent communication skills required.
The predicted salary is between 50549 - 50549 £ per year.
Salary up to £50,549 per annum, dependent on skills and experience.
Vacancy Type: Indefinite
Function: Management and Senior Administrative (ALC)
About the Role:
Engineer UEA’s recoverability, map dependencies, design recovery sequences, and execute tests that prove resilience. We’re hiring a Technical Lead (ITDR & Continuity) to turn policy into practice: dependency mapping (applications – infrastructure – business processes), recovery runbooks, coordinated DR tests, and the CMDB attributes that keep our assurance evergreen. You’ll collaborate with senior Technical Leads and the Head of ITDR to embed recoverability into change and service introduction.
What you’ll do:
- Map end‑to‑end application & infrastructure dependencies; document recovery scope and sequences aligned to agreed failure modes.
- Build and maintain CMDB attributes for ITDR (dependencies, test history, recovery scope); support tooling transition requirements.
- Coordinate and execute ITDR tests; track results, drive remediation, and keep runbooks current and accessible during incidents.
- Assess SaaS recovery capabilities and document risks; embed ITDR into change and service introduction processes.
- Contribute to enterprise & solution architecture decisions; align designs with security‑by‑design and UEA standards.
What you’ll bring:
- Hands‑on breadth across infra, platforms, networking, identity, databases, backup/restore, middleware and service management; strong ITDR experience.
- Ability to turn complex systems into clear, testable recovery steps; great communicator who can brief engineers and non‑technical stakeholders alike.
- (Nice to have) ISO22301, ITIL, CBCP/CISSP, and TOGAF/SABSA; HE systems familiarity.
Why UEA, why now:
UEA’s Digital Strategy aims to optimise organisational development through digital enhancement (Aim4) and strengthen our digital infrastructure & capabilities (Aim5). This role is pivotal to secure‑by‑design operations and service excellence across a digitally connected campus.
Benefits include:
- 44 days annual leave inclusive of Bank Holidays and University Customary days (pro rata for part‑time).
- Family and Work‑life balance policies including hybrid working and considerable maternity, paternity, shared parental leave and adoption leave.
- Generous pension scheme with life cover for dependants, plus incapacity cover.
- Health and Wellbeing: discounted access to Sportspark facilities, relaxation rooms, 320 acres of rolling parkland, wellbeing walks, Wellbeing Ambassador network, on‑campus medical centre including NHS Dentist, Occupational Health and a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme.
- Campus Facilities: Sportspark, library, nursery, supermarket, post office, bars and catering outlets.
- Exclusive shopping discounts to help cut the cost of household bills, childcare salary sacrifice scheme, Cycle to Work scheme and public transport discounts.
- Personal Development: unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning courses, specialist advice and training from our Organisational Development and Professional Learning Team.
Closing date: 4 August 2026
The University holds an Athena Swan Silver Institutional Award in recognition of our advancement towards gender equality.
Further Information:
For further information, including the Job Description and Person Specification, please see the attached Candidate Brochure. For an informal discussion about the post please contact Steve Kirk via email Stephen.P.Kirk@uea.ac.uk.
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