Disaster Recovery Consultant

Summary: The Disaster Recovery Specialist role is a hands-on contract position focused on enhancing disaster recovery capabilities for a high-profile E-commerce business. The specialist will work with a diverse technology stack, including Azure and Legacy .NET applications, to build and implement a robust disaster recovery framework. This position requires collaboration with software delivery teams and a strong understanding of resilience in cloud environments. The contract is initially for three months and offers a competitive day rate.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work across a broad stack including Azure infrastructure, Legacy .NET applications, and headless commerce platforms
• Liaise with software delivery teams to align DR planning with ongoing development and deployment
• Provide recommendations that balance resilience, cost, and complexity in a fast-paced environment
• Help uplift documentation and assurance across the estate

Key Skills:

• Proven experience in disaster recovery planning and implementation
• Strong Azure knowledge, particularly around resilience and failover in cloud/hybrid environments
• Experience supporting software delivery or application development environments
• Exposure to Legacy .NET platforms and complex infrastructure estates
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced, large-scale organisations

Salary (Rate): £450 daily

City: Leeds

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Disaster Recovery Specialist (3-months initial) | Yorkshire (Hybrid) | Day rate £450 Outside IR35 | High-Profile E-commerce Business

Harvey Nash is working with a major name in the E-commerce space as they strengthen their disaster recovery capability across an estate spanning Azure, Legacy .NET applications and modern headless commerce platforms.

This is a hands-on contract role focused on building, testing and embedding a robust disaster recovery framework across both cloud-native and Legacy systems.

Things you will be doing:

• You'll be working across a broad stack including Azure infrastructure, Legacy .NET applications and headless commerce platforms
• You'll liaise with software delivery teams to align DR planning with ongoing development and deployment
• You'll provide recommendations that balance resilience, cost, and complexity in a fast-paced environment
• You'll help uplift documentation and assurance across the estate

Experience of Interest:

• Proven experience in disaster recovery planning and implementation
• Strong Azure knowledge, particularly around resilience and failover in cloud/hybrid environments
• Experience supporting software delivery or application development environments
• Exposure to Legacy .NET platforms and complex infrastructure estates
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced, large-scale organisations

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