Senior Resiliency Analyst – Letterkenny Hybrid Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. At UnitedHealth Group and Optum, we want to make healthcare work better for everyone. This depends on hiring the best and brightest. With a thriving ecosystem of investment and innovation, our business in Ireland is constantly growing to support the healthcare needs of the future. Our teams are at the forefront of building and adapting the latest technologies to propel healthcare forward in a way that better serves everyone. With our hands at work across all aspects of health, we use the most advanced development tools, AI, data science and innovative approaches to make the healthcare system work better for everyone.
The Senior Resiliency Analyst will be responsible for Disaster Recovery plan management and documentation for business critical and infrastructure applications. The Senior Resiliency Analyst is essential for Managing the creation and ongoing maintenance of Disaster Recovery plans and supporting documentation for critical applications and core infrastructure. Working alongside the (Disaster Recovery team you'll have the opportunity to participate in activities to improve and support DR program operations In addition to having impact on a great team, you'll also discover the career opportunities you'd expect from an industry leader.
Working Schedule: Careers with Optum offer flexible work arrangements and individuals who live and work in the Republic of Ireland will have the opportunity to split their monthly work hours between our Letterkenny office and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model.
Primary Responsibilities: • Develop DR materials by working with and educating application teams, infrastructure teams, management, and businesses in the documentation of DR Plans
• Provide insight in the design, development, implementation, and testing of disaster recovery technology including cloud based solutions
• Facilitate discussions on platform dependencies and application interdependencies
• Understand the complexities of methodologies for recovering services at an alternative location including external cloud suppliers
• Analyze applications and interdependencies to understand the landscape of applications for which plans need to be written
• Develop/document/improve process and guidelines which support the Disaster Recovery program
• Ideal candidate should possess the following: analytical/problem-solving skills, negotiation skills; verbal, written and visual presentation skills; consensus building ability; ability to collaborate and perform well within a complex matrixed organization
• Able to interact with technical, non-technical and management staff
You will be rewarded and recognised for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role, as well as providing development for other roles you may be interested in. Required Qualifications: • Proven hands-on IT experience
• Experience with Disaster Recovery methodology & technology
• Strong computing knowledge (UNIX, Windows, App, Web, Database, Storage, Cloud)
• Bachelors degree or equivalent technical certification and training.
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All telecommuters will be required to adhere to the UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy. At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalised groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes — an enterprise priority reflected in our mission. Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, and membership of the Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum is a drug-free workplace. © 2023 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.