Infrastructure Disaster Recovery Technical Lead
Job Location:
Newton, MA - USA
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Job Summary
The Infrastructure Disaster Recovery Technical Lead is responsible for the design implementation and operational excellence of enterprise infrastructure systems with a strong emphasis on Disaster Recovery (DR) Business Continuity and Azure Cloud platforms. This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on delivering resilient scalable and secure infrastructure across hybrid environments including both Azure cloud and on-premise datacenters.
Bright Horizons is a leading education and care company that helps employees thrive at work and at home by partnering with employers to offer high-qualitychild care elder care and educational support. Our workplace reflects this commitmentwith collaborative environments meaningful benefits and a culture that supports both career growth and personal well-being.Whether youre caring for children or powering the systems and partnerships that make it all possible at Bright Horizonsyoure the difference.
This is a hybrid role and requires onsite work in our Newton MA office.
Essential Functions/Responsibilities
Technical Leadership
Lead architecture design and deployment of Azure-based and on-premise infrastructure solutions including IaaS PaaS and hybrid environments.
Serve as a senior technical authority for infrastructure resiliency availability and recovery strategies.
Define and enforce RTO/RPO objectives across critical systems and applications.
Drive adoption of Azure-native resiliency services (e.g. Azure Site Recovery Backup Availability Zones).
Disaster Recovery & Resiliency
Design implement and maintain end-to-end Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions across cloud and on-premise platforms.
Ensure alignment of DR strategies across Azure workloads and on-premise infrastructure (VMware physical servers storage systems).
Lead DR testing failover/failback exercises and simulation scenarios.
Ensure compliance with internal controls audit requirements and regulatory standards.
Identify infrastructure risks and implement mitigation strategies to ensure business continuit
Operations & Hybrid Infrastructure
Oversee and optimize day-to-day infrastructure operations across both cloud and on-premise environments.
Maintain high availability of compute platforms (VMs containers physical servers) and storage systems (SAN/NAS Azure Storage).
Drive standardization and modernization of on-premise environments into hybrid cloud models.
Ensure proactive monitoring alerting and incident response for all critical platforms.
Automation & Engineering
Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and automation using tools such as Ansible and Terraform (optional).
Develop automated solutions for infrastructure provisioning patch management and DR failover orchestration.
Promote engineering best practices including configuration management and version control.
Minimum Requirements:
Bachelors Degree in Engineering Technology or related field
5 years of experience in infrastructure engineering cloud operations or platform engineering
Experience across both Azure cloud and on-premise infrastructure environments.
Experience with high availability architectures backup and recovery strategies and hybrid infrastructure design.
Preferred Qualifications:
Proven experience designing and implementing Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity solutions.
Hands-on experience with automation/scripting (e.g. Ansible PowerShell Python).
Azure certifications (e.g. Azure Solutions Architect Expert Azure Administrator).
Experience with hybrid cloud platforms and migrations.
Experience with VMware or other virtualization technologies.
Experience with enterprise storage and backup solutions.
Experience with Azure governance and cost optimization.
Familiarity with ITIL or modern service management practices.
Strong hands-on technical expertise across hybrid environments.
Strategic thinking with practical execution-focused delivery.
Advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.
Ability to operate effectively in high-availability business-critical environments.
Strong communication skills across technical and business stakeholders.
At this time Bright Horizons will not sponsor an applicant for employment authorization/visa for this position.
Bepart of a community where people grow futures are shaped and lives are changed. We offer the rewards opportunities and support you deserve because making a difference goes both ways. Were changing the world of work and family and it starts with you. At Bright Horizonsyoure the difference.
Theannual salaryfor this position is between$111000 - $128000. The pay range listed here is what Bright Horizons in good faith anticipates offering for this job opening. Actual compensation offers within this range will depend on a variety of factors including experience education and training certifications geography and other relevant business ororganizational factors.
Benefits:
Bright Horizons offers the following benefits for this position subject to applicable eligibility requirements:
Medical dental and vision insurance
Paid vacation sick holiday and parental bonding leave
401(k) retirement plan
Long-term and short-term disability insurance
Life insurance
Money-saving discounts and financial planning tools
Tuition assistance and education coaching
Caregiving support and resources for the children and adults in your family
Learn more at at Bright Horizons:
At Bright Horizons youre more than your job title youre the difference. Whether youre nurturing a childs first steps or supporting the systems behind the scenes your work creates real impact. Were a community that celebrates individuality invests in your growth and supports your whole self. Because when you thrive so do the children families and clients we serve. Join us and help build a brighter future for yourself and for others.
Bright Horizons provides equal opportunity in all aspects of employment and does not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race color religion sex age disability sexual orientation veteran status national origin genetic information or any other characteristic protected under federal state or local law. Bright Horizons complies with the laws and regulations described in the following federal government resources: Know Your Rights Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA).
If you require assistance or a reasonable accommodation in completing these application materials or any aspect of the application and hiring process please contact the recruitment helpdesk at or . Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.
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