Cyber Recovery Technical Architect

Description:

Role Title: Cyber Recovery Technical Architect
Duration: 6 Months
Location: Canary Wharf/Hybrid (2-3 days on site)
Rate: up to £640/d - Umbrella only

Would you like to join a global leader in consulting, technology services and digital transformation?

Our client is at the forefront of innovation to address the entire breadth of opportunities in the evolving world of cloud, digital and platforms.

Role purpose / summary

Responsible for analysis technology application solutions for applications to meet business requirements in line with RFT and Group IT Strategies and Architectures
Understanding of Cyber Enterprise Recovery Solutions following NIST Cyber Security Model - Protect, Detect Respond, Recover like Vault, Air gapped, immutable backups etc
Create more Cyber Resilience Approach to data protection by modernizing and automating recovery and business continuity strategies
Build roadmap for Cyber Resilience Recovery Solutions and strengthen our resilience capabilities
Apply a risk-based approach to test Response and Recovery capabilities, utilising intelligence-led disruption events and scenarios to inform planning and testing requirements
Align RFT application recovery approach to central recovery testing, that is applied across different approved disruption Events
Validates both the aggregation of multiple individual plan tests, and the necessary mobilisation capabilities
Testing of Individual capabilities and contingencies. Validates that individual recovery plans operate as expected for the designed use case
Collaborating with application product delivery teams to ensure that those solutions are fit for purpose and support them with architecture related challenges through delivery
Contribute to project scope and objectives, to ensure feasibility of implementation - consulting with all relevant stakeholders as required
Working with the relevant Technology and Change Project Managers and CTO Enterprise Architects - responsible for ensuring that the outcomes delivered by projects are consistent with the original solution
Support the development of systems strategies and roadmaps for the supported business area
Provide ad-hoc consultancy as required to the business on technical matters
Key Skills/ requirements

Responsible for creating technology solutions for applications to meet business requirements in line with RFT and company Strategies and Architectures. Work with supply chain (including external) as appropriate to produce initial costs, and throughout the development lifecycle.
Evaluation of technologies, recommending and advising on strategic improvements
Leverage Cyber-Resilience reference architecture for specific Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) requirements to ensure business continuity during data integrity threats and breaches, and to complement and enhance existing or standard Disaster Recovery architectures
Accelerate bank's ability to recover at scale to re-establish a BAU Technology Environment following a material Cyber Event
Ensure proper validation, testing (Table Top, Simulated, Scenario, Level, Scale Testing) and user sign-off of all deliverable for prioritised Applications
Assist Scale Technology Testing Programme for Data Integrity and Cyber Disruption
Create and validate Integrated Recover Plans for all Business Services
Implement Data Integrity and Cyber Recovery Planning during the development or change if IT Services
Examining architectural changes projects make to new and existing services, to ensure they are built to meet the business and operational resilience requirements, of the Business Services that consume them.
Works with project managers and sourcing managers to advise on supplier and cost options, and to ensure that the validity of the overall solution is fully represented and considered in any RFI/RFPs process, or in the creation and evaluation of proof-of-concept solutions
Takes responsibility for ensuring that solutions adhere to architectural and quality standards and policies and reduce duplication across RFT and the wider Group.
Optimising use of infrastructure and licenses to drive down total cost of ownership
Support Cyber Resilience Solution Architect in providing advice and guidance to business stakeholders in shaping the portfolio of technology solutions, and the estimating process for initiatives being provided to business stakeholders and AEs representing £m+ investments.

All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications, we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply