Technical Analyst, Disaster Recovery Management

1 month ago

Waterloo, Canada Company 1 - The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Full time

Description

Join our Global Technology Services Management and Support Team

Collaborating with the Director of Business Continuity. You will contribute to the delivery and provide advice, assistance and support to other unit teams.

How will you contribute?

Deliver and maintain a practical and effective Disaster Recovery program that ensures our critical services, systems, networks, and information assets are available whenever our business clients need them. Partner with IT and Project Management colleagues/vendors to ensure required technical assets are resilient and systems are built with DR requirements embedded. You’ll be a DR Domain Expert on projects that use various project management methodologies and current technologies. Work with incident management and other BC/DR professionals across the company in delivering and gathering timely information and providing guidance while managing the response to planned or unplanned events. Develop, schedule and conduct DR exercises in accordance with segment goals and Global standards. Leverage Manulife’s global scale and work with IT partners worldwide to constantly improve the exercise process and recoverability of systems. Help engage business users to participate in exercises.  Develop and maintain recovery plans in an enterprise BCM planning system. Follow Global standards and share processes with your peers within the organization. Work with other IRM teams to identify areas of program improvement and drive execution through special projects and general working sessions, including but not limited to gap analyses and mitigation, improvement of tools and processes, etc. Maintain third party vendors records in our DR plan repository to identify dependencies and assign them to the applications that requires their services. Collaborate with the Vendor Information Security Management team to assess the vendor's DR plan for compliance with Manulife's DR requirements. Provide reporting metrics/analytics including Key Risk Indicators, compliance reporting and dashboards. Ability to conduct efficient and effective meetings with a large audience at different levels, technical or non-technical. Effectively connect with external auditors to explain and defend the DR program.


What motivates you?

You obsess about customers, listen, engage and act for their benefit. You think big, with curiosity to discover ways to use your agile approach and enable business outcomes. You thrive in teams and enjoy getting things done together. You take ownership and build solutions, focusing on what matters. You do what is right, work with integrity and speak up. You share your humanity, helping us build a diverse and inclusive work environment for everyone.


What we are looking for

2-4 years+’ Disaster Recovery experience encompassing all aspects of data center infrastructure including core infrastructure, network, storage, etc. Understanding of VMware Cloud technologies and recovery alternatives. Experience using Fusion Risk Management tool, Archer and ServiceNow an asset. Financial Services industry experience preferred. Professional certification in BCM – ABCP, CBCP, MBCI or MBCP a plus, but not a requirement. Good communication and organization skills. Ability to build relationships, engage and influence others.  Achievement oriented with project management skills and the ability to work independently and as part of a team, handling multiple priorities within tight timelines while maintaining a professional and friendly demeanor. Ability to work off-hours to help manage incidents or connect with colleagues in different time zones. Strong social skills, including ability to be drive understanding and maintain professionalism when communicating across geographical and cultural boundaries.


What can we offer you?

A competitive salary and benefits packages. A growth trajectory that extends upward and outward, encouraging you to follow your passions and learn new skills. A focus on growing your career path with us. Flexible work policies and strong work-life balance. Professional development and leadership opportunities.


Our commitment:

Values-first culture
We lead with our Values every day and bring them to life together.

Boundless opportunity
We create opportunities to learn and grow at every stage of your career.

Continuous innovation
We invite you to help redefine the future of financial services.

Delivering the promise of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
We foster an inclusive workplace where everyone thrives.

Championing Corporate Citizenship
We build a business that benefits all stakeholders and has a positive social and environmental impact.

About Manulife and John Hancock

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services group that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better. With our global headquarters in Toronto, Canada, we operate as Manulife across our offices in Asia, Canada, and Europe, and primarily as John Hancock in the United States. We provide financial advice, insurance, and wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions. At the end of 2022, we had more than 40,000 employees, over 116,000 agents, and thousands of distribution partners, serving over 34 million customers. At the end of 2022, we had $1.3 trillion (US$1.0 trillion) in assets under management and administration, including total invested assets of $0.4 trillion (US $0.3 trillion), and segregated funds net assets of $0.3 trillion (US$0.3 trillion). We trade as ‘MFC’ on the Toronto, New York, and the Philippine stock exchanges, and under ‘945’ in Hong Kong.

Manulife is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Salary & Benefits

The annual base salary for this role is listed below.

Primary Location

Toronto, Ontario

Salary range is expected to be between

$74,270.00 CAD - $137,930.00 CAD

If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact for the salary range for your location. The actual salary will vary depending on local market conditions, geography and relevant job-related factors such as knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience, and education/training. Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance.

Manulife offers eligible employees a wide array of customizable benefits, including health, dental, mental health, vision, short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance coverage, adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits, and employee/family assistance plans. We also offer eligible employees various retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources. Our generous paid time off program in Canada includes holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days, and we offer the full range of statutory leaves of absence. If you are applying for this role in the U.S., please contact for more information about U.S.-specific paid time off provisions.

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