Senior Data Governance & Resiliency Analyst
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About the role
Connect with us LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter. Thinking about a change? We recognize that the construction industry is changing at a rapid pace and we continually strive to be at the forefront. Our core values empower people to deliver great careers to one another and develop creative solutions for complex problems on some of the most exciting projects. It doesn’t matter what your expertise and craft is – there are no boundaries. We are a group of professionals with a variety of expertise within pre-construction, construction, and post-construction. To learn more, check out our Cradle to Grave services and hear from our team directly about what a career at EllisDon could look like for you. As you can see, we are a diverse bunch. Above all, we are a group of individuals with unique experiences and at EllisDon, we choose to celebrate the strength in our differences, every day. EllisDon’s commitment to Inclusive Diversity is to work together to create an environment where every employee feels safe to be their true and authentic self. Ultimately, EllisDon’s purpose is to provide people with similar values the opportunity to achieve to their full potential; to deliver that opportunity for great careers to one another; and to contribute meaningfully to the community we share with others. In case you’re curious, here’s what the industry thinks of us and some of the impacts we've made to the communities we work in and our latest Impact Report, highlighting how we're putting our values into practice in areas such as the climate & environment, inclusive diversity, indigenous relations, and health and safety. You as a Senior Data Governance & Resiliency Analyst will: Enterprise Data Governance & Policy Lead the development and evolution of enterprise data governance frameworks, policies, and standards. Define and enforce data classification, retention, lifecycle, and defensible deletion practices aligned with regulatory requirements. Establish governance standards for data protection, including backup, recovery, immutability, and ransomware resilience. Implement data ownership and stewardship models, ensuring accountability across business domains. Govern critical data elements and enable enterprise data visibility through cataloging, metadata, and lineage practices. Serve as a subject matter expert, ensuring alignment with Legal, Risk, and Compliance, and maintaining audit-ready governance artifacts. Governance Enforcement & Platform Alignment Drive enterprise adoption of data governance and resiliency standards, providing leadership with insights on data risk posture, governance maturity, and resiliency readiness. Translate governance requirements into enforceable technical controls across data protection platforms, ensuring compliance with retention, immutability, and archival standards. Partner with infrastructure and business stakeholders to embed governance into system design and operations, and to classify and prioritize critical data assets. Ensure consistent governance across structured, unstructured, and SaaS data environments. Continuously assess, monitor, and remediate gaps between defined policies and implemented controls. Backup, Recovery, & Hybrid Infrastructure Design and operate enterprise backup, recovery, and cyber-resiliency solutions aligned with governance standards. Optimize backup performance, replication, lifecycle policies, and storage utilization. Implement immutable architectures and ransomware defense strategies. Lead Restore Testing and Recovery Simulations to validate readiness. Serve as escalation lead for backup, recovery, and data integrity issues, including RCA and remediation. Ensure consistent policy application across hybrid environments (on-prem, cloud, SaaS). Align data protection with classification, compliance, and resiliency requirements, eliminating single points of failure. Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Define enterprise RTO and RPO standards aligned to business criticality and risk tolerance. Establish and govern DR and BCP frameworks, ensuring alignment with data classification and resiliency objectives. Lead disaster recovery exercises, recovery validation, and audit readiness activities. Identify, assess, and remediate gaps in resiliency and recovery capabilities. Ensure DR practices are fully documented, regularly tested, and compliant with enterprise and regulatory requirements. Operations, Monitoring & Improvement Establish monitoring and reporting for backup performance, policy compliance, and data retention adherence. Drive continuous improvement across performance, capacity planning, and governance enforcement. Leverage automation to standardize operations, strengthen compliance, and enhance reporting consistency. Collaboration & Advisory Serve as a trusted advisor to IT, Security, and business leadership on data governance and resiliency strategy. Partner cross-functionally with Security, Risk, Legal, Compliance, and Infrastructure teams to drive aligned outcomes. Influence architecture, tooling, and investment decisions related to data protection and governance. Provide strategic guidance on cloud adoption, migrations, and enterprise data protection approaches. Support audit readiness and mentor team members on governance standards and resiliency best practices. Documentation & Audit Readiness Maintain audit-ready documentation (policies, backup procedures, DR plans, runbooks). Ensure alignment with SLAs, OLAs, and compliance frameworks. Support internal and external audits with defensible evidence. Is this role right for you? 10+ years in Data Governance, Enterprise Backup, and Hybrid Infrastructure Resiliency. Deep expertise in data governance, data classification, retention, and regulatory compliance Proven ability to translate policy into technical controls Experience with Microsoft