At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead cyber recovery initiatives and validate recovery capabilities for critical services.
- Company: Join a forward-thinking enterprise focused on cyber resilience.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working options, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities to work on innovative projects and technologies.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in enhancing cyber recovery processes and frameworks.
- Qualifications: Experience in cyber recovery frameworks and strong collaboration skills.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
We are seeking an experienced Cyber Recovery Security Architect to support a major cyber resilience and recovery programme within a complex enterprise environment. This role will play a critical part in defining, validating, and testing enterprise cyber recovery capabilities, ensuring recovery processes, technical dependencies, and governance frameworks are fit for purpose and aligned with organisational resilience objectives.
The Opportunity: As part of a strategic cyber recovery initiative, you will work closely with technology, security, architecture, and business stakeholders to design and validate recovery capabilities for critical services and data. You will lead technical workshops, challenge recovery assumptions, and provide assurance over recovery plans and processes.
The programme is focused on delivering:
- Enterprise Data and Service Loss recovery playbooks, tested against realistic threat scenarios
- Clearly defined cyber recovery roles, responsibilities, and accountabilities
- A robust Cyber Recovery Assurance process operating across the organisation
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the planning, facilitation, and execution of Cyber Recovery workshops across multiple product groups
- Review, challenge, and help define technical recovery plans for critical services and applications
- Validate technical recovery assumptions and recovery strategies
- Assess and document application recovery architectures and technical interdependencies
- Work closely with Product Group Architects and technical teams to ratify recovery approaches
- Contribute to the development and testing of recovery playbooks for Priority 1 data and service loss scenarios
- Identify process, tooling, governance, and operational gaps within recovery processes
- Provide technical assurance and validation of recovery outputs prior to publication within Cutover
- Support cyber recovery proof-of-concept activities and future automation initiatives
Essential Knowledge:
- Strong understanding of cyber recovery frameworks and best practices
- Good understanding of application architecture, infrastructure, and recovery dependencies
- Experience working with business, security, infrastructure, and architecture stakeholders to define recovery outcomes
Security Architect - Cyber Recovery in City of London employer: Barclay Simpson
Barclay Simpson is an excellent employer, offering a dynamic work environment in the heart of London where compliance professionals can thrive. With a strong focus on employee growth and development, the company provides ample opportunities for career advancement while promoting a collaborative culture that values innovation and teamwork. The hybrid working model allows for a balanced work-life integration, making it an attractive choice for those seeking meaningful and rewarding employment in the financial sector.
