Technical Lead IT Disaster Recovery & Continuity

Salary on appointment will be £38,784 per annum, with an annual increment up to £45,413 per annum. 

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) ISO 22301, 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 (Aim 4) and strengthen our digital infrastructure & capabilities (Aim 5). This role is pivotal to secure-by-design operations and service excellence across a digitally connected campus.

This full-time post is available on an indefinite basis. 
 
UEA offers a variety of flexible working options and although this role is advertised on a full-time basis, we encourage applications from individuals who would prefer a flexible working pattern including annualised hours, compressed working hours, part time, job share, term-time only and/or hybrid working. Details of preferred hours should be stated in the personal statement and will be discussed further at interview. 

Further information on our great benefits package, including 44 days annual leave inclusive of Bank Holidays and additional University Customary days, can be found on our benefits page.

Closing date: 16 February 2026

The University holds an Athena Swan Silver Institutional Award in recognition of our advancement towards gender equality.

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