IT Analyst (Azure & Disaster Recovery Testing)

IT Analyst (Azure & Disaster Recovery Testing)
Title: IT Analyst – Azure & Disaster Recovery Testing
Location: Charlotte, NC 28202 (Hybrid – 2 to 3 days onsite weekly)
Pay Rate: $30.00 – $38.00 / hour W2
Duration: 12-Month Contract + Long-Term Extensions
Employment Terms: STRICTLY W2 ONLY. No C2C, no third parties, and no referrals.

Position Overview
We are seeking a highly organized IT Analyst with 3 to 4 years of hands-on technical experience to coordinate, execute, and validate Disaster Recovery (DR) testing across a portfolio of cloud-hosted applications and systems.
As our enterprise continues to expand its cloud footprint, this role will serve as a key technical coordinator helping execute application recovery testing in secondary/DR environments. You do not need to be a deep cloud architect, but you must have a solid foundation in Azure Administration concepts and hands-on experience driving IT recovery testing cycles.
You will manage a portfolio of 20 to 30 individual applications—driving each independent DR testing cycle from initial environment scheduling and execution through post-test validation and sign-off.
Key Responsibilities

• DR Recovery Testing Execution: Help coordinate and execute disaster recovery testing for 20 to 30 enterprise applications in DR/cloud environments, ensuring all recovery steps, execution logs, and validation metrics meet program standards.
• Azure Environment Coordination: Utilize basic Azure administration knowledge to navigate cloud environments, review application dependencies, and verify resource readiness prior to recovery execution.
• Stakeholder & Bridge Facilitation: Serve as the central technical coordinator between application owners, infrastructure teams, cloud engineers, and business partners. Lead DR planning sessions, live execution bridge calls, and post-recovery retrospectives.
• Compliance & Evidence Tracking: Collect and track technical DR testing evidence, failover/failback documentation, action plans, and regulatory readiness artifacts to ensure full organizational compliance.
• Inventory & Dashboard Management: Maintain accurate tracking dashboards, application recovery metrics, and schedule timelines across multiple concurrent testing cycles.
• Issue Resolution: Drive cross-functional troubleshooting when recovery bottlenecks, environment issues, or scheduling conflicts arise during live test cycles.

• Experience: 3 to 4 years of hands-on IT, Technical Systems, or Application Support experience operating as an IT Analyst, Technical Coordinator, Systems Analyst, or Junior Cloud Administrator.
• Disaster Recovery (DR) Focus: Demonstrated hands-on experience with IT disaster recovery testing, application failover/recovery validation, or operational continuity testing.
• Azure Familiarity: Practical working knowledge of Azure Administration concepts (e.g., Azure VM management, basic identity/IAM, cloud storage, and virtual networking).
• Azure Certifications: Active Azure certifications (such as AZ-900, AZ-104, or AZ-305) are preferred; willingness to obtain core Azure certifications during the engagement is acceptable.
• Superb Organizational Acumen: Ability to manage 20 to 30 distinct, concurrent application DR testing timelines simultaneously without missing key milestones.
• Strong Communication: Excellent verbal and written skills to coordinate across distributed technical teams, lead live execution bridge calls, and report recovery statuses clearly to leadership.

• Long-Term Stability: 12-month initial contract with strong likelihood of long-term extensions.
• High-Visibility Initiative: Gain direct exposure to enterprise-scale cloud resiliency and disaster recovery operations.
• Hybrid Flexibility: Balanced hybrid schedule located right in central Charlotte, NC.

Upon completion of waiting period consultants are eligible for:

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Health Savings Account
• Health Flexible Spending Account
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Business Travel Insurance
• 401(k), Plus Match
• Weekly Pay

If this is a role that interests you and you'd like to learn more, click apply now and a recruiter will be in touch with you to discuss this great opportunity. We look forward to speaking with you!

About ManpowerGroup, Parent Company of: Manpower, Experis and Talent Solutions.

Experis® is a global leader in technology services and part of the ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN) family of brands. We connect skilled technology professionals with meaningful opportunities where they can grow their careers, expand their expertise and make a real impact. Guided by the belief that it takes Human Ingenuity to unlock the true potential of technology, Experis helps people gain experience with leading organizations, build sought-after skills and take the next step toward a brighter future. Backed by ManpowerGroup's 75+ years of workforce expertise and global reach across more than 70 countries and territories, Experis brings the scale, insight and opportunity to help people and businesses thrive. ManpowerGroup is consistently recognized for its commitment to inclusion, ethics and responsible business, including being named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies. Learn more at Experis.com.