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HealthPartners · 1 month ago

Senior IT Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Analyst

HealthPartners is currently hiring for a Senior IT Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Analyst. This position is essential to ensure that HealthPartners’ technology systems can recover quickly from unexpected disruptions, including major outages, disasters, or union-related work stoppages. The Senior Analyst will develop and maintain disaster recovery and business continuity plans, respond to emergencies to minimize business interruption, and work closely with IT and application teams to restore services.

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Responsibilities

Develops and maintains IT's Disaster Recovery Policies and procedures
Works with IT Infrastructure to develop and maintain IT Business Continuity procedures
Coordinates IT activities associated with disaster recovery planning, validation, testing and analysis for infrastructure and applications designated as critical
Documents and participates in the process and outcome of IT's Disaster Recovery Tests
Coordinates storage, availability, and the inventory of Disaster Recovery Planning documentation and related contractual agreements for specific IT groups
Ensures adequate Service Continuity Planning occurs within IT in alignment with HealthPartners Business Continuity Program
Provides disaster recovery and business continuity guidance to application and system subject matter experts
Coordinates and provides support to IT Leaders in the event of Disaster Recovery implementation
Develops recovery assessments; documenting and managing outstanding issues and remediation efforts
Ensures compliance to IT's Disaster Recovery policy and procedures
Measures and forecasts IT's state of service recovery readiness
Reviews change management reports to identify potential high risk work that could lead to system outages
Partners with IT groups to develop solutions for improved redundancy, availability, and capacity planning to meet planned recoverability requirements
Partners with HealthPartners Business Continuity Planning to ensure adequate integration of Disaster Recovery criteria and measures
Provide disaster recovery response and recovery leadership, as needed
Assist with execution of workplace recovery solutions at time of event

Qualification

Disaster Recovery PlanningBusiness Continuity PlanningIT Infrastructure KnowledgeAuditSecurity StandardsProject ManagementService OrientationMultitasking AbilityDesktop Tool ProficiencyRecovery AssessmentsITIL Foundations CertificationBusiness Continuity CertificationDisaster Recovery CertificationCommunicationLeadership SkillsNegotiation PrinciplesTechnical Documentation

Required

Bachelor‘s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Services, or equivalent experience/knowledge
Five (5) years of experience with Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity planning and oversight
Five (5) years of IT work experience
Understanding of audit and security standards (e.g., CoBit, NIST, ISO27001, ISO27002, etc.)
Strong desktop tool usage including Word, Excel Access, and PowerPoint
Ability to coordinate multiple initiatives and tasks
Excellent communication skills, verbal and written for technical and non-technical topics
Excellent people skills with a strong, consistent service orientation to both internal and external customers
Knowledge of Project Management methodologies
Understanding of negotiation and arbitration principles
Strong understanding of HealthPartners technical infrastructure, application architecture, and network configuration
Strong leadership skills and an ability to multitask in high stress situations

Preferred

Certification of Business Continuity Management, Disaster Recovery Management, or ITIL Foundations

Company

HealthPartners

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HealthPartners, an integrated health care organization providing health care services and health plan financing and administration, was founded in 1957 as a cooperative.

H1B Sponsorship

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2025 (2)
2024 (26)
2023 (41)
2022 (37)
2021 (44)
2020 (52)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$116M
2020-05-07Debt Financing· $110M
2016-05-02Grant· $6M

Leadership Team

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Penny Cermak
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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William Frey II
Research Director, Center for Memory & Aging, Neurosciences
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