MTN Nigeria - The leader in telecommunications in Nigeria, and a part of a diverse community in Africa and the Middle East, our brand is instantly recognisable. It is through our compelling brand that we are able to attract the right talents who we carefully nurture by continuously improving our employment offerings even beyond reward and recognition.
We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:
To coordinate the implementation of common Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery processes and evaluate, recommend and implement approved Disaster Recovery strategy.
To support the overall Business Continuity Management process by ensuring that the required IT technical and services facilities can be recovered within required, and agreed, business timescales.
Business growth, value created & cost-effectiveness achieved by process optimization
Develop and implement a plan to provide fail-over capacity of all mission critical servers, applications and networks.
Develop, review and standardize all recovery process and procedural standards to address routine, backup, redundancy and recovery architectures.
Support the implementation of a Business Impact Analysis and business continuity plans
Develop appropriate off site data and document repositories to be utilized if information were to be irretrievable at the head office due to a major disaster.
Ensure the company’s data, data systems, infrastructure and networks are recoverable in the event of a disaster.
Perform and analyze disaster simulations for the prompt restoration of services.
Investigate current performance areas of IS Systems disaster recovery infrastructure and identify bottlenecks and develop ideas for performance improvements and implementation.
Input into the DR Plan and execute in line with agreed schedule
Drive and close of all DR related project and operation activities
Track and monitor the implementation of changes that may impact Business Service Continuity
Ensure all disaster recovery databases and file systems synchronization are up to date. Drive to closure where issues arise with systems that are not in-synch
Develop, track and report all operations issues as it relates to Business Service Continuity.
Ensure all failover tests, dry runs and back/up recovery activities are up to date. Track any issue to closure
Develop and update all Disaster recovery procedure documents for all Mission Critical Processes
Lead and direct disaster recovery testing for all Mission Critical Processes
Draft Business Continuity Committee reports to be reviewed by the SM BSC.
Support in the tracking of all IT related Risk , update Risk Register accordingly
Develop and update all Business Continuity PPPs
Ensuring that the Disaster Recovery facilities and services are in ready state to sustain the business at all times and in the event of a disaster with the same level of services and availability.
Manage and leverage IS BSCs relationship with its key vendors, including day-to-day communications and coordination. This includes supporting the SM BSC in preparing business continuity KPI’s within contract
Provide Support to Management on IT Risk
Enhance customer satisfaction and perception of Information System Services
Ensure IT Services are designed to deliver the required levels of disaster recovery as required by the business
Continuously seek self-professional development to sharpen skills and capabilities in a versatile and evolving digital landscape.
Foster active collaboration and relationships with employees across all levels and divisions in line with MTN’s VB.
Job Condition
Normal MTNN working conditions
May be required to work extended hours
Open plan office
Experience & Training
Education:
First degree in any related discipline
Fluent in English
Experience:
3 - 7 years of experience in an area of specialisation; with experience in supervising others
Experience working in a medium organization
A good understanding of available and emerging IT technologies (disaster recovery tools)
Experience in preparing, reviewing and reporting disaster recovery metrics
Knowledge of Business protection systems and experience of Contract Management type roles
Experience and understanding of Infrastructure Technologies, including Windows, Unix, SAN, Network and Database.
Experience in use of Disaster recovery methodologies and tools
Data network architectures including solid understanding of TCP/IP
Functional Skills Development
Incident Management
IT Security
Cyber Crime Defender
ISO 27001:2013 Foundation
Cyber Security Certification Leadership Skills Development