Overview:
CAREERS TO SMILE ABOUT
At PepsiCo, you’ll discover a place where our mission is to create smiles around the world. With a portfolio of more than 500 beloved brands including, Gatorade, Lay’s and Quaker, our work touches millions of people every day.
At the heart of the company is a team of thinkers, creators, and problem-solvers who collaborate to innovate and turn ideas into action. Driven by innovation and a focus on creating joyful moments through food and drinks, our decisions are guided by consumer centricity, creating opportunities for our associates to do meaningful work and make a lasting impact in the communities we serve.
Whatever your role, you’ll be part of a global community that values your ideas and empowers you to make an impact, on your career and on the world around you.
Responsibilities:
The Opportunity
This role is a technical expert and governance coordinator of DISASTER RECOVERY activities for the PepsiCo's Global Disaster Recovery Program for several sectors and deliver our DR services to safeguard our Production Data Centers on Cloud or On-Premises, according to Sector’s needs. The individual will operate within a diverse team located across the globe and coordinate closely with our Infrastructure, Application, and Sectors teams to manage DR replication enrollments, DR Plans creation and updates and execute planned DR testing events to prove our readiness to respond to disasters, side by side with our Managed Service Providers
Your Impact
As Disaster Recovery Coordinator/Engineer your responsibilities would consist of:
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Implement best in class DR Replication solutions & tools for Disaster Recovery program for Cloud, On-premises, or hybrid hosting environments.
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Manage and improve the Disaster Recovery Replication solutions according to our Global DR Program & Strategy (Cloud, On-premises, or Hybrid environments)
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Coordinate interactions with Infrastructure, Applications, sectors & Enterprise Architecture teams to work in the DR Replication agenda including Vendors and Managed Service providers.
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Managed and support any new DR capabilities delivered by our CTO org related to Replication.
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Support, coordinate and manage DR engineering topics across several PepsiCo Sectors
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Responsible for coordinating DR program activities like DR replication onboarding for critical applications, documentation of DR Plans, and DR Tests exercises support, according to the DR Program.
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Responsible for coordinating and supporting DR tests exercises according to DR Policy, Framework, and processes of the Global DR Program from engineering and governance perspectives
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Lead engagements with Infrastructure, Sector, and Application teams to address DR technical gaps and needs for DR replication, DR Plans and DR tests exercises readiness activities, from governance perspective too, prior to Test dates according to DR methodologies.
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Address DR Test gaps with service owners in all sectors and track all DR remediation plans as needed.
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Support and coordinate the Implementation and execution of the DR Strategy according to PepsiCo DR Policy, DR Framework, and processes in CGF sector.
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Coordinate with DR engineering and DR Governance teams activities of DR Program for Global and sector needs.
Qualifications:
Who Are We Looking For?
Experience
Key Technical skills:
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2+ years of experience with Disaster Recovery methodologies and processes according to best industry standards
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2+ years of experience managing Disaster Recovery Replication methodologies and tools like VMware SRM, Storage replication, Zerto, Azure – ASR, Database replications like Oracle Data Gard, MS-SQL Always-On, Hana System Replication (HSR), etc.
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2+ Years of Proven expertise and strong skills on IT services technologies like servers & Platforms (Linux, Windows, HPUX, AIX, etc.), Virtualization (VMware), Storage (NAS, SAN), Backups (Rubrik), Databases (Oracle, MS-SQL, HANA, DB2)
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Advanced understanding of IT infrastructure and enterprise architectures in Cloud, On-premises, and hybrid environments
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Strong proficiency in Cloud technologies, especially on Disaster Recovery for MS Azure Cloud services, like ASR (Azure Site Recovery), HSR (Hana System Replication) & ANF (Azure NetApp Files)
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Strong Proficiency with DR technologies to support Network resiliency.
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Proficiency with Network technologies like WAN, LAN, IP’s, VLANs, Bandwidth and Traffic, Security, Load Balancers, DNS, Firewalls
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SNOW BCM knowledge preferably.
Non-Technical Skills:
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A dynamic team member with the ability to influence and motivate cross-functional teams.
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Able to operate and lead within high-stress environments including simulated and actual disaster level events.
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Able to communicate complex technologies to non-technical leaders and individual contributors.
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Experience leading and working with Managed Services providers.
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Comfortable engaging and working with Senior Leaders for our highly visible DR services.
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Detail oriented.
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Organizational skills
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Analytical skills
if this is an opportunity that interests you, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet 100% of the requirements.
What can you expect from us:
- Opportunities to learn and develop every day through a wide range of programs.
- Internal digital platforms that promote self-learning.
- Development programs according to Leadership skills.
- Specialized training according to the role.
- Learning experiences with internal and external providers.
- We love to celebrate success, which is why we have recognition programs for seniority, behavior, leadership, moments of life, among others.
- Financial wellness programs that will help you reach your goals in all stages of life.
- A flexibility program that will allow you to balance your personal and work life, adapting your working day to your lifestyle.
- And because your family is also important to us, they can also enjoy benefits such as our Wellness Line, thousands of Agreements and Discounts, Scholarship programs for your children, Aid Plans for different moments of life, among others.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We respect and value diversity as a work force and innovation for the organization.
