Remote Disaster Recovery Specialist Jobs
Remote Disaster Recovery Specialist jobs are in active demand across the U.S., with remote-first firms, distributed enterprise teams, and cloud-focused organizations all hiring for this role. Employers hiring remotely right now include Hagerty Consulting, DATAMTX, and RELI Group. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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About Us:
At RELI Group, our work is grounded in purpose. We partner with government agencies to solve complex challenges, improve public health, strengthen national security, and make government services more effective and efficient. Our team of over 500 professionals brings deep expertise and a shared commitment to delivering meaningful outcomes. Behind every solution is a group of experts who care deeply about impact—whether we’re supporting data-driven decisions, modernizing systems or safeguarding critical programs.
- Lead and manage nationwide BIA, DRP, ISCP, and contingency planning initiatives from program planning and rollout through implementation, quality assurance, approval, and final delivery.
- Lead and manage multiple teams, including geographically dispersed and cross-functional teams, by establishing priorities, coordinating resources, monitoring progress, and ensuring timely completion of deliverables.
- Develop and execute national implementation and rollout strategies, including standardized methodologies, templates, procedures, schedules, training, communications, milestones, and completion criteria.
- Coordinate with facility leadership, business owners, system owners, IT personnel, cybersecurity teams, COOP personnel, and executive stakeholders to obtain required information and ensure successful program implementation.
- Track nationwide BIA and DRP completion, identify gaps and risks, resolve issues, and provide program status reporting and escalation to senior leadership.
- Lead the development, review, and maintenance of Business Process Analysis (BPA), BIA, DRP, ISCP, and related continuity documentation.
- Analyze facility-level BIA results to identify critical business functions, systems, dependencies, recovery priorities, Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs), Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs), Maximum Tolerable Downtime (MTD), and enterprise-wide risks.
- Serve as a senior cybersecurity subject matter expert for DRCP and continuity activities, ensuring recovery strategies appropriately address cybersecurity risks, system dependencies, data protection, access controls, and critical technology requirements.
- Develop and maintain cybersecurity and DRCP policies, SOPs, procedures, standards, templates, and governance documentation in accordance with applicable federal and organizational requirements.
- Apply NIST SP 800-34, NIST SP 800-37, NIST SP 800-53, NIST IR 8286D, and NIST IR 8179 to contingency planning, business impact, system criticality, risk management, and recovery activities.
- Plan, facilitate, and document tabletop exercises, contingency and continuity tests, disaster recovery exercises, and plan reviews, including findings, corrective actions, and remediation through closure.
- Perform quality assurance and technical reviews of facility-level documentation and support audits, assessments, compliance reviews, evidence collection, findings remediation, and executive reporting.
- Develop technical reports, executive briefings, policy memoranda, status reports, meeting materials, and other communications for technical and executive audiences.
- Maintain program schedules, repositories, inventories, dashboards, and other tools supporting recurring DRCP reviews, exercises, testing, and program activities.
- 10+ years of progressively responsible experience in cybersecurity, information security, disaster recovery, business continuity, contingency planning, risk management, or a related field.
- Significant cybersecurity experience, with demonstrated ability to apply cybersecurity principles to disaster recovery, contingency planning, business continuity, and organizational resilience.
- Demonstrated experience leading and managing multiple teams, including cross-functional and/or geographically dispersed teams.
- Experience leading large-scale, multi-site, regional, or nationwide BIA, DRP, ISCP, or contingency planning programs.
- Hands-on experience developing, implementing, reviewing, and finalizing BPA, BIA, DRP, ISCP, and related continuity documentation.
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex programs from initial planning and rollout through final submission, quality assurance, approval, and completion.
- Strong working knowledge of NIST SP 800-34, NIST SP 800-37, NIST SP 800-53, NIST IR 8286D, and NIST IR 8179.
- Experience with cybersecurity, disaster recovery, contingency planning, business continuity, COOP, risk management, and organizational resilience.
- Experience developing and implementing cybersecurity and DRCP policies, SOPs, procedures, standards, templates, and governance documentation.
- Experience conducting or facilitating tabletop exercises, contingency and continuity tests, disaster recovery exercises, plan reviews, and corrective-action activities.
- Experience supporting audits, assessments, compliance reviews, evidence collection, and remediation of findings.
- Strong technical writing, editing, analytical, organizational, facilitation, and communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex cybersecurity and continuity concepts to technical and executive audiences.