Purview (or similar) and ransomware resilience strategies Strong governance and policy mindset Analytical, detail-oriented, and audit-focused Strong documentation, communication, and cross-team influence Extensive hybrid recovery experience Advanced: Veeam Backup & Replication (mandatory), AvePoint, Commvault (asset) Strong: VMware, Windows/Linux, Azure (required), AWS/GCP (preferred) Experience: Immutable backups, SAN/NAS/object storage, Microsoft 365 protection Certifications (Preferred): Data governance / compliance. Veeam (VMCE), Azure, AWS, VMware, Commvault, ITIL The salary range for this position is $95,000 - $110,000 EllisDon is proud to provide this unique career opportunity that provides continuous learning, opportunity for growth, and a competitive compensation package within an environment that is committed to inclusion and respects diversity. Go ahead and be yourself. We'll pay you for it! We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome people of any age, culture, subculture, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnicity, race, size, mental or physical status, veteran status, religion, language, political opinion, working-style preference, family status, education, and socio-economic status. The EllisDon core values of Integrity and Mutual Respect welcomes everyone, at work and in the community, and our value of Mutual Accountability, means that we all have a role to play. As an EllisDon employee, this will ultimately be your commitment to Inclusive Diversity. Accommodation for Applicants with disabilities will be made during the recruitment process when requested. We are committed to providing a positive candidate experience and ensuring timely updates are provided to all candidates. If you haven’t already, be sure to create a profile on our Careers page to remain up to date on the status of your application and learn about new career opportunities as they arise. EllisDon uses AI tools to assist in screening and assessing applicants for this position. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. From our employees to clients, subcontractors, partners, and our considerable network of contacts, building strong, resilient relationships is the key to our success. We build on great relationships We pride ourselves on being great people to work with. Guided by our shared values of trust, complete openness, and mutual respect and accountability, we’ve built a construction services company known for our people and integrity. We exist to provide great careers to one another With us you can expect to continually evolve your career, benefitting from mentorship at every level and working collaboratively with other teams to expand your knowledge and experience. Values-based leadership. EllisDon’s culture and approach to business is a reflection of our core values and principles: freedom, trust, complete openness, mutual accountability, entrepreneurial enthusiasm, integrity and mutual respect.
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Senior Data Governance & Resiliency Analyst
Top Benefits
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Connect with us LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter. Thinking about a change? We recognize that the construction industry is changing at a rapid pace and we continually strive to be at the forefront. Our core values empower people to deliver great careers to one another and develop creative solutions for complex problems on some of the most exciting projects. It doesn’t matter what your expertise and craft is – there are no boundaries. We are a group of professionals with a variety of expertise within pre-construction, construction, and post-construction. To learn more, check out our Cradle to Grave services and hear from our team directly about what a career at EllisDon could look like for you. As you can see, we are a diverse bunch. Above all, we are a group of individuals with unique experiences and at EllisDon, we choose to celebrate the strength in our differences, every day. EllisDon’s commitment to Inclusive Diversity is to work together to create an environment where every employee feels safe to be their true and authentic self. Ultimately, EllisDon’s purpose is to provide people with similar values the opportunity to achieve to their full potential; to deliver that opportunity for great careers to one another; and to contribute meaningfully to the community we share with others. In case you’re curious, here’s what the industry thinks of us and some of the impacts we've made to the communities we work in and our latest Impact Report, highlighting how we're putting our values into practice in areas such as the climate & environment, inclusive diversity, indigenous relations, and health and safety. You as a Senior Data Governance & Resiliency Analyst will: Enterprise Data Governance & Policy Lead the development and evolution of enterprise data governance frameworks, policies, and standards. Define and enforce data classification, retention, lifecycle, and defensible deletion practices aligned with regulatory requirements. Establish governance standards for data protection, including backup, recovery, immutability, and ransomware resilience. Implement data ownership and stewardship models, ensuring accountability across business domains. Govern critical data elements and enable enterprise data visibility through cataloging, metadata, and lineage practices. Serve as a subject matter expert, ensuring alignment with Legal, Risk, and Compliance, and maintaining audit-ready governance artifacts. Governance Enforcement & Platform Alignment Drive enterprise adoption of data governance and resiliency standards, providing leadership with insights on data risk posture, governance maturity, and resiliency readiness. Translate governance requirements into enforceable technical controls across data protection platforms, ensuring compliance with retention, immutability, and archival standards. Partner