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# IT Disaster Recovery SME - Banking, Technology Resilience

- **Company:** Hays plc
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Salary:** £195,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Algorithmic Trading, Disaster Recovery
- **Published:** October 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.hays.co.uk/job-detail/it-disaster-recovery-sme-%E2%80%93-banking-technology-resilience-london_4831748

## About the Role

My client is a Global Banking organisation who urgently require an IT Disaster Recovery SME with proven Investment Banking industry experience and working knowledge of Business Continuity (BC) / Disaster Recovery (IT/DR) and Operational Resilience for Technology processes to join a business-critical Operational Resilience Project.

Key Requirements:

 * Proven experience in IT Disaster Recovery as an SME, with experience within the Investment Banking industry
 * Excellent understanding of the Disaster Recovery
/ Business Continuity / Technology Resilience processes and plans

 * Strong awareness of Infrastructure and Application Bank-wide impact across the entire organisation(s)
 * Working knowledge of testing (DR Testing, scenario testing etc) and ability to prepare, plan and oversee the tests
 * Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills
 * Strength of character to challenge assumptions
 * Ability to identify technical delivery bottlenecks, compliance risks and operational impacts with proven ability of bringing people together to find credible and timely solutions
 * Flexible approach towards hybrid working

Nice to have:

 * Immediate availability
 * Working knowledge of a broad range of Technology skills / experience including Datacenters, Networks, Trading Systems, Front office equipment etc
 * Ability to connect Infrastructure recovery activities with business outcomes, such as running batches, end-of-day processing, booking transactions, and evaluating third-party or cloud-provider dependencies
 * Familiarity with Service Management and Service Continuity processes

## Description

IT Disaster Recovery SME - Banking, Technology Resilience

Up to £750 per day (Inside IR35 - Umbrella)

London / Hybrid (2-3 days per week onsite)

My client is a Global Banking organisation who urgently require an IT Disaster Recovery SME with proven Investment Banking industry experience and working knowledge of Business Continuity (BC) / Disaster Recovery (IT/DR) and Operational Resilience for Technology processes to join a business-critical Operational Resilience Project.

Key Requirements:

 * Proven experience in IT Disaster Recovery as an SME, with experience within the Investment Banking industry
 * Excellent understanding of the Disaster Recovery
/ Business Continuity / Technology Resilience processes and plans

 * Strong awareness of Infrastructure and Application Bank-wide impact across the entire organisation(s)
 * Working knowledge of testing (DR Testing, scenario testing etc) and ability to prepare, plan and oversee the tests
 * Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills
 * Strength of character to challenge assumptions
 * Ability to identify technical delivery bottlenecks, compliance risks and operational impacts with proven ability of bringing people together to find credible and timely solutions
 * Flexible approach towards hybrid working

Nice to have:

 * Immediate availability
 * Working knowledge of a broad range of Technology skills / experience including Datacenters, Networks, Trading Systems, Front office equipment etc
 * Ability to connect Infrastructure recovery activities with business outcomes, such as running batches, end-of-day processing, booking transactions, and evaluating third-party or cloud-provider dependencies
 * Familiarity with Service Management and Service Continuity processes

#4831748 - Musa