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Cybersecurity, Information Assurance, Information Security, Information Technology, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Business Continuity, Emergency Management, Risk Management, Business Administration, Technical Communication, or a related technical or management discipline.
- Experience supporting HHS, IHS, or another U.S. federal agency.
- Experience managing nationwide or geographically dispersed federal BIA, DRP, ISCP, COOP, cybersecurity, or continuity programs.
- Knowledge of NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF), NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0, FISMA, federal continuity requirements, and the NIST IR 8286 series.
- Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CBCP, CBCI, PMP, or equivalent.
- Experience integrating cybersecurity risk management with business continuity, disaster recovery, and contingency planning.
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office and tools used to manage, track, analyze, and report nationwide program implementation and deliverables.
- Master’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Assurance, Information Technology, Risk Management, Business Continuity, Emergency Management, Business Administration, or related discipline.
EEO Employer:
RELI Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.
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The annual salary range for this position is $140,000 to $150,000. Actual compensation will depend on a range of factors, including but not limited to the individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, certifications, location, other business and organizational needs, and applicable employment laws. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. RELI Group provides a variety of additional benefits to its employees. For additional details on the benefits that RELI Group offers click here.
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Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote disaster recovery specialist jobs.
- Three to five years of experience developing or maintaining business continuity and disaster recovery plans
- Proficiency with backup and replication technologies such as Veeam, Zerto, or AWS Disaster Recovery
- Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) or equivalent continuity certification
- Demonstrated ability to conduct business impact analyses and enterprise-wide risk assessments
- Familiarity with frameworks including NIST 800-34, ISO 22301, or FISMA requirements
- Experience facilitating tabletop exercises and full-scale disaster recovery tests with cross-functional teams
Tips for Your Remote Disaster Recovery Specialist Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote disaster recovery specialist openings from across the U.S. in one place. Check it regularly and apply directly to the roles that match your skills and experience level before postings fill.
Show async documentation skills upfront
Remote disaster recovery roles run on written communication. Include a sample recovery runbook, a business impact analysis outline, or an RTO and RPO framework you built. Employers want proof you can produce clear technical documentation without real-time guidance.
Align your tools list with remote team stacks
Remote employers filter for specific platforms. Make your familiarity with cloud-native backup and replication tools, such as AWS Backup, Azure Site Recovery, or Zerto, explicit in your resume rather than burying them in a general skills list.
Prepare for scenario-based remote interviews
Remote hiring panels for disaster recovery roles often run tabletop exercise scenarios over video. Practice narrating your decision-making aloud, referencing specific RTO targets, failover sequences, and stakeholder communication steps as you walk through a simulated incident.
Remote Disaster Recovery Specialist Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote disaster recovery specialist job?
Target companies that already operate distributed infrastructure teams, including cloud-native firms, managed service providers, and financial services organizations with remote engineering practices. Remote employers screen for self-directed project ownership, clear async written communication, and hands-on experience with disaster recovery tools like Veeam, Zerto, or AWS Backup. A documented recovery exercise you led independently will carry more weight than a certification alone.
Which companies hire remote disaster recovery specialists?
Employers currently hiring remote disaster recovery specialists include Hagerty Consulting, DATAMTX, and RELI Group, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Remote-first technology firms, large financial institutions with distributed IT teams, and healthcare organizations managing geographically dispersed infrastructure are the most consistent sources of remote openings for this role.
Can you get a remote disaster recovery specialist job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry roles are harder to land because you must demonstrate self-sufficiency before any employer can observe it firsthand. Cloud-native startups and managed service providers occasionally hire junior disaster recovery specialists remotely. Build your case with a home lab, a documented recovery runbook you wrote, or a relevant certification like CCNA or AWS Cloud Practitioner, and emphasize your ability to troubleshoot independently over video or chat.
Do you need a degree for remote disaster recovery specialist jobs?
Not always. Remote employers in this field weigh hands-on skills, demonstrated system knowledge, and certifications like CBCP, MBCP, or cloud platform credentials heavily alongside or instead of a degree. A portfolio showing real recovery plans, RTO and RPO documentation, or test exercise results will often outperform a diploma with no applied experience behind it.
Which industries hire the most remote disaster recovery specialists?
Most remote disaster recovery specialist openings sit in Technology & Software, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors rely on distributed infrastructure and geographically dispersed teams where remote disaster recovery specialists can design, test, and maintain business continuity plans without needing to be on-site.
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