At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead technical workshops and validate recovery strategies for critical services and data.
- Company: Join a major cyber resilience programme within a complex enterprise environment.
- Benefits: Part-time role with flexible hours, working only 1-2 days a week.
- Other info: Contribute to the development of recovery playbooks for Priority 1 data loss scenarios.
- Why this job: Play a critical role in defining and testing enterprise cyber recovery capabilities.
- Qualifications: Strong background in Cyber Security and experience in disaster recovery processes required.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
We are seeking an experienced part time 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
Required Experience
- Strong background in Cyber Security, Cyber Resilience, Disaster Recovery, or Operational Resilience
- Experience designing, assessing, or assuring cyber recovery and service recovery processes
- Ability to challenge technical recovery plans and validate complex recovery scenarios
- Experience identifying and mapping technical dependencies across enterprise environments
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to facilitate technical workshops
- Experience working within large-scale enterprise environments
- Familiarity with recovery orchestration, operational readiness, and resilience testing
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
Please note: This is a part time role working only 1-2 days a week.
Security Architect – Cyber Recovery employer: Barclay Simpson
This role is part of a strategic initiative focused on enhancing cyber resilience. Located in a complex enterprise environment, the team collaborates closely with technology and business stakeholders. Enjoy the flexibility of a part-time schedule while making a significant impact.
