Disaster Recovery Analyst Cover Letter

In response to your job posting for disaster recovery analyst, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

Previously, I was responsible for subject matter expertise around IT Service Continuity and/or Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions, as well as consultation around planning, testing, plan invocation, applicable regulatory requirements.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Experience or knowledge in Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity Planning, IT or other related fields
• Experience working with users and management to develop, implement, and maintain DR/BC plans or similar requirement documentation
• Proficiency with developing or maintaining a BC/DR plan
• Working knowledge of Information Security Standards such as NIST Special Publication 800-53 or the Cybersecurity Framework
• Experience maintaining documentation, updating manuals and producing reports
• Certification in DR, BCP, CRISC, CISSP, and/or Project Management desirable
• Disaster recovery experience and background preferred
• Program and data management experience is desirable

In response to your job posting for disaster recovery analyst, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In my previous role, I was responsible for training and guidance to subject matter experts on Disaster Recovery tools, templates, and methodology for plan development.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Possesses industry-recognized junior level certification (e.g., ABCP, CBCI) that demonstrates expertise in core job competencies or achieves certification within 18 months
• Experience in conducting business impact analyses and building comprehensive and detailed Business Continuity plans for facilities, processes, people and technology
• Expertise in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access
• Data retrieval from Data bases and Data warehouses
• GIS plotting
• SharePoint development and expansion
• Familiarity with business continuity program life cycle plans and source deliverables is important to this job
• Assists in coordination of business continuity and disaster recovery planning and implementation processes for the Corporation and subsidiaries

Please consider me for the disaster recovery analyst opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

In my previous role, I was responsible for management, ownership and responsibility for the planning and execution of Firmwide disaster recovery and resilience tests.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Spanish fluency strongly encouraged
• Working knowledge of technical and business related tasks to assist in the preparation of related recovery procedures
• Exercise and testing coordination with skills in meeting facilitation, email management, document management and repositories
• Communicates effectively in person, via email, via phone, and across cultural barriers
• Experience with reviewing COOP and disaster recovery requirements
• Experience with supporting development and execution of disaster recovery or COOP test plans
• EMC Storage Technologist or Dell Storage Certification
• Project planning experience an asset

I am excited to be applying for the position of disaster recovery analyst. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for oversight of disaster recovery requirements for IT Change Management and IT Project Delivery Processes, understand implications to DR Exercise requirements.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Understanding of the Business Impact Analysis process
• Developed and implemented a Business Impact Analysis process
• Intermediate knowledge of applicable laws (domestic and international), regulations
• Advanced knowledge of applicable laws (domestic and international), regulations
• Analyzes technical and business requirements that drive critical business and enterprise functions
• Basic knowledge and understanding of current business continuity and disaster recovery planning techniques and technologies, the methods used in performing risk analyses and business impact analyses
• Working knowledge of data and voice communications systems
• Experience with the testing of emergency response, recovery support and business resumption procedures

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the disaster recovery analyst position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for disaster recovery and disruptive event plans that addresses the recovery needs of the enterprise which includes all necessary components as required by regulatory requirements and generally accepted practices.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Prepares and presents analysis in the form of spreadsheets and written reports for Risk and Business Unit Management
• Analyses, reviews, and critiques plans and test results within each functional area
• Consults with individual areas to develop business continuity and disaster recovery plans
• Provides business continuity and disaster recovery training to functional areas in line with the requirements of the corporate standards
• Strong Excel experience (macros / pivot tables)
• Knowledge of legal and compliance requirements for financial institutions regarding business continuity and disaster recovery plan documentation and Board review requirements to ensure plan compliance
• Experience managing large projects utilizing PMI standard methods and tools
• Experience managing cross-functional IT teams