with infrastructure and business stakeholders to embed governance into system design and operations, and to classify and prioritize critical data assets. Ensure consistent governance across structured, unstructured, and SaaS data environments. Continuously assess, monitor, and remediate gaps between defined policies and implemented controls. Backup, Recovery, & Hybrid Infrastructure Design and operate enterprise backup, recovery, and cyber-resiliency solutions aligned with governance standards. Optimize backup performance, replication, lifecycle policies, and storage utilization. Implement immutable architectures and ransomware defense strategies. Lead Restore Testing and Recovery Simulations to validate readiness. Serve as escalation lead for backup, recovery, and data integrity issues, including RCA and remediation. Ensure consistent policy application across hybrid environments (on-prem, cloud, SaaS). Align data protection with classification, compliance, and resiliency requirements, eliminating single points of failure. Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Define enterprise RTO and RPO standards aligned to business criticality and risk tolerance. Establish and govern DR and BCP frameworks, ensuring alignment with data classification and resiliency objectives. Lead disaster recovery exercises, recovery validation, and audit readiness activities. Identify, assess, and remediate gaps in resiliency and recovery capabilities. Ensure DR practices are fully documented, regularly tested, and compliant with enterprise and regulatory requirements. Operations, Monitoring & Improvement Establish monitoring and reporting for backup performance, policy compliance, and data retention adherence. Drive continuous improvement across performance, capacity planning, and governance enforcement. Leverage automation to standardize operations, strengthen compliance, and enhance reporting consistency. Collaboration & Advisory Serve as a trusted advisor to IT, Security, and business leadership on data governance and resiliency strategy. Partner cross-functionally with Security, Risk, Legal, Compliance, and Infrastructure teams to drive aligned outcomes. Influence architecture, tooling, and investment decisions related to data protection and governance. Provide strategic guidance on cloud adoption, migrations, and enterprise data protection approaches. Support audit readiness and mentor team members on governance standards and resiliency best practices. Documentation & Audit Readiness Maintain audit-ready documentation (policies, backup procedures, DR plans, runbooks). Ensure alignment with SLAs, OLAs, and compliance frameworks. Support internal and external audits with defensible evidence. Is this role right for you? 10+ years in Data Governance, Enterprise Backup, and Hybrid Infrastructure Resiliency. Deep expertise in data governance, data classification, retention, and regulatory compliance Proven ability to translate policy into technical controls Experience with Microsoft Purview (or similar) and ransomware resilience strategies Strong governance and policy mindset Analytical, detail-oriented, and audit-focused Strong documentation, communication, and cross-team influence Extensive hybrid recovery experience Advanced: Veeam Backup & Replication (mandatory), AvePoint, Commvault (asset) Strong: VMware, Windows/Linux, Azure (required), AWS/GCP (preferred) Experience: Immutable backups, SAN/NAS/object storage, Microsoft 365 protection Certifications (Preferred): Data governance / compliance. Veeam (VMCE), Azure, AWS, VMware, Commvault, ITIL The salary range for this position is $95,000 - $110,000 EllisDon is proud to provide this unique career opportunity that provides continuous learning, opportunity for growth, and a competitive compensation package within an environment that is committed to inclusion and respects diversity. Go ahead and be yourself. We'll pay you for it! We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome people of any age, culture, subculture, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnicity, race, size, mental or physical status, veteran status, religion, language, political opinion, working-style preference, family status, education, and socio-economic status. The EllisDon core values of Integrity and Mutual Respect welcomes everyone, at work and in the community, and our value of Mutual Accountability, means that we all have a role to play. As an EllisDon employee, this will ultimately be your commitment to Inclusive Diversity. Accommodation for Applicants with disabilities will be made during the recruitment process when requested. We are committed to providing a positive candidate experience and ensuring timely updates are provided to all candidates. If you haven’t already, be sure to create a profile on our Careers page to remain up to date on the status of your application and learn about new career opportunities as they arise. EllisDon uses AI tools to assist in screening and assessing applicants for this position. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. From our employees to clients, subcontractors, partners, and our considerable network of contacts, building strong, resilient relationships is the key to our success. We build on great relationships We pride ourselves on being great people to work with. Guided by our shared values of trust, complete openness, and mutual respect and accountability, we’ve built a construction services company known for our people and integrity. We exist to provide great careers to one another With us you can expect to continually evolve your career, benefitting from mentorship at every level and working collaboratively with other teams to expand your knowledge and experience. Values-based leadership. EllisDon’s culture and approach to business is a reflection of our core values and principles: freedom, trust, complete openness, mutual accountability, entrepreneurial enthusiasm, integrity and mutual respect.