Role:
Operational Resilience and Disaster Recovery ArchitectLocation: Edison, NJ (Onsite-Hybrid)
Duration: ContractDescription:
We are seeking a highly experienced Operational Resilience and Disaster Recovery DR Architect to provide senior leadership and subject matter expertise for a largescale resilience transformation program The role will focus on defining recovery strategies assessing resilience capabilities validating application recovery requirements and ensuring alignment with operational resilience objectives The successful candidate will work with business application infrastructure and architecture teams to design and implement robust disaster recovery and resilience solutionsKey ResponsibilitiesLead the resiliency workstream and define enterprise Disaster Recovery DR and recovery strategiesReview resiliency requirements for critical business services and applicationsValidate application recovery strategies and ensure alignment with business continuity objectivesAssess current recovery capabilities and identify gaps against Recovery Time Objectives RTO and Recovery Point Objectives RPODevelop recommendations and remediation plans to address resilience gapsDesign and oversee the Disaster Recovery testing framework including test scenarios success criteria validation procedures and stakeholder participationReview application infrastructure data and service dependencies to define effective recovery sequencingProvide expert guidance on operational resilience DR standards governance models and regulatory expectationsEnsure recovery solutions are practical scalable and aligned with enterprise resilience objectivesSupport architecture reviews design governance and executive stakeholder discussionsLead resilience assessments and provide recommendations for enhancing recovery maturityMentor junior consultants and resilience analysts supporting the programMustHave SkillsOperational ResilienceDisaster Recovery DRBusiness Continuity Planning BCPEnterprise Recovery StrategyRecovery Time Objective RTORecovery Point Objective RPODisaster Recovery Testing ValidationRecovery GovernanceCritical Application AssessmentApplication Dependency MappingInfrastructure ResilienceRisk Assessment Gap AnalysisIT Service Continuity Management ITSCMSenior Stakeholder ManagementRecovery Runbooks ProceduresGood to Have SkillsBanking Financial Services experienceRegulatory frameworks DORA PRA FCA FFIEC ISO 22301 Cloud DR Resilience Azure AWS GCPServiceNow CMDBEnterprise ArchitectureCyber Resilience Crisis ManagementData Center Recovery High Availability DesignExperience 8 years in Operational Resilience Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Technology Risk or Enterprise InfrastructureProven experience leading enterprisewide DR and resilience programsExperience in regulated industries such as Banking Financial Services Insurance or Capital MarketsSpanish Language is needed
