DR Architect

Tata Consultancy Services•Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

fulltime

Information Technology

8+ years

About the role

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What we are looking for

Role: DR Architect

Experience Range: 8 to 15 Years

Location: Chennai

Must Have:

Technical Skills

Strong knowledge of Disaster Recovery architecture & Business Continuity planning.
DR solutions: VMware SRM, Zerto, Azure Site Recovery, AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery.
Backup systems: Commvault, Veritas NetBackup, Veeam.
Virtualization & Infrastructure: VMware, Hyper‑V, storage arrays, clustering.
Cloud DR: Azure, AWS, GCP failover strategies.
Networking: Load balancers, DNS failover, firewalls, routing during DR.

Professional Skills

Excellent documentation, communication, and stakeholder‑management skills.
Ability to lead DR drills, workshops, and executive‑level reviews.
Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.

Experience

8–15 years of IT Infrastructure experience, with at least 3–5 years dedicated to DR/BCP architecture.

Good to Have:

Experience in BFSI or regulated environments preferred.

Certifications (Preferred)

AWS/Azure Architect
VMware VCP‑DCV
ITIL Foundation

Essential:

1. DR Strategy & Architecture

Design enterprise‑level Disaster Recovery architectures for critical applications, platforms, and infrastructure.
Define RTO/RPO standards and recovery architectures that align with business continuity objectives.
Develop DR reference architecture, frameworks, patterns, and reusable templates.

2. DR Planning & Implementation

Lead end‑to‑end DR solution design across on‑premise, cloud, and hybrid environments.
Create DR runbooks, playbooks, workflows, and recovery procedures.
Define DR automation strategies and integrate with orchestration tools.

3. DR Assessment & Gap Identification

Conduct DR maturity assessments and identify gaps in existing recovery capabilities.
Review infrastructure resilience, failover mechanisms, and data replication setups.
Recommend improvements to improve system availability and recoverability.

4. DR Testing & Validation

Plan, coordinate, and execute DR drills (tabletop, partial, and full failover tests).
Validate recovery success against defined SLAs and compliance requirements.
Document test results and track remediation actions.

5. Technology Expertise

Expertise in backup solutions (e.g., NetBackup, Commvault, Veeam).
Experience with replication technologies (e.g., SRM, Zerto, Azure Site Recovery, AWS DRS).
Strong understanding of storage, virtualization, networking, and cloud DR architectures.

6. Compliance & Governance

Ensure adherence to regulatory standards (BFSI guidelines, ISO 22301, RBI mandates).
Maintain DR policies, standards, and audit documentation.
Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to ensure DR alignment with cyber resilience requirements.

7. Stakeholder & Project Management

Work with business, PMO, Infra, Application teams, and Service Delivery stakeholders.
Provide architecture guidance, technical leadership, and DR SME expertise.
Support customer presentations, solutioning, and pre‑sales DR architecture proposals

Minimum Qualification:

15 years of full-time education
Minimum percentile of 50% in 10th, 12th, UG & PG (if applicable)

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