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Lead Infrastructure Engineer – Backup & Disaster Recovery (m/f/d)

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Summary

Leads enterprise backup and disaster recovery strategy, testing failovers, and ensuring compliance with standards like ISO 22301 and DORA for a Munich-based IT infrastructure team.

You see disaster recovery as the discipline that makes infrastructure trustworthy – not just running, but built to bounce back? You bring structure to chaos before it ever happens – failovers proven in practice, not just promised on paper?
Then welcome to AND-E
  • Own the enterprise Disaster Recovery strategy, framework, and governance
  • Conduct Business Impact Analysis (BIA) and define RTOs/RPOs together with business stakeholders
  • Plan and execute Disaster Recovery exercises, including failover/failback testing, with post-test reports and remediation tracking
  • Ensure backup, replication, and recovery solutions meet regulatory requirements (e.g., DORA, ISO 22301, ISO 27001)
  • Maintain Disaster Recovery documentation, recovery runbooks, and dependency maps
  • Manage third-party vendors supporting backup, replication, and Disaster Recovery services
  • Define and report Disaster Recovery KPIs to senior management and support crisis management during business disruptions
  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Business Continuity Management, or equivalent experience
  • 7+ years of experience in IT infrastructure or business continuity, including 3–4 years focused specifically on enterprise Disaster Recovery
  • Hands-on experience defining and validating RTOs/RPOs and translating them into technical recovery requirements
  • Proven track record planning and executing Disaster Recovery exercises for critical systems, with structured post-test reporting
  • Solid technical understanding of backup and recovery technologies across on-premises and cloud environments (e.g., Veeam, Zerto, AWS/Azure DR)
  • Working knowledge of DORA, ISO 22301, and ISO 27001, including audit preparation experience
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration skills; fluent English required, German language skills are an advantage
  • Growth is important to us, that’s why we support your personal and professional development
  • A working environment based on trust, encouragement and constructive feedback
  • Collaboration with people from different countries and cultures
  • 32 days annual leave plus 2 days off
  • Flexible working hours and home office policy (approx. 60% possible)
  • Attractive employee conditions for car insurance
  • Exceptional company benefits: Employer subsidy for occupational pension scheme and disability pension, supplementary company health insurance, capital-forming benefits
  • Optional: Job ticket, car parking spaces, monthly travel allowance
  • EGYM Wellpass
  • Financial subsidy as a small wish-fulfiller
  • Free coffee, tea, water and weekly fruit delivery
  • Health management and pme family service

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